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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
3
The passage suggests drinking a quart of water daily improves well being. Water is described as a nerve food akin to good butter, with a soothing effect when sipped slowly. Slow water intake is compared to the calm produced by deep breathing.
A Broadway stenographer recalls a friend in a parlor chat who boasted about rattling bones in a minstrel show. The thin friend rose and shook his arms when asked to perform, leaving the teller amused and flustered. The anecdote appears in the New York Telegraph.
A quoted fragment from Frederick Robertson's journal recalls how chance encounters shaped his path from soldiering to ministry. He notes that meeting a certain person and a certain lady led to his conversion, while a dog’s bark changed the chain of events and even future fates in India. The playful hypothetical ties personal fate to small incidents and pet mischief.
A woodsman searches forests for mahogany trees which grow scattered and hidden. He climbs to the highest ground to survey the surrounding country and spot trees by their peculiar foliage and trained eye within dense underbrush.
The article recounts historic medical beliefs about bloodletting using leeches to treat various ailments. It notes leeches fed on animals and humans, the practice spreading widely, and risks including potential death from excessive bleeding. It also references 18th century storms and disasters inspiring poetry.
Storms of old England recount great tempests with 1500 houses blown down in London in 944 and in October 1091 a vast toll on churches and 500 houses destroyed in a single season.
Gotham in Nottinghamshire gave its name to the nickname Gotham City after derisive tales about its foolish villagers. The fifteenth century satirical collection The Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham by An drew Borde, a Carthusian monk, mocked local wit. Henry VIII reportedly jailed Borde in the Tower, where death ended his imprisonment.
In Lord Broughton’s reminiscences the writer recalls Queen Victoria on her wedding day as pale yet handsome. He notes her propriety and presence of mind, guiding Prince Albert during the lessons and prompting him as the ring was exchanged. She even signaling him to step closer at the ring moment.
A recipe from the New York Tribune describes a liniment made of four tablespoonfuls of ammonia four of alcohol two large tablespoons of salt and about a quart of rainwater. The instructions note to shake and apply with friction until the back is warmed as a remedy for strain during housework.
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