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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
3
Miss Goodun laments neglect of Mrs Offenwedd's children and questions their training. Miss Tartan notes the children have had five or six different stepfathers, some of them respectable men, indicating unstable guardianship.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a character named Norah questioned about engagement to a policeman who visits frequently. The line hints at romantic tension and a warning or obstacle in a developing relationship.
Clara talks with Maude about Willie's proposal after a prior rejection. Clara believes Willie will ask Maude tonight despite his earlier threat to care little for the outcome.
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Dialogue on street safety as Gunner jokes about vibrations possibly knocking down the city ball amid street chatter. Guyer asks about sickness and the exchange ends with Gunner’s humorous warning.
Uncle Allen Sparks muses that a man with heavy stock in a fire insurance company may get cold feet after a big fire. The quip highlights wary risk after disaster and reflects a conservative stance on insurance investments.
A humorous exchange between Mrs. Highmos and Mrs. Gaewell about husbands. The Chicago Tribune notes a quip on personal quirks and social banter. A light aside on a sewing machine joke follows, implying a novice wife misunderstanding operation. A promotional line for Jermen Vitus nervous diseases remedy appears at the end.
A fragment shows Tom asking Dick about a position to keep reseed up, and Dick replying he found only a job where he is constantly dressed down. The excerpt preserves a tense exchange over employment and dignity.
A Philadelphia Press quip questions a young woman’s many accomplishments saying she is a sort of female Jack of all trades not notably skilled in any one field. The remark highlights public perception of capable social figures.
J A Haywood of Lufkin Texas reports backache and gravel in urine from work at a sawmill. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills the gravel passed and his backache disappeared. He says he has had no trouble since. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
A brief ethnographic note describes the Onas of Terra del Fuego as tall, largely naked, roaming peoples who sleep in ground pits with their dogs for warmth. It also covers the Yaghans who live by the sea, resemble the Onas but are shorter, eat mollusks and fish, and roast eggs in ashes.
The article describes pulping using acid washed by water a gum camphor mixture and rolling into sheets dried on hot cylinders with steam softening then hardening. It also explains the naming of Dives in the Dives and Lazarus parable as a Latin adjective meaning rich rather than a personal name.
If I were you I would weigh the options of home play marbles fishing and hayloft adventures. The poem asks what a child would choose from staying in to watching clouds in a shade stack or spending time with friends outdoors.
The article discusses whether Americans should describe United States citizens as Americans or Americana as a general term for people in the Americas. It notes some strict constructionists argue the term could apply to other American regions, but the established usage remains Americana for the country and its citizens. Change is deemed unlikely.
The article explains cel luloid is not explosive despite containing guncotton. It is made from cellulose in cotton treated with a weak nitric acid solution to form a pulp, clarifying common misconceptions about its incendiary properties.
A historical account recalls the ordeal of dropping water torture. It describes a man bound to a wall with a barrel of water dripping onto his head until death, and an experiment in Vienna where a sport with a huge hand endures hundreds of drops before finally yielding to the pain.
Londoners prepared for quakes in 1750 with warm outdoor gowns and exodus to the countryside. Horace Walpole mocks the panic while Bishop of Oxford urges restraint. Two shocks occur at night as Westminster and Piccadilly stir, and a wit jokes about the tremors.
An advertisement extols S S S as a blood cleansing cure for acne eczema tetter psoriasis and salt rheum. It claims external remedies fail because they do not reach the blood and describes the liver kidneys and bowels as sluggish. The letter from Escondido praises S S S’s effectiveness.
Warren Carrol, a coal prospector near the Chetcamp River in Cape Breton, reports meeting a man named Strong from St John New Brunswick who has built a one room cabin thirty six balsam needle cushions and a stove in a giant hemlock tree. Strong says living in the tree cures his hay fever and he survives on fish game and stored vegetables.
A shabby man visits a Philadelphia area home seeking work. When asked if he can plant bushes he evasively offers to sit in the greenhouse and smoke out insects chewing the roses, revealing a comic lack of gardening know how.
A social aside quotes a witty exchange about an engagement. The remark suggests a matchmaking foolhardiness and ends with a feisty reply, capturing plainness and temperament as a humorous social moment.
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