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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
3
A Scientific American excerpt details the watch as a marvel of 175 materials and 2400 operations. It notes the balance of the watch endures 157,680,000 blows a year and the power to move the mechanism equals four flea jumps. One hour could wind 2,000,000 watches.
A fragment discusses a long held belief that small smooth beads passed between generations could trap and push foreign bodies from the eye. The text notes this idea and describes how contact with a foreign body and natural expulsive reflexes were thought to remove the item, but then begins to describe why the process is unreliable.
In Balingen Württemberg a wooden 20 foot high open structure uses a water spray from a central tube onto two open floors with 18 beams each to form ice. In freezing weather water dripping from the beams creates large icicles and ice masses up to 700 cubic feet in a night.
A New York Tribune anecdote recounts a wealthy eastern senator scolding his son for dissolute habits. The son claims he cannot do anything in moderation, and the father concedes one exception. The only thing the youth is excessively moderate about is work.
A London Sketch writer notes a young woman who asks a salesman for a lower size after declaring Louis XV heels too high and suggesting Louis XIII or Louis XIV might be suitable. The quip highlights casual fashion commentary and confusion over historical fashion labels.
The article describes an automated process to clean and coat glass sheets for photographs. Plates travel through water jets and a substratum coating, then drying rooms, all in near darkness to prepare a light sensitive emulsion layer. The emulsion, gelatin in a silver salt solution, is cooled to set, and plates are later dried and finished, with guides to avoid scratches on varying sheet sizes.
A fragment notes a phrase about dry plates and photography items sold in London shops. The text references sewers and a general context of image capture materials without clear events or names.
A public reception sparks a playful exchange between historian Joseph Savador and novelist Jules Landeau over their roles in letters. The novelist coins a sugar coating metaphor for history while the historian counters that coating helps cure the truth. They propose dividing honors if not for each other’s contributions.
As men age they wonder how they escaped youthful microbes. Scientists may be right that decent physical condition with fresh air and exercise enables a person to fend off germs. Only when he runs down does he become easy pickings for illness.
The London Graphic describes western borders of the Chinese empire hosting roaming nomadic tribes. They live in felt tents that are low and conical with small wooden door frames. Tents are snug in summer but cold in winter, and towns are visited only for trade.
Two soldiers on picket tell why they joined the army in a humorous exchange. One reveals he enlisted because he had no wife and liked war, while the other says his wife preferred peace and drove him to enlist. The lighthearted quip contrasts personal motives with wartime duty.
Lincoln refused to alter the phrase sugar coated in a congressional message after Defrees warned it was in poor taste. He argued the term clearly conveyed meaning and would endure in history. The printer kept the line and the message was published intact. The passage then shifts to explain how a rainbow forms and why secondary bows appear fainter.
Describes how two rainbows appear with the inner primary bow brighter and red on its outer edge while the outer secondary bow is fainter in color.
The excerpt urges embracing melancholy mood as a means to dispel blue devils. It counsels outward bravado and dramatic mood tantrums to tire them, then notes that hospitable treatment drives them away. The tone parodies self help advice with nautical flourish.
The piece cites two historical announcements noting large fortunes in marriage matches. It mentions Mr James Coutta of Jeffry's Square, merchant, wed to Miss Peagrum of Knightsbridge with £30,000 and W Smith of the Horse Guards to Mrs Ann Gardiner, a maiden near seventy, with £20,000, from Chambers' Journal.
A remarkable bank note in the British Museum dates to the Hung Wu reign in China, about five and a half centuries ago. It is the oldest known paper money and predates Stockholm’s first European bank notes by 300 years. The specimen remains well preserved, bearing intricate characters.
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