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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
7
A dredging basin scene shows a worn steamer on blocks for repairs. Hull corrosion, barnacles, and rusted plates mark the vessel. Workmen in oilskins scrub, scrape, and replace the damaged screw while a cautious owner watches. The ship fouled a buoy and now requires maintenance.
The passage describes a mosquito’s bill as a blunt fork with a grooved head and a lance sharpened at the tip. Sides hold two saws that, with the lance, enlarge the bite opening before inserting the blood pump. The saw ing process is noted as nerve-grating to the victim.
The article describes Japanese prisons as humane, with convicts earning money to support families, good food and lodging, and access to trades and language study. At Sumago, instructors teach reading writing and arithmetic. first time offenders receive geography and history. Earnings average 10 to 20 sen daily, with skilled workers earning more, and many prisoners manage families on their income.
A historical note describes Elizabethan dining courses from first to fifth, listing dishes such as wheaten flummery stews fish porpoise veal beef capons and various puddings sweetmeats and drinks including ale wine sack and mead with up to twenty five herbs in some concoctions.
A brief note traces the origin of the battle cry Hur rah to alternatives such as Turaie Thoraid or Slavonic Huraj meaning paradise. It compares echoes in India Ceylon Arabia Turkey Spain France Ireland and Scotland where crowds shout Ar-re-re Arre Hare or Hurrish to urge animals and hounds.
Marion a six year old American girl endures three months of museum visits with her mother and aunt who make her study famous artifacts from Marie Antoinette to Napoleon. She finally rebels and offers to go anywhere if she is spared from further displays of famous items.
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