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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
6
A Speen hotel faces a rat surge as traps poisons cats dogs and ferrets fail. A steward devises a water barrel trap with a cheese lure. rats drown until one old survivor outsmarts the mechanism and continues to feed. The steward concedes the clever rat has outsmarted him.
An incomprehensible OCR passage recalls a tense moment between a young man and General Miles during a Spanish era chat. The text mentions taking five Spanish officers without help and a character named Reilly, but the fragment is incomplete and lacks clear events or locations. The piece reads like a clipped historical reminiscence with several garbled names and lines.
A fragmented anecdote from a Fauihre Companion recounts Miss Wood’s class of eight pupils four girls and four boys. A visitor questions a count leading to muddled reasoning about who wears dresses and who is a boy, highlighting Miss Elliot’s teasing reply about the children.
In this brief comic exchange Jim and Bingleton discuss a horn and resemblance. Bingleton praises the boy while Jim blushes and stumbles over his reply, capturing a light moment between old friends. The dialogue reflects familiar neighborhood banter and character interplay.
During a Philadelphia Record account the pastor begins the prayer when the deacon interrupts mid sentence saying it is his turn to lead. The remark about tramps triggers laughter and nearly breaks the service before order is restored.
A travel snippet describes hardships of daily life in Persia including scarce conveniences and long supply chains. It contrasts Persian cooking by coal ovens and limited baked goods with Western expectations, noting heavy tools and women washing clothes by hand beside watercourses.
A New York Sun report notes a decorator’s business card reading Trees to rent offering bay laurel trees for $20 each. The 10 foot tall trees are grown in a glass box, emit a pleasant aroma, and are in demand for ceremonies, linking the scent to Peace and War symbolism.
The hour traces to Babylon where the sexagesimal system coexisted with decimal notation. Babylonians divided the sun’s daily journey into twenty parasa, with each hour split into sixty minutes, using a parasang roughly a German mile to measure progress.
The scene centers on a newlywed couple arguing over the first turkey his wife has cooked. A brittle bone and a sharp knife echo the tension as they recall the plan to stuff the turkey with oysters.
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