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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1911
Page
3
A Chicago merchant recounts a true story of Tommy Barrett a small worker at a Chicago paper house who endures grief in silence after learning his mother died. He maintains discipline at lunch and is later invited to dine with the manager earning praise for his composure and dignity.
An article surveys historical acts of kissing as a social ritual. It notes Egyptian politeness with hand to head, Roman punishment for slaves kissing free women, Cato's law on parental eyes, Greek capital punishment for public street kissing, Austrian restraint, Russian forehead salutes, and peasants kissing knees of masters, with class and rank shaping these gestures.
The text recounts how Napoleon and later figures like Johnson and Gladstone were ardent tea drinkers. It notes Johnson’s sleepy stamina with tea, his social circle’s reactions, Cumberland’s anecdotes, and Reynolds at Mrs. Cumberland’s table. It also mentions Cumberland’s wife and Lady Macleod’s patience during Johnson’s Scottish tour.
An actor recalls taking real medicine during a stage role claiming the onstage dose matched his character. He describes renewing a medical description eighty three times in three years and suffering indigestion, influenced by his physician who urged real treatment for the role.
An irascible Paris policeman arrested a peaceful man after being called a geometrician. The citizen retorted to study Euclid, prompting the arrest for shouting. The station's superior officer found no case against the detainee.
Subaltern questions the drill as the unit thinks shots signaled. The dialogue satirizes military discipline and confusion during target practice, reflecting a tense moment on the field.
The Eskimo is a small, coppery skinned people with thick lips and oblique eyes. Dress is sealskin for both genders, they distrust water, and they live in snow huts in winter and tents in summer. They have no true religion, are superstitious, and customs include burying a dog’s head with the dead as a guide. They marry young and practice a unique bride refusal ritual before settling into married life.
A description of Nu bia’s solar tree whose winds produce flute like sounds and a Canary Islands tree that rains water from its leaves. Natives call the Nu bia tree the spirit of the dead. scientists attribute the sound to many small insect bore holes in spiny branches. Water from the Canary tree pools at the base and remains pure.
An American tourist tries to joke with an Irish fruit stall owner by calling melons small apples. The old woman replies with gentle irony that he cannot distinguish apples from gooseberries, hinting at his ignorance about Irish fruit. The anecdote showcases Irish humor and quick perception.
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