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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1894
Page
4
A Yankee Blade note describes a disposable pocket spittoon made of disinfected paper, sized like a cigar, portable and sanitary to carry. It is burned when full to deter air contamination and is recommended for consumptives and others who spit frequently.
A local hunter near Exeter shoots a fox with an old Revolutionary flintlock from a distant relative who recently became rich. The scene is noted in a Boston Herald feature quoted by the New York Press.
A classroom moment captures a teacher prompting boys about whales while a pupil admits personal exposure to the creature. The exchange reflects curiosity and learning as a child notes their own experience with the animal.
Walter Thornbury reflects on Marlborough's legacy in a New York Ledger poem. The aging hero is paralleled with a sunlit chamber and a crowd weeping at his grave, with Malplaquet cited as a former victory now shaded by time.
A New York Post tale shows Peter Cooper presenting a merchant with a three year discount at 3 percent monthly. He asks the merchant to sign for 10000 and pay 800 now for a 10500 return in three years. The merchant is convinced that such ruinous rates justify avoiding borrowing.
The New York Sun notes Miss Agnes Repplier in Philadelphia living by her wit and love of Andrew Lang. A London dinner with Lang is recalled where Repplier prepared carefully to meet him. Lang’s after-dinner moment ended with him sitting on the floor playing with a kitten.
The Medical and Surgical Reporter argues that physicians must master local food preparation to guide patients. They should provide specific dietary instructions comparable to pharmaceutical prescriptions, enabling nutritious outcomes rather than leaving meal choices to kitchen staff.
A music teacher trains a butcher’s daughter in crotchets and quavers to graduation but the butcher rejects the performance. He wants music suitable for a party and jokes about a piece for a butcher. London Tit Hits.
Dr Brawley of the English Marvelan society and colleagues claim cures in neuralgia nervous prostration epilepsy seasickness and related disorders. Wettersbrand argues hypnotism should aid but not replace ordinary medicine, to be used with other treatments.
The article surveys experts on criminal suggestion under hypnosis, citing Lombroso, Tourette, Charcot and others. It contrasts cases where hypnotic pressure seemed to induce crime with awakenings showing remorse, and it discusses whether hypnosis can or cannot cause criminal acts or aid justice.
A collage of comic lines and caricatures from Mr. Bailey and others, with jokes on poverty, honesty, and rural life. It references Danbury, Connecticut, Detroit Tribune, Truth, and Brooklyn Life, plus a tired antiquated tone and scattered quips about health and a moralizing note.
A Newark bar keeper confronts an Irish accented stranger who duped him with a water filled gin bottle six times in a row. The man swapped a full bottle for an empty one at the side door each visit, finally leaving with real money as proof of payment before the trick ended.
A miner near Latrobe on Miller’s ranch found an irow pot with $1,000 in what looked like gold coins that were counterfeit. Nearby 1853 miners spoke of a lively camp, two rich but idle youths suspected as counterfeiters and nicknamed Counterfeit Har before vanishing.
A fragment shows a tense exchange about Ellen, suspected of hidden crime. One character fears terrible wrongdoing while another insists Ellen is perfect, revealing a dramatic rumor in a Brook Life context.
An old advertisement text extols Allcock's Porous Plaster as the standard of excellence while denouncing imitators. It touts Brown's Bronchial Troches for cough relief, Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, and Oregon Blood Purifier for malaria. It mocks false claims and urges Australians to buy genuine products.
Health advocates praise the pure liquid laxative Syrup of Figs for aiding digestion and cleansing the system. The product, touted as a pleasant laxative, is advertised as improving health with regular use and is sold in bottles at one dollar by druggists, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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