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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1910
Page
8
A Grecian general named Aeneas devised a water signaling method for army communication in Aristotle's era. Two identical pots with water and cocks carried cork floats. torches indicated sending and receiving moments, and messages read on marked divisions when vessels aligned.
A Cincinnati lawyer recounts helping a murder defendant seek manslaughter to avoid a death sentence. His clerk won over jurors, including an Irish member who admits the difficulty of delivering the verdict after a long deliberation. The juror notes the difficulty of letting him go.
The Philadelphia Times recounts Mr Smith waking to his wife’s tease about his sleep talk. He fears revealing what he said until she explains it as a joke about reciting Esperanto phrases meaning How is my darling girl tonight.
The speaker of the house of commons enjoys Westminster Palace residence a £5600 salary £100 for stationery two hogsheads of claret and 2000 ounces of plate on election and takes precedence over all other commoners by an 1689 act placing the speaker after peers.
In the late period of George D. Prentice's editorship of the Louisville Journal a thief entered the editorial room at night and stole the large dictionary. Prentice ordered a replacement and quipped that one who edits a newspaper without a dictionary is an egotist and does not belong in that category.
A mining broker recounts how sheep grazing in a California valley led to a legendary gold placer. A Mexican herder’s flock exposed gold dust on sheep teeth, prompting miners to flood the once quiet valley and mine pay dirt worth $100 to $250 per day before the site was worked out.
A lightning flash is described as a rapid flow of electric fluid moving through air at high speed. It follows the path of least resistance and splits into side flashes when density changes, creating a tree-like branching seen in instantaneous photographs.
The article explains that a Roman citizen often bore three names praenomen nomen and cognomen with an agnomen in some cases. It notes early practice of a single name used to indicate physical or mental traits such as Plato meaning the man with the broad forehead.
The piece surveys Great Britain's medieval naval armament from 1337 to 1535, listing espringalds, haubergeons, bacinets, pavises, and early cannon. It notes stones through bombards weighing up to 195 pounds, and mentions the 1380 Chioggia battle and Froissart's siege report. Brass ordnance cast in 1535 is described with varied calibers and deck placements.
A London Mail quip recalls Mr. Jones who keeps a fishing tackle shop with a large rod and fake fish outside. A drunken customer knocks at night, urges secrecy, and the owner races downstairs to be told quietly to pull the line for a bite.
Silk’s value kept it rare and costly in Europe from ancient Rome to Charlemagne. Tiberius banned common use by men, nobles alone could wear it, and emperors like Heliogabalus wore silk gowns. Charlemagne sent two silk coats as a top gift in 780, illustrating silk’s high status and expense.
An English actor recalls a railway arrival during a theatre tour when two rival companies met in town. A curious businessman stepped from a train car, politely asked the actor, Beg pardon sir, but are you The Darling of the Gods or The Greatest Scoundrel Living.
A humorous dialogue fragment shows a dispute over who caused a broken milk jug. The cat is blamed, then denied, in a light domestic exchange characteristic of the period.
Grandpa Keyes made a business trip to McMinnville on Tuesday. A. A. Parrett went to Portland on Monday. Mrs. Richards and son from The Dalles visit Mrs. Richards daughter Mrs. Frank Keyes. Mr. and Mrs. George Dusten of Portland spent Sunday with his mother. Mrs. Percy Johnson recovering from illness. Elmer Imus freed from a blood poisoning illness. A W. C. T. U. special meeting held the twentieth. county convention reports praised tall campaign prospects. Campaign committee appointed to distribute Oregon Dry literature. Next regular meeting Friday October fifteenth.
Local residents travel to Portland for medical consultations and family visits. Miss Elma Paulsen starts at Pacific College. Cottage prayer meeting hosts Rev. T. E. Hackett. Mr. and Mrs. Hendrickson, Jacobsons, and the Palmsen family make weekend trips. Rev. and Mrs Mushbearon visit H. C. Paulsen.
148 acres nearly all cultivated with 18 in pasture. Good house. Within 3 miles of county seat in Southern Iowa. Price $100 per acre with $6,000 loan at 5 percent. Will trade equity for a fruit farm near Newberg. Contact W. H. Ryan 414 South Adams St Burlington Iowa 52.
Ill health prevents further home calls for fall and spring nursery stock deliveries. Patrons are asked to visit the residence at corner 3rd and River streets to place orders for fruit and ornamental trees. The note thanks customers for past favors and is signed I A Hannning with home phone.
A Snap. four fine lots with small down payment and easy monthly balances. Inquire C A Morris, opposite postoffice.
A farmer offers well bred thrifty pigs for sale at $3 each. The notice emphasizes good stock and affordable prices.
If your eyes trouble you visit the optical firm next to the post office with a free examination. Office open Saturdays. The notice also advertises a job for a bright energetic woman and calls Civic Improvement Club members to a meeting on Oct 7 with reports and new officers.
Visit the Imperial hotel on Saturday October 8 from 10 to 4 for a free demo by Dr. Lowe of a single solid glass eyewear that eliminates lines and eye strain and lets you see all distances. See how this new design improves vision with no unsightly seams.
Have Dr Lowe relieve your head and eye ache with superior glasses. They cost no more than inferior grades and you gain more than 20 years experience. Consult him at Imperial hotel Saturday Oct 8 until 4 oclock. Dozens of Newberg references.
Sale notice for a Northwest Newberg subdivision acre tract at 650 by 113 feet on North Street near Main in Bay City Oregon. Asking price 500 dollars with optional terms if necessary. Contact W. M. Heacock Bay City Ore.
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