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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
3
An advertisement touts free consultation to test a new electrical absorption treatment for cataracts deafness rheumatism and nervous disorders. It promises dramatic cures and urges readers to visit a Nationally reputed specialist for radio therapy claiming rejuvenation and restored eyesight and vigor with no experiments.
Guardian's sale of real estate for the Miller and Miller minors ordered by the county court. The property described in Yamhill county is offered for cash with court authority and guardian Patty K signatory, August 6. Miller guardian Livengood and Harel ine attorney for the minors listed.
Ellsworth Huntington explains in Yale Review that tropical forests resist clearance for agriculture. Rainfall, rapid regrowth, and the persistence of green growth after felled trees hamper burning and preparation for crops, as observed in Guatemala where droughts fail to dry branches.
Religion shapes rural life with Brahmans as priests and lords of the earth. In mofussil areas they lead births marriages deaths and feasts, and in some villages even worshipped as objects of reverence. Their ascendancy persists despite urban doubt.
A suburbanite storing his pocketbook in work trousers left home to garden work. He slept to find his house on fire and chose the pocketbook pants over his best trousers. The harmed pants burned. pocketbook held $3 while new clothes cost $8. The incident is noted in the New York Tribune.
An Indiana couple recalls a man at their side door claiming to reset their meter. The wife corrects him on the house number, noting wiring not yet finished. The husband muses perhaps the visitor had read the poetess wife’s verses.
A deep sea water specimen cup is lowered on a sounding line with valves kept closed during descent by water resistance and opened on ascent. The device safely brings water from a chosen depth to the surface for examination and is built to withstand great pressure.
The article traces football roots from Roman times before Christ and notes its limited medieval presence. It credits public schools in Great Britain for its revival and rise to popularity.
Harper's Magazine essay notes how guests in American country life bring their own cars servants and even bed linen for extended visits. It discusses the grown need for self prepared meals special dinner pails and luxury gear while contrasting reformers who push for simpler guest arrangements.
A courtroom exchange shows a defense attorney pressing a woman witness to define irony by example. He asks if she understands the term and suggests she would be ironical by calling her a gentleman, highlighting courtroom tactics and witness credibility.
Mohammed faced demands for proof of his message from the Arabs and refused to tempt God. He told them he would go to Mount Safa to give thanks for mercy shown to a stiff necked generation after the mountain did not move at his command.
A brief Tit-Bits item recounts Edward proudly owning his first pair of pants. During a neighbor’s visit his father, and the boy, discuss the moment while the topic remains unmentioned. Edward finally mutters in a distant tone that there are three pairs of pants in the room.
A Chicago News item reports Hobson, en route to his own wedding, hindered by an obstacle holding the carriage. He poked his head out and urged the driver to hurry, joking that the ceremony would be over before they arrived.
A New York woman fires a butler after he blocks a maid and then tries to bill her for small amounts and a fire loss. The two settle him leaving, while she consults her lawyer who calls it black mail and the butler departs.
During his service in the foreign legion King Peter of Servia was captured by Prussians on October 11 1870 at Salbris after a serena of the legion was surprised and forced to surrender. He wore a belt with 400 in gold and slipped away during the dispute over spoils. He reached the Loire riverbank and crossed to safety while pursuers declined to risk drowning.
A historical note reports cures for the falling sickness using charms and a black cat tail with three drops mixed in milk taken over three days. The regimen also required the patient to crawl head first down three pairs of stairs three times daily for three days, and the remedy supposedly failed if the patient learned of the composition.
The opal used in jewelry is distinguished as precious or noble opal. Opals vary greatly in color effects, known as the pattern. Shape and size of color areas range from tiny pinpoint opal to larger harlequin opal. New York Sun.
The Persian carpenter uses an unusual stance with feet on a stake driven into the ground. The method keeps about ten inches of the stake above ground and enables fast execution, a technique that astonishes European workers.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a borrower recalls a loan from over a year ago and argues that dollar no 2 now balances dollar no 1. The scene hints at an era with barefooted native soldiers under supervision during work.
Public streets in Java are daily swept and kept clean by native convicts. They go to work chained together in parties.
A witty exchange records a dispute over wall overhangs with birds in the garden. One party remarks that such activity is natural while imagining a reciprocal incident involving fowls. The reply emphasizes the ordinary nature of wall scratching and dismisses the concern.
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