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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1912
Page
7
Stewart Edward White recounts a year in Africa with seventy one lions and several kills. He notes lions differ from zoo specimens and describes a first-lion encounter where rapid actions from White and a companion end with a swift fatal shot. The scene emphasizes the speed from growl to death.
The passage recounts a joke about alibi understanding. A witness explains it in a blunt way to a judge during a trial, saying an alibi proves you were not where you committed a crime, implying you never did it.
The New York American notes that Siberia, once thought barren, is now recognized as rich in healthful air, fertile lands, and metals, promising a prosperous future for the state.
The flat tailed sheep common in Africa and Asia stores most body fat in the tail which can weigh up to forty pounds. To prevent tail injury shepherds fit the animal with a small truck to lift and carry the tail off the ground, a practice noted by Herodotus and still in use.
A London telegraph item notes bids around a hundred marks for a book with Humboldt’s marginal handwriting. The auctioneer calls it valuable while a marginal note questions its printed value.
A native mine rescue in Kimberley follows a deadly mud flow. English workers span a traverse by planks, pulling six men one by one to safety through a tunnel, as the last rescuer emerges with white hair from the ordeal.
A Judge magazine excerpt portrays Dorothy Lampton as bold and loud beside Freddie, with Dorothy scolding a visitor for underestimating her and Freddie described as the quieter boy of the family. The dialogue frames gendered expectations and sibling dynamics in a quirky, era-specific voice.
A quip from a whistling tale shows a man stuttering as he admits he has never married. He recalls asking a girl to marry him and her reply that she would rather be excused, leaving him to feel foolish.
A playful exchange shows flirtation turning to marriage as a man recalls meeting a woman who resolved not to wed yet inspired a pact to marry. Their dialogue hints at destiny aligning two independent minds into a shared future.
A lumber camp prank known as chopping him down ends with a tree fall. Charles G D Roberts recounts a climber who discovers a panther on the branch above and survives the stunt unhurt as the panther erupts from the pines and bolts away.
A smart man questions an Irishman about his red nose. Pat says the glow comes from the reflection of his soul, pleased with his own ability to mind his own business. The new senator asks what he means, and Pat repeats the line.
A lawyer quotes a couple arguing as a humorous example of a long running quarrel. A young woman says she and her husband always quarrel, and they cannot recall the first subject but blame each other for it.
In the Loochooan islands residents face financial strain leading families to pawn cremations or graves. Tombs are turtle-back stone structures set on hillside facing the sea, with high costs that can bankrupt households if not redeemed, though redemptions are common.
Mrs Wise warns of cold as they discuss going to the club. Mr Wise questions waiting up for him and mentions taking a storm coat.
Recurring nosebleeds in adults can signal heart, kidney, or liver disease rather than local nasal causes. Bleeding may accompany headaches or tinnitus from high head pressure, or relieve such symptoms when excessive. Elderly patients with recurrent attacks warrant medical exam to assess heart, kidney, lung, or liver conditions.
A French marine workman devised a suction pump method using air entrainment to create an air water emulsion. This emulsion, being less dense than water, allowed raising water to about sixty feet, exceeding the standard thirty three and a third feet. M. Eysserie, chief engineer of the marine, noted extraordinary pump performance drawing water from ships' holds.
A chemist estimates the market value of a human body reduced to its elements would not exceed ten dollars. Water, phosphorus, lime, albuminoids, iron, sugar, and traces of minerals add up, but the total would be small. Corpulence yields seven bars of soap, a keg of iron, a sugar bowl, a salt cellar, and other modest outputs.
The piece notes the fireless cooker is not new, tracing its roots to antiquity. It cites Friedlander and the Jewish hay basket for Friday meals kept warm for Sabbath use, questioning whether modern devices evolved from these ancient principles.
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