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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
2
The San Francisco Chronicle describes Japanese garden mastery with dwarf trees shrubs and miniature landscapes. Wealthy gardens feature dwarfing and petite water features while gardeners train trees to form animals or odd shapes. Roses bloom in private estates with thirty varieties kept under five inches, and sunflowers reach about an inch tall.
A Washington Post report describes brass rings given free to poor women who pawn their wedding rings. The rings resemble real bands and let wives lodge their gold circlets without friends’ knowledge, a tactic observed in English, German, and French pawnbrokers.
A sharp newswoman at a Brooklyn newsstand runs a thriving stall near the bridge. A passenger bought an issue of a weekly not usually on sale until the next day and remarked the issue had come early, prompting the newswoman to exclaim about the unusual timing.
In a tongue in cheek exchange, Batersby laments the commercialization of marriage and longs for old fashioned courting. His companion counters that the ideal beloved weighs 300 pounds, a jab at romantic fantasies.
A humorous exchange notes Mr. Boreleigh visiting and wanting Blithers to see him about a motor. Blithers replies he will gladly visit him any time, though he does not care much about the meeting.
Edgar hypnotizes Maud to reveal her heart and reveals she loves Popham, complains he is stingy, wants theater visits and diamonds, and oysters when hungry. He commands her awake. she jokes she overdid it and would delay the pleasures.
Dr. Andrew Carnegie told a Liverpool audience he took to library forming because his father did it first. The Dunfermline library tale shows William Carnegie and fellow weavers pooling books and contributing a few pence monthly to create a small collection that grew into the Dunfermline Tradesmen's library.
The rafflesia is described as the largest flower in the world native to Sumatra. It has five brick colored petals about a foot wide, surrounding a wide cup that holds a fleshy disk with a surface like tiny cows. The cup holds around twelve pints and the flower weighs about fifteen pounds with thick petals.
A London Chronicle tale recounts journalist Frederic Guest Tomlin scolding a sleepy office boy whose uncle was hanged at the Old Bailey. The boy explains the family duty, and Tomlin advises leaving the office key under the mat when a relative faces execution.
A garish recount of an elopement, with vivid color labels for each participant. The father, girl, chum, minister, and couple are described in terms like purple, red, green, white, and blue, signaling a sensational local narration.
A notice urges tracing paint by its bright color and new appearance. It promises the finish looks recently applied even after long use and asks to send the boy for more if the reader cannot come themselves, offering the same treatment as if the reader were present.
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