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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
7
A Mississippi rivermen code of honor led McCoy to flee jail and travel 1300 miles by improvised canoe to Natchez. He missed the court date but returned bearing his tale. The judge acquitted him as testimony was lacking and his resolve proved his bond of honor.
In a vivid vignette from Reminiscences of a Diplomatist's Wife Mrs. Hugh Fraser describes Santiago thieves with extraordinary powers who snatch valuables from open windows using long fish lines and giant hooks. She compares their skill to a fisherman and recalls a baby left alone briefly to illustrate the swift, cold theft.
A mother introduces a feast of reason at a gathering asking children to settle in. The after dinner speaker jokes about what is coming off and the father is asked to stand and speak, highlighting a long tradition of family roles. Honolulu natives reportedly hunt sharks using knives and cords, dispatching them tail first with a pole knife when deep water allows.
An old habit of knocking on wood traces to ancestors who thought gray beings lived in earth. People in forests tapped tree bark to seek protection from fairies and ward off gnomes as leaves rustled and branches swayed.
A London Mirror item profiles La Truie, the famed truffle hunting pig from Perigueux and Sorges in France. It explains her breed, instinct, value up to £100, and the careful handling to retrieve truffles as she roots two feet underground. It also notes the truffle season October through January and mentions a related joke about Gladstone and home rule.
The speaker in the Atlanta Constitution piece enjoys a classic blizzard with wind and shaking earth. The old philosopher asks about the poor and the grauch man replies that Providence is asked to pity them.
Elder discusses the new minister's probation discourse and divides the folk into sheep and goats. He insists he and Jamie are not clearly virtuous and questions their fate, adding they will not vote for him.
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