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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1912
Page
6
A machinist recalls a tale about a machine promised to grind absolutely true surfaces. The client measured with a feeler gauge and charged for perfection, while the narrator learned that absolute truth in machinery is unattainable. The piece notes the flying machine achievement later amid ongoing pursuit of absolute accuracy.
In Charles Johnston's Why the World Laughs two Scotch highlanders share a moment over a insult. One insists a man named MacTavish called him a leer and proves it, deepening his gloom.
In a brief exchange captured by the Cleveland Leader a caller insists on an hour promised for tomorrow while the other party downplays the delay and ends the call. A friend attributes the interruption to a dentist.
A sailor is brought before a magistrate for beating his wife. The magistrate asks if he does not know she is the weaker vessel. The sailor retorts If she is she ought not to carry so much sail. London Tit-Bits.
Two men labor to erect an igloo using long snow slabs cut with large knives. Johannes digs the spiral wall while Julius trims and leans each slab inward, finishing with a keystone to seal the shelter and a doorway carved open.
Phosphorus life requires elements drawn from surroundings. Key elements include carbon and nitrogen. Phosphorus exists freely in oxygen and in mineral water forms, notably as part of phosphate in soil and plant tissues.
Two women leaving an employment agency discuss why security checks matter. They say a hired girl with valuable possessions will lock doors more securely and watch for thieves, while one with little to lose is less vigilant. The talk frames risk assessment in hiring.
Johnny recalls a stern father who whipped him for table misbehavior as Powell’s tale prompts a confession. Chicago News notes a parallel about parental discipline and childhood memories.
A fragmentary reminiscence quotes Napoleon asserting ruler power to punish offenses and to command vast forces. He recalls seizing Antoine by the collar and confronting alleged conspirators, noting officers later visit but he refuses to receive them, expressing pity for those who may face similar fates to erase memory of past events.
In 1866 a Maricopa Indian volunteered to guide two strangers through the pass. The guide refused any price, saying no gain was his object and that he would have joined the Apaches if money mattered. He rode away proudly after the aid was given.
An aging English barrister, John Williams, famed for wit and anti marriage stance, was found dead suspended from his door after a clerk asked for time off to wed. A new clerk replaced him as the legal office continued, with lingering questions about his views on marriage and its supposed stability.
The discussion traces cutler to the late Latin custellarius meaning knifemaker or knife armed soldier, with cultellus as a diminutive of cut ter linked to knife, plowshare, and related terms. Cutlass and cutlet are explained as ultimately from the same root via different evolutions.
The article notes that a rudimentary third eye exists among vertebrates and humans within the pineal gland near the brain’s center. It suggests the mind’s eye concept may have roots in this anatomical feature, implying earlier ideas may have overstated its origin.
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