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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1893
Page
4
The piece offers household guidance on polite entry and exit in social rooms. It highlights greeting all guests, seating etiquette, attentive conversation, and respectful departures. It advises practicing manners at home for shy individuals and emphasizes courteous bowing and addressing guests by name as you leave.
An article from the Boston Herald explains that corpulent people commonly suffer thirst after large meals and display sluggish digestion. It notes many also have dyspepsia, biliousness, and larger appetites, with diet restriction as a common treatment to reduce weight and ease digestive work.
The piece surveys lists of sevens across science and art, notes hyperopia and related eye strain, quotes Alfred Tennyson and Colley Cibber’s tenure as poets laureate, warns of galvanic toothache cures, and describes Toledo Ohio’s giant 40,000 pound oak wine cask. It also touches lace origins and historical fashion notions.
A Harper's Young People anecdote recounts a Virginia family sacrificing their pet orphan chicken named Tommy for tea guests. The tale unfolds with laughter and tears as the sonorous meal ends with Tommy buried under an apple tree.
A tailor in Rue St. Jacques during a thunderstorm watched a bright globe of fire, about a child’s head, move above the floor then vanish into a chimney, causing a dreadful explosion that wrecked the chimney top and showered debris onto nearby roofs.
Dialogue fragment shows a father invoking a birthday for Bobby and asking about water tight cases. Bobby recalls telling his mother he had it, implying a boast or concern in a family scene from Mansey's Weekly.
A dazed prisoner claims guilt before a judge while his lawyer contends innocence and promises proof. An Epoch actor jokes about a small audience and paying for a performance as a cryptic aside.
In a corner grocery tale a cadaverous man recounts starting as a cabin boy in Portsmouth then rising to captain of the Sea Hawk. A Atlantic voyage ends disastrously when a lightning strike sinks the ship. he survives by leaping into the sea and swimming ashore.
The article explains differences between sealskin coats and rough salted skins, noting the richness of a sealskin jacket and the density of fur. It details how under fur appears, the shaving of flesh to thinning, removal of coarse hairs, and steps to soften and preserve the pelt.
The St Louis Globe Democrat recounts H B Martin recalling a St Joseph neighbor with a large Newfoundland acting as a carting dog. The dog fetched a roast in a basket while other curs pursued it. After losing the prize he mourned, dragging the empty basket and retreating under the porch.
A San Francisco Argonaut column lauds the New Yorker as unmatched in dress and social polish. It notes her artful conversation, quick wit, and deft self concealment of ignorance, all wrapped in a refined Parisian sense of savoir faire.
In a brief chat, Mrs. Bingo reports the chair is gone, sold today at the antique dealer. The dealer expects at least a week to produce another similar piece.
The clipping satirically contrasts worn cuffs restored by laundry with the illusion of respectability. It mentions Welsh words for beer and a humorous Bible exchange, then notes Sherwood Hall Nursery Co offerings and a general May feeling among readers.
An eclectic mix of offers appears including medical cures with no cure no pay, a San Francisco pamphlet request, a Chicago hotel ad near Washington Park offering rooms at 1.50 a day, and a Mercury warning about dangerous ointments. The Hall's Catarrh Cure promotion by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio is presented with testimonials and reseller details.
Fragmented prose extols Howtter's stomach Bitters as a remedy for rheumatic pain and related illnesses. It claims physicians endorse the blood-purifying effects and lists ailments like appetite loss, kidney trouble, and feverish symptoms. The text ends with a humorous country dialogue about superstition.
An advertisement extols three to ten Pras breTio's Pitts to cure indigestion and dyspepsia with a two nightly course for prevention. It also touts Brown's Bronchial Traches for bronchial and asthma symptoms at 25 cents a box, and mentions debtor creditor meetings over breakfast.
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