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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR reads like a collage of medical ads and trivia. References include remedies such as tonics and salves, plus faded notes on names, places, and stray quotes. The garbled lines mention sales pitches, a bishop or lord mayor, and domestic scenes, all in a jumbled, period voice.
The article describes Mom basen in East Africa using street railways operated by manual power with four wheel cars pulled by two natives and spur tracks to private homes. It also notes Prussian experiments with wireless telegraph signals between Berlin and Beelitz on a moving train, and a Gronsalmerods factory producing glass telegraph poles for tropical use. In Paris, Dr Marage reports singers’ workloads with bass voices requiring more effort than tenor or baritone, causing greater fatigue for men.
Theosophist Annie Besant is seen in Chicago during the society convention. She challenges a young reporter, mocks a skeptical article, and references beggars on placards as an ironic example.
Honest Farner Hornbenk praises his nephew, studying to be a doctor, for using limited training to perform skilled surgeries during vacations. He argues a college education has a bright side despite its cost, noting the nephew's practical ability outshines others.
The article details Caruso telling locals of his success in the United States. He claims a $3,000 check for two songs from a millionaire named Smith and $6,800 from a phonograph firm for four songs, plus $4,000 in a year from percentages. It notes a town’s pride in autumn scenes inspiring painters.
A jumbled page fragment mentions a railway war with names like Parry and Graf. It touts FRANK J CHENEY and Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cures, and includes a Vienna university appointment for Fraulein Richter.
A dramatic bus or train scene shows a frail elderly woman aided by a passersby and a considerate young man. After a late arrival and a washout causes route changes, a golf‑club bearing passenger and workers assist the grandmother aboard. A son later helps her to ground as the crowd notes generous conduct amid tough cars and steep steps.
A collection of humorous exchanges among children and adults. Jests touch on balls, hobbies, Christmas prep, and Sunday school, with punchlines about misheard lines and innocent mischief.
London collectors pay high sums for rare eggs. A conder's egg tops $1,000 with only eight perfect specimens known. The coastilest egg from the great auk sold for 110 to a Washington museum and is now valued at 10,000. The ap toritis egg, sometimes richly colored, brings 1,250.
A quoted exchange from the Atlanta Constitution discusses whether Jonah survived being swallowed by a whale. The elder preacher, Brother Snickey, is challenged by a questioner about Jonah’s life after the event and the speaker hints that Jonah was a fabled first daherman who had to make a second.
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