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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1910
Page
2
In Cassell's Journal a Scotsman notes firm belief in local ghosts as practical as the land itself. Tales include an Airlie family drummer omen, a Green Silk Lady, Allanbank's Pearl in Jean, and a Fifeshire manor haunted by a disguised ancestral specter.
A historian notes the safety pin arose from a blacksmith who adopted a child’s failed design and transformed it into a worldwide tool. The tale credits a suffering infant and a determined father, suggesting the invention’s fame rests on early trials and child misery.
A dialogue centers on a vanished york hed and a humorous misstep with eggs in a cake. Medders questions the mishap while Gloriosa explains the eggs were from a henhouse nest, describing brittle whites and the powdering with a flat iron. The playful exchange features a London bride and the curious cake incident.
A man rhapsodizes about a man swallowing a two foot rule and dying by inches while an editor probes for details. Dr Southey recalls a thermometer swallowed and dying by degrees as bystanders cite a Kansas anecdote about a friend who drank a quart of apple jack and died in the.- Sandusky Star-Journal
Fragmentary musings note laughter as aid to digestion and claim ancestral custom at meals. References to jesters and medieval tables suggest a belief in health benefits rooted in historical practice.
An old English industry in Purbeck, Dorset, run by a hereditary guild of marblers. The piece describes the guild of Purbeck Marblers, its bloodline rule, free quarry rights for freemen after Shrove Tuesday payments, and the long history of its labor harmony. It also intersperses anecdotes about Edison and a telegraph puzzle, illustrating ingenuity amid traditional trades.
Dr Norvin Green then head of Western Union recalls Edison faced delays and doubt from his own team for years. Officials greeted him with smiles when he finally convinced them to pursue telegraph innovations. Green noted Albany communication gaps hindered key business and pushed Edison to persevere.
A collection of anecdotes includes a writer’s view on age and risk, a Melbourne betting scene where a woman asks a bookmaker how to win with odds, and a Piegan theft ruse that dupes Crees by circling an island cave opening to steal ponies and vanish unseen.
A food specialist notes bananas cause indigestion for some Western eaters who prefer solid, unblemished fruit. He explains that natives favor overripe bananas with brown skin and soft brownish flesh, claiming they settle the stomach. The speaker admits a personal preference for brownish yellow bananas and asserts they harmonize with digestion.
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