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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1896
Page
4
Poetic fragment recalls a dreamy Minden scene where birds sing beside a stream and youth’s memories glow. It muses on forgetting troubles, the lure of future happiness, and the desire that idle fancies might proves true before the riddle of life returns.
A striking portrait of Tex, a six foot tall youth with blue eyes and a woman's complexion, famed in Leadville’s gambling circles. He kills a rival in The Gold Room, earns Town Marshal O Connor’s pursuit, and defies arrest while promising to stand trial in Gold Room.
Tex shoots O Connor in a gambling hall standoff and flees as marshal pursues him across the range. The chase ends when Tex collapses after a pistol duel with Sheriff Tucker and his deputy in Leadville. Tex dies after invoking a final defiant cry.
The article describes a facial type with small evenly spaced white teeth and a devious temperament. It notes a straight nose weak chin, thin lips, and an oblique smile that reveals glittering teeth. It cites Henry Leving as portraying the Mephisto look and its cruel arched eyebrows.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune reflects a humorous mishearing of a character named Sam and the wandering, troubled mood of a narrator as he worries about a woman rather than the character’s path home.
Comic quip notes that city boarders might envy the farm as the Boston Transcript hosts a lighthearted look at rural freshness and urban visitors.
A clipped, rough item notes a quote about Jack failing to learn dancing. The piece references a Boston budget context and implies criticism of guidance or instruction. The syntax is garbled, but the gist centers on disbelief in Jack's ability to dance and a missed warning regarding attempting it.
Historic sale of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe system noted for its vast reach of 4552 miles of roadbed and large fleet including 834 locomotives 27059 freight cars and 596 passenger cars. Account recalls treaty era Santa Fe trail origins and rapid growth of Plains commerce through Kansas Fort Leavenworth Independence Landing and Santa Fe route.
In a rough spoken exchange, Mr Dolan chastises Mickey about appearances and work, urging him to roll up his sleeves and consider changing his life. The fragment ends with a quip that the best way to stop liquor sales would be to give it away, illustrating community attitudes amid prohibition talk.
Congressman Otey plans a bill to pay the interest on a $25,000,000 fund held in trust for Confederate soldiers in distress and later use the principal for the government, with backing from A G R B and other Republicans. In Belleville New Jersey, Polly Biller tears up a British flag amid Venezuelan war talk causing local amusement.
Chicago Tribune reports Taylor Carroll proposes a wearable belt battery connected to a four-point palm ring system to discharge four projectiles at attackers. The plan aims to defend pedestrians but risks deadly misfires and practical drawbacks.
Storied claims from St Louis report Colonel William Kirchett of the American Tobacco Company endorsing No-To-Bac after decades of heavy tobacco use. The ad cites over one million boxes sold and 800000 cured, projecting vast tobacco sales loss if cures reach 200000 to 800000 users, while warning against imitations.
An old promotional verse extols Hostetter s Stomach Bitters claiming to clear obstructed bowels and relieve malarial bilious and rheumatic ailments. It asserts the remedy strengthens the body and ends with a whimsical couplet about a maid preferring candy over verses.
An advertisement by A Slocum M D of New York offers two free bottles of a remedy said to cure consumption and all lung troubles. It claims thousands healed and invites readers to send an address to receive the bottles. Also mentions Dr Kilne’s nerve restorer for fits and Piso’s Cure for children’s coughs and colds with testimonials.
A dated advertisement-style note discusses sudden injuries to the back and claims St Jacobs Oil cures soreness in ten minutes. It muses Napoleon’s fate without the remedy and ends with a knockabout vingette about engagements. The tone imitates a period newspaper style.
An 1880s style advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case. It includes testimonials from Wear & Tavax wholesalers and Wanlanna Marvin, Toledo druggists, praising Hall's Catarrh Cure as internally acting.
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