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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
6
Newberg Manufacturing and Construction Co promotes windows doors and general mill work at 403 North Main Street. The card highlights its services for home building and remodeling projects in the local area.
The Legion of Honor a French order for military and civil merit was instituted by Napoleon in 1802 and inaugurated 1804. It has been remodeled multiple times with knights officers and grand crosses, current limits set at 25 000 chevaliers 200 officers and 70 grand crosses.
The article advocates greater use of olive oil in American cooking. It explains filtering used olive oil through cheesecloth for reuse, maintaining it cool, and heating oil before frying. It notes olive oil resists burning at high temperatures, unlike butter, suet, and lard, and suggests olive oil when recipes call for butter.
A brief note from the Atlanta Constitution argues that a cat lands on its feet due to a natural faculty in its feet. It explains how a cat twists its body midair and uses a chest thrust to align for a safe landing when released from a drop.
A fragment from Scientific American notes sharks lay very large eggs, far fewer in number than cod, with the embryo protected by the egg. It contrasts cod's up to 9 million eggs with shark eggs that are few in quantity yet large in size, shielded from wave damage.
A chirrup of praise for a citizen ship speech gives way to a grim remark about a looming jury summons. The exchange hints at civic duty amid current concerns in a Chicago Tribune fragment.
Mount Etna is Europe’s highest volcano at about 10 800 feet. A round-the-base walk would cover ninety miles. The summit crater is nearly a mile wide and the slopes rise steadily to the top.
In Porto Rico the moist air sustains air plants that grow on tele phones and telegraph wires. Insulation rots in plates and the plants take root and thrive.
A brief quote from the Houston Post notes a transition moment with the line Now I have to, reflecting a pause or decision in progress.
The article discusses rough music as a social punishment used in southern counties for centuries to chastise alleged wrongdoers, including wives beaters. It notes the practice harms both the guilty and the innocent, especially harming henpecked husbands when neighbors gather to condemn perceived indecency.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report discusses the claim that rain can fall from a clear sky, tracing the idea through 18th century thought and meteorologist Gustav Hellmann. It notes that some observed cases may result from obliquely falling raindrops carried by wind after cloud passage.
Maeterlinck is described as a poet by instinct though drawn to medicine by family duty. He regrets obeying traditional paths and cites medicine as the beautiful key to life’s great realities, per a London Spectator quotation.
At twelve an inventor built circulating machines while at sixteen he authored a Conic Sections treatise that Descartes doubted. John Stuart Mill learned Greek by three and mentored siblings by seven, and John Ruskin produced a three volume manuscript before age seven.
Article argues many goldfish die from stress and light exposure in aquaria. It notes fish are not built for bright light and are kept in unsuitable vessels, leading to frantic movement and exhaustion.
A brief dialogue contrasts two types of critics. Tom is labeled as an “I told you so” fellow, while Bil is tagged as the “I could have told you if I’d wanted to” variety.
A Dean Swift letter discusses Mr. Lovelace's bid for a vacant choir place at St Patrick's Cathedral Dublin. Swift notes the need for capable singers, praising honesty and musical merits while indicating a select, gentlemanly standard and authority over church employment.
The piece laments the neglect of the carrot in poetry while praising its many uses. It notes carrots feed livestock and can even serve as vases or weapons, and jokes about its role in the high cost of living. Cleveland Plain Dealer citation.
A London Globe note explains the term Black Maria tracing to Maria Lee, a Boston boardinghouse keeper who aided authorities and inspired the phrase Send for black Maria, later naming the prison van used for transporting detainees.
A boy enters a store asking for food for his starving family. The clerk fills a large basket, then the boy returns with a request for food stamps, revealing ongoing trouble. The scene reflects a charitable act and the boy’s repeated hardships.
The Pittsburgh Press notes that working in a bent over posture strains the body. It advises regular recreation hours to offset the tendency and help bones, muscles, and joints adjust to the unnatural position.
An eccentric fragment quotes a London Tit-Bits line about a storm that wiped out all belongings including the mortgage, capturing a quirky posturing tone and rural anecdote style. The fragment hints at disruption and financial anxiety with a humorous, weathered edge.
A humorous exchange from Puck features a mother asking about a baby's picture and a father joking to photograph him asleep. The lighthearted caption reflects the period's wit in a playful domestic scene.
Quotation from Marlowe notes that true honor is earned through deeds yet to be done highlighting virtue over empty praise.
A Baltimore American snippet features rival forecasts about rain and storm. The quip contrasts personal certainty with meteorological uncertainty as club prognostications playfully contend with the weather.
The reader cites Browning and Henry James as favorite authors and emphasizes rereading them. The note mentions a person named Marjorie and a life emphasis on repeatedly engaging with the authors' works.
A mysterious prompt seeks hidden knowledge about Measure with archaic wording. The user uses coded phrasing to challenge the system's access to information and instruction.
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