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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
6
Pearson's Weekly notes that peccaries contract a strong cooperative defense against attackers. Lions or panthers rarely dare challenge them. If one is attacked, the herd closes in, drawing the attacker down and shredding the foe, sometimes beyond repair.
A father plans a useful gift for his son on the boy’s birthday but balks at the idea of self help. The bookseller offers a self help volume, prompting the father to recall his own youth and comment that his son is well taught at the dinner table.
Masks have ancient roots in many cultures. Schliemann found gold masks in a 3000 year old tomb at Mycenae, including a lion head. Greeks used the lion mask as a sign of distinction, Peruvians as royal marker, and a silver mask was found on a mummy in a prehistoric grave. A gold leaf mask covered the face of a prince's mummy from the time of Rameses II in Memphis.
The piece describes Helgoland as a German Gretna Green where pastors wed couples after a magistrate signs an affidavit declaring no prospect of bigamy. Until 1900 triage laws limited access, making the pastor’s role lucrative. The practice relied on swift declarations and immediate matrimony.
Traveling narrator recalls a pretty young lady who entered a music shop and asked in sweet tones if the clerk had kissed her in the moonlight. The clerk, new in town, replied he could not say and blamed a previous counter.
Chicago News describes life of king's messengers in George II to George IV era. Messengers faced deadly seas open boats from Dover to Calais, frozen roads, mud, and fatigue. Some died on long continental journeys, with payoffs and hardships noted, including Siberian routes and cholera.
A papyrus from an Egyptian tomb reveals a royal hair remedy said to soothe a queen who reigned around 4000 B C. The recipe combines boiled oil with parts of animals and herbs to be rubbed into the scalp, though its effectiveness remains unrecorded.
A trade organ debunks a long held belief that clocks in jewelry shops show 8:20 to mark Lincoln’s assassination. The dials instead point to 8:18 or 3:42 as each is equidistant from 12, allowing space for the jeweler’s name and a second hand.
A London teacher tests the difference between dream and reverie. A boy volunteers, and his sentence turns on the idea that reverie blew his whistle and stopped the game, eliciting astonishment from the teacher.
On October 22 a demonstration train with eight OAC experts will tour Oregon for ten days with 14 stops from Heppner to Bend. The program covers swine management dry farming poultry housing and farming equipment while audiences reach thousands. Special features include races and comedy films at low prices.
At the Star Theatre P. H. Merriman presents an illustrated lecture about the cruise of the Atlantic squadron beginning October 16 and continuing for two weeks.
The speaker recalls encounters with famous financiers in early travels. EF mentions seeing J Pierpont Morgan preparing for Europe and Rockefeller passing by in a car during a Cleveland summer, illustrating vivid historical sightings.
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