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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
3
Heavy wool dress fabrics in 54 inch width offered at 1.25 per yard. Complete line of wool dress goods in all colors marketed with special values at 50 cents and up.
New spring corsets advertised as the best value for money. PARISIANA line promises fits for any figure with prices starting at one dollar and rising.
W R Vaughn reports a sensational egg from a dunghill hen measuring 10 3 4 inches long and 6 3 4 inches across with a second larger egg inside. The note praises Ilwaco against the world and mentions Woodie trading a fortune tied to freeing a maiden’s uncle from a Spanish dungeon for the curio to be preserved in alcohol.
The Ladies of the W C T U gathered at Mrs Maude McGuire’s house on Wednesday the 7th despite rain. After devotional and business, an evangelistic program featured a song by Miss Elsie Tang en, remarks by Mrs Helen Harford on Our Evangelistic Work, and a welcome for new member Alma Strait. Mrs Harford invited the union to meet March 8 at her home for an all day social gathering.
Morning service at Chehalem Center Church will focus on temperance with a sermon by the pastor and songs in cooperation with the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union led by Frances Willard’s program. Sunday School is at 10 and the service follows at 11.
A 13-year-old boy, unnamed for fear of punishment, shot an otter near the Brogden ranch east of Hillsboro. The otter measured about five feet. He shot from a log bridge after a startle reaction, then sold the skin for 15 dollars.
A compact explainer tracing lunar solar sidereal and anomalistic years with their day counts. It describes how leap years correct civil time, noting the Gregorian adjustment excluding 1700 and 1800 but keeping 2000 as a leap year, per the New York Tribune.
Napoleon announces Washington's death to the republic's troops. He praises Washington as a liberator who fought tyranny and secured liberty, urging France to honor him. The consul orders black crape to be displayed on all flags and pennants for ten days.
A domestic squabble is recounted as Mr Chuckster and his wife argue over perception and appearance. Amanda and Olives interrupt with fragmented phrases, debating whether they and others look alike and whether looking implies sight. The row reflects comic miscommunication reported in a Chicago Tribune item.
A San Francisco artist, just starting out, lands a commission from a wealthy client. His wife glimpses the progress and praises the piece, though she notes the sheep resemble clouds, a playful doubt within a domestic scene.
The article explains how wealth in desert communities rests on camels trees and water. Water sharing is managed by sa as per hour measurements using brass water clocks kept in mosques with a watchman signaling hour endings from the minaret. Water flow is stopped at each plantation and passed along to the next.
A historic note explains Chinese dental practice long ago attributing toothache to bugs. Dentists demonstrated by inserting a worm on a spatula under paper, moistened, then the worm dropped and was shown to patients. The tale notes low prices for false teeth at fifty cents.
A report notes dental practice where a patient’s tooth is removed using corrosive sublimate to numb pain and a wire to attach the artificial tooth, performed aboard a vessel named Angele amid a rough sea, with six cents paid.
An exchange depicts a distraught widow rebuking a curate who offers consolation after the loss of her husband. She interrupts to insist she is not in need of comfort, underscoring her strength and resolve in the face of grief.
An London Answers note recalls American sightseers who mocked the Clyde while locals boast that dredging and enhanced drafts prove the river’s improved grandeur. A bystander counters with national pride, claiming they built this river themselves.
Small Ralph helps with house fixes and asks for the medicine closet key. A humorous exchange follows about castor oil. Ruffon Wrath defends his self respect and rejects begging as a livelihood.
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