Ready made pillow sale note from old ad
fragmented OCR item listing shows pillow price sixty cents each and mentions Porto or Oporto. unreadable context but indicates a merchandise sale or catalog snippet.
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
3
Drawing the Long Bow and Legends of Archery Mastery
A survey of famous long bow tales from Virgil to Robin Hood to William Tell and Blaise de Vigenere. It notes Barbarossa and Indian archers who split cannon balls and shoot corn midair, illustrating extraordinary archery feats across cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Munchausen
Robin Hood
Locksley
Ivanhoe
William Tell
Qs Fe
I Liam
Blaise de Vigenere
Barbarossa
Florida
Never Fell Until the Last Grain Had Been Shot Away
A concise note from the St. Louis Republic cites a decisive moment in a battle or event, describing perseverance as the last grain of ammunition was spent. The brief item emphasizes endurance and finality in a historical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Remarkable Clock with Musicians and Dancing Figures
A long clock described as having a built in orchestra on the upper part including a flute cello and two violins with a boy and girl and three singers. It marks hours and quarters and plays tunes at intervals with bells lyricord and combined chimes while figures beat time and dancers move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pee
Westminster Gazette
Glaring Effrontery and a Thief in Old Jokes
Uncle Absolom Ashby is accused of pilfering his best stories, after a friend suggested he read Joe Miller's Jeat Book to cure his habit of telling stale jokes. The anecdote portrays his sharp retort that Joe Miller has stolen his material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Absolom Ashby
Joe Miller
Joeler
Uncle Absolom
Amaranth Sprize Floral Picture Mistaken for Kittens
A spectator misidentifies an Amaranth spray floral painting as kittens in a basket. Mrs Hawkins corrects the error noting the work depicts pansies.
A New Despition of Naturalization Dialogue
A high school teacher asks What is naturalization The baseball team captain explains that naturalization is making a person born elsewhere a native of the country where he resides This dialogue appears in Youths Companion as a teaching moment about citizenship and belonging.
Courtroom Trial for a Chimpanzee in West Africa Incident
Captain George A. Briggs recounts a bizarre 10 year old incident on the west coast of Africa. A chimpanzee named John, owned by a high official, escaped and caused chaos. The crowd accused the animal of larceny and assault, its owner arranged a mock court, and John, in chains, was tried and sentenced to three months in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Briggs
West Coast
Africa
John
Janech
New York Herald
Vast Desert Sepulcher at Bahrein Pearl Center
An extraordinary necropolis is described at Bahrein in the Persian Gulf region, noted as a historic center for pearl fisheries. The article highlights the significance of the desert burial site near a maritime trading hub long linked to pearl trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bahrein
Persian Gulf
Kurdish marriage custom described with perilous homecoming procession
A historical note describes Kurdish wedding practice where the husband, guarded by many young men, carries his wife home wrapped in scarlet cloth. The journey faces violent reception as girls hurl sticks and stones, leaving the husband scarred and the bride with a difficult start to married life.
Child’s quarrel over meals evokes auntie cookery bash
In a domestic quip from the New York Times, Mrs Green tells her restless son Johnnie that a rest might make her disappear, prompting the boy to joke that Aunt Addie would take over and she is not a good cook.
Comic Exchange On Stage Echoes A Brick By Brick Joke
An American and an Irishman discuss audiences reactions to their singing. The American recalls praise for his first song while the Irishman recalls a brick being hurled at him during an open concert.
Cinque cento Venetian glass jewel box turns up in market
A New York Post tale recounts a trader who buys a tiny jewel box from a fish stall for two lire, thinking it carnellian but discovers it is glass. The humbling moment leads to a lesson on careful judging of antique value and a near-unique cinque cento item joining a collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ural Mountains
New York Post
Dove of Archytas the earliest flying machine
The article notes Archytas of Tarentum as the creator of the first recorded flying device the wood dove. Described by Aulus Gellius the mechanism used hidden air and balance to achieve flight, making it the earliest known flying machine in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archytas
Tarentum
Italy
Plato
Aulus Gellius
New York American
International Humor and the Army Sausages Joke
The Kansas City Times notes that American readers miss the French joke about leash and army sausages. It contrasts European rations with American humor about dogs and sausage as a warning about low quality rations and the humor derived from it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Kansas City Times
Air Freshness and Breathing in Quiet Rooms
The article notes a person needs twenty cubic inches per breath or about 400 per minute. Over ten hours of sleep one person uses 130 cubic feet of air. A ten by ten foot bedroom with doors and windows closed becomes unfit for respiration in four hours with one occupant.
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. C. Baird
Peters Shoes
Persiana Corsets
Zion City Laces
Magnolia Coffee
Broadway Model
Portland
Newberg
Mplete Line
Tntafeta
Foulards
Meesaine Ote Poo
E.C. Baird
West Africa
Alexander the Great
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