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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1905
Page
7
A bachelor finds a flirtatious note tucked in socks promising matrimony if asked to correspond. The reply reveals the sender is a forty year old old maid who scornfully defeats the match, leaving the bachelor sheepish and amused by Cupid’s misfire.
A Bible in the National Library at Washington is described as a most beautiful volume. Transcribed on parchment by a 16th century monk, it features flawless German script and pristine pages. Each chapter opens with a large illuminated initial bearing a saintly figure tied to the chapter’s content.
The first life insurance policy on record sparked a lawsuit. William Gibbons injured himself on June 15 1583 for 383 pounds against dying in twelve months. He died May 18 the next year and the underwriters paid on the plea he had lived twelve months of twenty eight days.
The Scientific American notes that Pennsylvania produces over half the iron used in the United States but mines less than 2 percent of the iron ore. Ohblo follows with under 1 percent. In both cases ore is brought to fuel. Alabama uniquely has ore and fuel together.
A church member recalls a Sunday sermon on covetousness that offended Brother Paeer. Reverend K. Moffatt Laightly laughs that he must tell his wife about the joke and notes her claim that no man in the audience paid attention to the sermon.
A brief Detroit Free Press exchange notes that people undervalue things received freely and prefer items that cost more, with Mrs Newly remarking that devotion is shown by paying dearly. The quip highlights perceived value tied to price.
A long montage of humorous quotes and anecdotes from various papers including the New York Sun Philadelphia Record Chicago Chronicle and Washington Star. The bits feature wordplay misheard lines domestic humor and a long note on U S Consul Halstead and living costs in England versus the United States with reflections on American workers abroad.
Kansas City Journal recounts Matt Duhr discussing a July 1874 prairie dog migration from Oklahoma to southwestern Texas that disrupted Red River cattle watering for a week. The article mentions past regional cyclones, including an 1892 event along the South Canadian and a Stillwater-Council Creek cyclone eight years prior, plus a tale of a man finding naked chickens after a cyclone.
A Scarborough man found thirty eight pins in a breakfast egg while a Bed ford egg held a penny. A Spitalfields market gardener rediscovered a lost half crown inside a potato after twelve months. Tales of money in objects and a Milford Haven trawler recovering documents reveal fortunes tied to odd discoveries reported by Pearson's Weekly.
A clealry labeled tonic called Oregon Blood Purifier is promoted as a remedy to cleanse blood and tone the body. Advertisers trumpet health benefits and energy boosts, framing the product as a superior tonic for vitality.
The Revue Scientifique concludes fatigue from work comes not from muscles in use but those under tension especially back and neck. Across occupations bakers, blacksmiths, soldiers, and oarsmen report fatigue in non working areas, suggesting alternating activity to prevent strain.
Mrs Upmore-How and Mrs Hyems discuss rural living with mixed costs. Hyems notes higher transport costs for butter and vegetables from the city but fewer social obligations. The exchange reflects practical adjustments in country life.
A St Nicholas note argues that rushing through reading wastes impressions and ideas. It likens fast reading to an underexposed plate and warns that skimmed or hurried reading diminishes mental images. The text promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children.
A comic exchange shows a lady and her husband arguing over a Russian hired girl who refuses to wash kimonos because they are Japanese. The ad then touts Piso's Core as a forty year cure for coughs and colds at 25 cents.
Newpop remarks the baby quiets as he sings and Mrs Newpop explains the baby is puzzled by the strange noise. The exchange has a light humorous air about a family moment and a curious infant.
Franx J. Cuexey declares his firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The sworn statement notes the firm F. J. Cheney & Co. operates in Toledo Ohio, with the notary public A. W. Gleason present. Hall's Catarrh Cure is described as systemically affecting blood and mucous surfaces.
Hicks notes a telephone in the house and Mrs. Wicks expresses mixed feelings about its convenience. Wicks adds a joke about listening half the time, reflecting light, domestic humor from the Somerville Journal.
An angry husband accuses his partner of foolishness while the other half of the couple calmly refuses to deny a pointed remark. The exchange centers on honesty and marital tension amid a tense domestic moment.
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