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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
7
The article explains the three main cloud types cirrus stratus and cumulus and how their formations signal weather changes. It notes cirrus high wisps foretell rain and nimbus indicates varying rain amounts while mackerel sky and mares tails describe distinct patterns.
A family doctor notes scientific tests showing hollow bone bears strain better than solid wood. A tiny bone one square millimeter in diameter suspends thirty three pounds, while an equivalent thickness of oak holds twenty two pounds, illustrating bone efficiency and engineers using hollow tubes for strength.
A wife recounts a note from her dressmaker who will not make more clothes until the bill is paid. Her husband responds with a comic shrug as the exchange ends with a blessing on the dressmaker. This brief vignette appears in the Los Angeles Herald.
A strange creature described as the stone lizard of Cuernavaca Mexico lies on an overgrown tile eight miles from Cuernavaca and seventy miles southwest of Mexico City. The relic, centuries old, dates from Cortes era, carved to mark events in the wanderings of a prehistoric civilization linked to nearby Xochicalco palace.
A Sun based estimate shows one square yard receives six hours of sun daily delivering heat equal to 1.8 pounds of coal. At this rate a 1200 mile area yearly would match the energy from about 1.1 billion tons of coal mined annually in Europe and the United States.
An old sailor recalls a voyage in 1879 when a brig named Heave Ho carried a cargo of rice from Colombo to London. A leak in the hold caused rice to swell, absorbing water and flooding the ship. As the rice expanded it compromised the timbers, forcing the crew to abandon ship.
The New York Sun recounts a tale of an English noblewoman loyal to anti tobacco views. At a royal gathering one time cigarettes were circulated by a king to the surrounding attendees. The old lady refused to smoke and reportedly never relaxed her stance on tobacco thereafter.
A frontier town judge bans street firearms. A youth jailed for drunkenness and firing a revolver in a crowded street pays twenty dollars and costs after counsel notes no one was hit. The judge remarks he could have shot an angel.
A youth in his first year at a boarding school writes a concise note to anxious parents. He explains he has little time for letters when events are busy and promises to send more when possible. He signs off with affection as Raymond.
A crowded car scene on a Philadelphia Ledger report shows a conductor demanding removal of a suitcase from a seat. The unidentified man refuses ownership but the conductor throws the case off the car after promising action. The case remains in place until the conductor returns and enforces removal while the man dismisses responsibility.
John Kendrick Bangs argues in Harper's Weekly for an eight hour work day split from dawn to early afternoon and two to four hours of daylight leisure. He urges using mornings for work and afternoons for rest reading and family bonding to strengthen marriages and parent child relations.
Cornelia A. P. Comer argues in Atlantic Monthly that women seek more than bread and shelter. She traces a deep hearth hunger rooted in history and nature, urging women to pursue meaningful work beyond domestic tracks.
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan lives in constant money trouble. at his death in 1816 the Waliffs owned his house. His ancestors were O’Sheridans and a child wonders why they do not have the O’Styles. the father's reply is that they ought to have it because they owe everyone.
A hostess asks if Brown is a musician as he prepares to perform a piano exhibition. Brown replies he has a small reputation as a pianist. The hostess expresses delight and invites him to play for her daughter.
A Pearsons Weekly fragment depicts a young mother and father discussing fortune after a stroke of luck. The mother gazes at their baby as the father reflects on luck finally smiling on their door.
The New York World reports on a lecture by Sir William Whitla at Queen's University showing artificial amoebas formed from clove oil and chloroform mixtures. The demonstrations mimic leucocyte actions such as engulfing solids and extending pseudopodia to grasp and digest prey.
Naturalists describe the bee’s feet as a basket and brush with pincers. The brush hairs align in rows and require a high grade microscope to view. Bees use the brush to clean pollen off their velvet bodies, collect nectar, and the spoon shaped appendage to carry gleanings to the hive. The brush and basket open via a hinge to form pincers aiding cell construction for honey storage.
Sidney Porter known as C Henry Porter might have become a cartoonist or portrait painter. As a clerk for his uncle he failed to write a customer’s name, instead drawing a portrait at the top of the list to identify the purchaser.
The sea bottom is mostly flat except near continents with a vast plain. It is covered by a layer of minute organic remains, mainly rhizopods, feeding much of marine life. A flaky, formerly thought to be cecaine named bathyblus lies atop, now known to be nonliving but organic from decomposed marine creatures.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt a grandfather explains he remains out of the Old Settlers association for not being in good standing. He notes a supper remark about preferring modern circuses over those from his boyhood days.
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