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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
7
The article cites Michelet on a bathless age in Europe and links filth to plagues and mental epidemics. It notes the vanished love of bath and decline of cleanliness, with echoes of ancient Greece and Rome as symbols of hygiene. A separate exchange regards a butter sale and a mouse in cream.
A store owner recounts selling butter contaminated by a mouse he found in the cream. The tale centers on a plan to teach the woman a lesson by reselling the suspect butter, with details of the exchange and reaction.
A reminiscence on witty lines left by guests in hotel visitors' books. Anecdotes include an English traveller in Argentina praising or critiquing lodging quirks, and another note mocking a hotel's cook while the owners seek proper attire for dinner.
A Courier-Journal note quotes a man who escaped a relentless canvasser with the remark that opportunity is hard to get rid of and that importunity should follow the same tactics. The anecdote highlights stubborn solicitation and clever exit from solicitation.
A witty quip from Puck on two elderly defendants claiming extreme sentences. One jokes life imprisonment, the other retorts they received only ninety nine years, highlighting satirical tone in legal pun.
The piece recalls the 1753 proposal to count the people in England and the opposition led by MPs like Thornton and Ridley. It notes fears of oppression and enemy weakness from an annual population register, the bill’s passage in the Commons and rejection by the Lords, and the eventual success of the 1801 census conducted in England and Wales starting March 1801 per Westminster Gazette.
Major G Bruce in Twenty Years Himalaya recalls ancient Hunza Nagyri clashes where Hunza forces captured most Nagyri men, stripped them of arms and clothing, and sent them home in nature. The Nagyri losses were deemed more shameful than killing.
Describes early medieval chairs modeled on Roman forms. Saxon English thrones resemble a box with raised ends and a front footstool. Cushions provided comfort and some chairs had a crosspiece back or a remote likeness to modern chair backs.
After a loss in New York, Counselor Nolan quips that his client will not see justice until judgment day. The judge responds, and Nolan retorts that the judge will have troubles of his own then, underscoring a sharp courtroom exchange from the era.
The text notes short feathers used for tips totaling seventy five per wing pair and tail feathers described as deep old ivory color with sixty five units valued commercially.
A reflective note urging personal responsibility in every daily interaction. It emphasizes that we're continually distributing influence, for better or worse, to every person we meet and every situation we engage in. The quote attributes this view to Kemble.
A patient pleads for immediate medical attention at home describing his wife’s remark about last year's hat. The terse exchange hints at urgent illness while the setting remains unspecified in this fragment from the St. Louis Post-Die.
The New York American explains how a dropped watch can bend or break its balance staff the delicate axis that drives the mechanism. Repairs list hospital charges from $1.50 to $7.50 and jewelers stock hundreds of replacement staffs to fit American watches.
A list recalls famed ships lost with all hands in the Atlantic. The President with 136 souls vanished in 1841, City of Glasgow with 480 aboard in 1854, Pacific with 240 in 1856, Tempest in 1859, City of Boston 1870, Huronian 1902, Waratah 1910, with no tidings remaining.
A man explains that living with a friend last night would be trouble if his wife could not stay in high fashion. The husband sighs and asserts that trouble would follow anyway, in a witty exchange about keeping a wife stylish.
A museum visitor described a damaged statue of Victory with a broken arm, a knee‑end leg, a battered helmet, and multiple facial patches. The observer remarked on the condition and pondered who could have defeated such a figure.
Fragmented student note on bravery shows Johnny offering odd reasons by a teacher prompt. The text mentions boys who always play with others and a miswritten line about a loge being too short to run away. The excerpt is incomplete and unclear.
A legend from The Wonders of the Jungle describes a Himalayan bear tricked by a vertical bait and falling stone. The bear relentlessly strikes the stone, unaware of gravity, until the trap backfires and knocks him out, illustrating obstinacy.
A brief nature note in Im Country side Magazine describes a city garden with high walls and cramped surroundings. A small basin under a tree provides fresh water to invite birds, bringing a sense of woodland and mountains despite surrounding skyscrapers.
The passage recalls Chinese student protests against government delay in granting a parliament, describing self harm as a modern protest akin to writing to the paper. Union Medical College doctors warned against risking infection, but students insisted they boiled the knives first to disinfect.
The London Opinion notes the largest gold coin in circulation is the Anam loof, a flat round piece valued at £55. It also mentions the Japanese obang as the next size, weighing over two and a half ounces and roughly equal to ten English sovereigns.
The phrase seven seas refers to all earth’s great waters. It specifically splits into the north and south Atlantic, north and south Pacific, Arctic, Antarctic and Indian oceans.
A Shakespearean passage praises human reason virtue and beauty calling man a paragon and likening actions to angels and gods in a meditation on humanity.
A short exchange between a couple quoted by the Richmond Times Dispatch. The man jokes that he still likes everything she does not do, while she notes pre marriage remarks about mutual preferences. The brief item captures a light domestic quip from the newspaper’s page.
The readable bits form a cryptic line about mistakes and sleep but no identifiable event or person is present to report. No organizations dates or locations are evident.
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