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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
6
Elliott O'Donnell argues certain cats act as psychical scent barometers for death and fear, forecasting death through smell. He cites cases of cats reacting before deaths and a rural witness who “smelt death in the house.” He proposes cats may sense ghostly presences and warns the link to foretelling wealth is unproven.
A cast ashore man finds an island with artists and singers venerated by all but a small withered man who has collected 3,000,000 coconut shells. The traveler laughs at first then contemplates his own country’s conditions.
In a New York Post anecdote five year old Lester ends a prayer with blessings for family and his cousin Eunice interrupts, joking that she was not included. Lester replies he has enough to handle and could not fit another name.
A doctor treated an old lady with a severe cold and asked if her teeth chattered during the chill. The reply came from an ant in a humorous Scottish voice saying her teeth were lying on the table.
A London Telegraph retells centuries of doubt about drinking water. Early writers like Elyot, Cogan, Hart and Venner debated water’s health effects, noting both rare cases of harmless use and strong cautions about cold water harming digestion and body strength.
The text credits Rameses II, around 1400 B C, with creating Egypt’s first regularly disciplined army. It notes his military training with Arab fighters, the establishment of a warrior class, and an army over 100000 strong including infantry cavalry and chariots. Conquests are claimed from the Ganges to the Caspian.
In language study the phrase to the bitter end arose from a mishearing of to the better end. The article notes the misused expression now common today and cites Defoe in Robinson Crusoe describing a storm using the correct form.
The French mushroom industry centers in Paris and its environs. Cultivation occurs largely in underground quarries at depths of 60 to 200 feet with steady temperatures and controlled ventilation. Quarries rent for 40 to 80 dollars annually depending on gallery length height and ventilation.
Mrs Yabsley hosts a small five o clock tea with guests while Bobby asks for tongue. He notes that there is none and recalls his father mentioning lots of it. The exchange hints at a joke or misunderstanding within a family scene.
A London Answers piece explains the Stokes sunshine recorder used by meteorological offices. It describes a glass globe in a metal cup with blue cardboard strips that mark sun exposure, where bright sun burns the card and clouds interrupt the process, yielding an hour by hour sunshine record for the day.
Reinhardt asked by a friend to consider a tall handsome well dressed young man with a good voice. The man turns out to be Joseph Kurtz, described as small and shabby with a weak voice, yet he becomes one of Germany's greatest actors.
John Dudley served as a popular New Hampshire judge from 1770 to 1791. Though unlearned in law and his English flawed, he administered justice with esteem, with Chief Justice Parsons of Massachusetts praising him as the greatest and best judge he knew in New Hampshire.
The article describes a light room experiment with a box and a mirror placed at the bottom. The lid has holes for an egg and an opening for the operator to view the mirror with the light off. Fresh eggs appear clear in the mirror while spoiled ones appear dark.
A New Zealand municipal candidate, a pronounced Scotsman, sat with a huge Scotch thistle on the committee room table. A friend barged in and exclaimed he hadn’t known the candidate was at luncheon, prompting a light moment.
A wall picture at Abbotsford recalls Sir William Scott’s ill fated plunder of Elibank estate. Lady Murray demands marriage to Meg after a coerced choice and the hang or wed tale. The ugly Meg, known as Meikle Mouthed Meg, is said to have swayed the would be bridegroom from execution to wedlock.
An orientalist claims Chinese mechanical carts measured distance by wheel revolutions using a gear system with concentric wheels. A drumman on top beat after each mile, with cymbal signals at ten beats, suggesting early odometer like devices in use seventeen to eighteen hundred years ago.
Famine oppressed Canary Islanders sent a chief to Galicia to plead with the governor. The envoy carried many sacks and told him only to fill them. The governor filled the sacks with meat, and the envoy was reminded to be brief in dialogue.
Jail inspires notable authors to create major works. The piece cites Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Cervantes Don Quixote Defoe Robinson Crusoe Leigh Hunt Rimini Raleigh History of the World Pellico and Tass o as examples of literature born behind bars.
Scrooge, wealthy and frugal, cuts his finger at a director meeting. A merchant offers a two cent plaster to stop the bleeding, while Ler thanks him and pays with a two cent stamp from his wallet.
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