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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
7
Members of Legislature and County Officers are scheduled for a joint meeting as listed in the public notice. Details are unreadable in the OCR fragment but indicate a regional government gathering with agenda items likely to include county administration and legislative matters.
An essay recalling elastic side boots once popular with all kinds of people the loss of herdics carpet bags and sleeve buttons and napkin bands as well as revolving table casters and other household relics. It muses on vanished fashions books and trinkets once deemed epoch making and asks what became of Peter Herdic and bygone stores.
A Kansas City Star report quotes a flea trainer detailing methods to curb a flea’s jumping. He uses a grass ball confinement for three weeks to dull the leap reflex, then feeds the insects on his arm to prevent further jumps. The article notes fleas’ confusion between glass and air and questions where reasoning resides.
An Indianapolis attorney living on the north side asked for a continuity for a week after an arrest caused his wife embarrassment. In the court, when asked how he did, he replied Fine then whispered twenty five and costs.
A Pittsburgh Press snippet describes a pitiful orphan boy with worn clothing and mismatched shoes, crying out mother and father both orphans too. The reader is moved by the boy's poverty and solitude.
In a witty exchange a domestic economy expert asks why stale rolls are used for dessert. The housekeeper replies with dignified reserve that she did not raise bread to be pudding, highlighting frugal kitchen humor.
A new pastor encounters a fat longtime parishioner who tells him to feed the sheep. The pastor replies that the man does not need food but exercise, highlighting a humorous misinterpretation of the pastoral duty.
A reader questions the timing of a divorce and remarriage declaration noting the odd sequence and criticizing a license. The exchange hints at public attitudes toward marital changes and legal procedures.
A compact quotation from Goethe notes self perception and posture as one finds footing beneath a coverlet. The fragment hints at identity and emergence though unclear in full context.
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt explains incendiary bombs and thermite. Thermite's heat can melt iron, steel, and even granite, used in welding and fortification.
In Lippincott's Magazine Elinor Root notes Orkney natives claim Norse descent and scorn Scots heritage while praising rugged scenery over trees. The hostess asserts Norse lineage and dislikes afforestation, joking about trees obstructing views in the southern mainland.
The Cambridge figure Dr Lowther Yates, described as a large square man from Cumberland, was linked to radical views and known as master of Cat's during the late eighteenth century. In a university church procession he wore trousers, an act noted by the Westminster Gazette as profane and bold. His nephew was identified as the caught poet.
The passage argues luck determines success more than skill. It describes luck as a mysterious force that favors steady, persistent workers and deserts the erratic, noting she seems aligned with the strongest, largest efforts. It cites Life as the source.
A Birmingham Age excerpt quotes a man injured by a car remarking there is no excuse for being run down and noting how a honk and alarm can trigger rational thinking, with a sarcastic response from the victim.
Dolly explains to Clara that a fortune from his late aunt changed her feelings and she was deceived in love. The London Telegraph reports the dramatic exchange revealing suspicion and financial motive.
A description shows the orangutan extending its arms over its head to shield against rain. The hair on the upper arm points downward while the lower arm hair points upward, suggesting a thatch-like purpose to shed moisture.
A witty exchange from the Yonkers Statesman attributes a cheeky answer to a question about the effort needed to make ten pounds. Mr. Bacon-Well notes success depends on whose biscuits are involved, adding a humorous regional flavor.
Billy Evans explains the squeeze bunt as a stylish yet risky move. It hinges on a patient batter, a fast runner, and misdirection to force a play at the plate. When successful, it boosts morale. when tipped or mishandled, it ends with ridicule for the baserunners.
An excerpt explains that the egg yolk provides predigested food for the chick and is readily digested in the stomach. The white is the chicken’s building material, while the yolk supplies fat protein and carbohydrate for early life.
A New York Times note traces early sound recording concepts from 1857 with Leon Scott and the phonautograph to Edison’s 1876 efforts and 1877 patent date, mentions tuning fork and drum vibratos, then covers Bell and Tainter’s graphophone in 1885 and Berilsiher’s gramophone in 1887.
A fragment from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch quoting a dialogue about time and study. The text centers on a person’s need for focus amid distractions and references Mercy and ongoing duties.
Incomplete newspaper snippet shows a Byker-Why column line with partial words about giving up smoking and a reference to Hyker-TI. No clear event, person, or place is readable.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer summary notes dogs and monkeys show distinct intelligence, beating horses which learn but do not think. Cats are praised for faster thinking and self care, while dogs and monkeys resemble human methods of thought more than other animals. The piece questions overestimating horse intellect.
Dramatic protest erupts as a heroine challenges a villain with defiant lines. A gallery voice mocks the actor noting his performance is already weak, while a clever quip compares perseverance to impractical deeds and echoes a Detroit Free Press sentiment.
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