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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
7
A New York Sun report describes an orange filefish injured by a predator, creating a two humped back. The fish’s deep, thin body and rising head spine are noted as it is displayed beside delighted spectators, including a child exclaiming over the creature.
A speaker notes how the word had can loop in English and recalls a meeting anecdote where the secretary reads minutes with "the trouble which he had had had now been overcome." A literary observer adds that the word that offers even richer recurrence possibilities.
On June 14, 1861 at Baden Baden Becker fired at King William I as he walked with Count Fleming. Captured by bystanders, Becker received twenty years in prison. the king pardoned him in 1866. Becker then emigrated to the United States and died in Alexandria, Egypt, two years later.
Cossacks on Russian rivers use a winter method to trap fish. They cut a long trench across a frozen river and string a net from bank to bank. They gallop along the line, the noise and rush of the horses frighten fish downstream, causing them to entangle in the net.
A fragment from Chicago News describes Hi Jones and Hank Vaas disputing a deal over wages and a mowing job. The language suggests a local quarrel about paying for piano tuning and related services, with tension about fair compensation.
New York reports on the prominent card readers Mme Lenormand and her influence on rulers such as Murat and Bernadotte. Tales recount Murat’s predicted gallows and musket death, Bernadotte’s rise after Lenormand’s reading, and Napoleon III's belief in cards alongside Bonaparte's fortunes.
Harper's Weekly describes the wolf spider female laying eggs then shielding them with silk. She protects the eggs and later carries the hatched young on her back, sacrificing herself if needed. The young grow and eventually overpower the mother, a dramatic note on spider behavior.
After 1870 Bismarck lamented lack of happiness and love saying life offered him little joy while he notes the sufferings caused by his policies. A friend counters that his work made a great nation happy though many mourners blame the prince for ongoing wars and losses. He replies he must answer to God for the bloodshed and says his life has brought mostly vexation and toil.
A lazy man in the New York Sun eyes want ads seeking canvassers to sell an item that “would sell itself.” He dreams of an easy job with high pay for little effort and contemplates looking into it someday.
Coal left outdoors for a month loses about one third of its heating value. A ton left on the ground and another under a shed shows the under shelter with significantly better retained heat, around forty seven percent. The excerpt discusses weathered coal and comparative heating power.
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