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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
7
The brief item notes Man-a-lin as an effective remedy for constipation and suggests one or two doses for mild fevers and influenza like conditions including la grippe and colds. It presents a period style recommendation without medical claims.
A narrator notes a young man hastily withdraws his arm from the back of a chair where Miss Kitty sits. Mr Kybosh recalls his own youth as the moment carries a sense of urgency and change.
A Washington Star quote exchange contrasts a statesman’s prudence with courage to admit a change of mind. The dialogue highlights wisdom in transition and bravery in acknowledgment.
A Washington Herald quip notes the requisites of a successful musical comedy with wit. It suggests roughly a dozen song hits and twice that many attractive misses as key ingredients. The tongue in cheek line reflects musical theater fashion of the era.
In the last edition a former schoolmate Jones is reported to have died by his own hand. A second report urges quick action to try to prevent further harm.
A brief exhortation warns men against stagnation and selfimposed ruts that block progress and blind ambition, urging action over idle dreaming to achieve success.
An old excerpt notes that a New York pastor reading a hymn stanza collapsed and died moments later, echoing a 33 year earlier preacher who died in the same pulpit while reciting the same lines. The anecdote appears in Scran Book.
A fractured narrative recounts Henry Beamus losing his dog after it caused trouble and locals plotting to poison it. Henry grieves as neighbors kill other pets, and a peaceful scene near the creek follows the dog’s death, with Henry reflecting on his loyal companion.
The article explains plural rules for nouns ending in o with consonant or vowel precedents. Examples include echoes mottoes potatoes for o preceded by a consonant and follos cameos for o preceded by a vowel. It notes exceptions such as solo junto canto which take s, and two which is often pluralized as twos or twoes.
Observers report a plant named Lamb-Plant with a lamb like form and woolly growth. Locals trim and arrange its long silky hairs to resemble an animal, noting its seasonally bending stalks and withering when grass fails.
Irish migrant Dan McCarthy arrives with his father in the oil boom at Pithole. Dan rises to 100 barrels per day, earning his father’s wary blessing. A wood tank flood spurs a fiery retort as Dan proves a boy no longer, while his dad’s caution proves oddly prophetic.
Remsen Crawford in Success notes that major hotels in New York employ a full staff to pamper guests, with rooms starting around four dollars a day and state apartments often renting for 100 to 125 dollars daily. Meals are extra.
A fragment from the Houston Post depicts a husband forgetting chores when his wife is away. It contrasts feeding the cat and other duties with the absence of a partner. The verse nods to Mother Nature and Father Time influencing daily life.
A boy helps a frail elder cross a busy street and shares a timeless lesson in courtesy. The act, praised as kindness, thoughtfulness, and chivalry, is seen as a social duty of respect toward women and the vulnerable, echoing a quote from the Cincinnati Post.
A visitor recalls a warder’s comparison of discipline in prisons for men and women and cites Pall Mall Magazine on a conjugal code. The code grants wives sweeping rights over possessions, money, and letters, with women displaying rebellious restraint even in strait jackets. A philanthropist notes a poor woman’s act of killing a man not her husband, highlighting social judgments.
M. Roger Cavailhon, a young French gentleman rider who had won his hundredth steeplechase, was drawn for conscription and must serve a year. He asked to join the cavalry, arguing he was an accomplished horseman, but the military council refused, saying one year was too short to learn to ride.
An office boy’s mother protests a dismissal claiming the ad sought a strong worker. The employer explains the boy was too strong and broke rules and furniture in a single day, highlighting the perils of overqualified hires. The quote appears in The Catholic Standard and Times with a note on fire insurance for good jobs.
A Kansas City Times fragment recounts a Washington encounter on Pennsylvania Avenue where a comedian described a Black man in extravagant dress arguing against outside restrictions on attire. The tale highlights urban humor and social tension of dress codes.
Old time physicians carried hollow canes with gold pierced heads containing aromatic powder or snuff to sniff on entering rooms with infectious disease. The practice aimed to agitate airborne scent before diagnosis. Mothers Winslow's Soothing Res for teething babies was advertised for infant care.
Etiquette began as a label to mark passages on Versailles grounds. A Scottish gardener placed signs to guide courtiers away from new paths for Louis XIV. Although ignored at first, higher authorities mandated following the etiquettes, and the term widened to its current sense.
The Samoan islands host the smallest cattle of a known genus. Male weight rarely exceeds 200 pounds, typically under 150 pounds. females are about a hundred pounds heavier and stocky. Color is reddish mouse with white markings, large heads, and unusually long horns.
A Yonkers Statesman quip contrasts horse sense with mulh sense in a playful exchange about a man who allegedly never kicked in his life. The brief line underlines town humor and local wit.
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