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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1905
Page
7
A jumble of notes promotes memory training and mental focus for all ages. It discusses Dr Hood’s Sarsaparilla, child memorization drills, and daily fragments of knowledge. The piece weaves in humorous anecdotes about society, pensions, and universal concerns with a dated, parlor-room tone.
A rapid montage of jokes and quips from Puck, Philadelphia Press, Chicago News, and Tit-Bits. The items feature puns on hair, divorces, dogs, manners, and everyday mischief, with brisk exchanges between characters and readers.
A Philadelphia Press piece recounts two light anecdotes. A porter explains luggage routing during a split train, confusing a passenger who calls it a portmanteau, and a laughing exchange about how long the second train runs. It also notes conmen trying free rides by hopping cars then claiming a shorter stop.
The three balls used by pawnbrokers symbolize Saint Nicholas. A legend says the saint once offered three purses of gold to three women to enable marriage. The purses were small bags tied at the top, resembling balls.
Child narrates belief in an angel bringing a new baby to her family. She recalls her mother’s Europe trip and the Pope, compares the real baby to a wax doll, and asserts angels explain how babies appear. The piece blends childlike dialogue with questions about origin and faith.
Advertisement notes a free sample of Allen's Foot-Fase with claims to cure sweating swelling and foot pain. Promises ease for corns bunions and strengthens shoe fitting. Mentions price 25 cents and urges unswerving substitution refusal. Includes odd quoted snippet from a Cleveland Plain Dealer item about farm life. Also mentions Dr Kline's Great Nerve Bend with address in Philadelphia.
Theater notice warns that tickets bought from street speculators will be refused at the door. Theater official confirms all tickets for tonight are sold, with no available seats due to speculative purchases.
An old advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding cases. It claims a money refund if PAZO OINTMENT fails and urges readers to ask their druggist for the remedy.
A crack boat builder praises his work in a quirky exchange with Mr Richman. He boasts the rowboat lasted all summer and kept would be thieves away, while promoting Piso's Cure for Consumption for 25 cents.
Maryland climbs from fifth to third in the national willow ware ranking, with growth centered in Howard County. Elk Ridge area produces over 5000 dollars annually and Anne Arundel adds 2500. Baltimore remains a key willowware hub alongside New York and Pennsylvania. Mothers are advised about teething remedies for children.
Miss Violet tours Europe and finds little to impress her. On returning to Kansas she dismisses the lazzeroni and prefers plain American macaroni baked with cheese any time.
A husband and wife discuss shopping for trimming, noting Bigg, Sale & Co. as a store with a blond trimming counter attendant. The husband offers to fetch items downtown himself, inviting speculation about the shop’s staff and the wife’s preferences.
Advertises a cold cure claiming one day relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Customers are told all druggists refund the money if it fails to cure and that E. W Grove's signature appears on each box.
The Century argues Russia has not produced first class statesmen since Peter the Great. It dismisses Gortchakoff as a great chancellor and finds no peers among modern Russian leaders, blaming autocratic rule for stifling public men and comparing Russia unfavorably with Cavour, Bismarck, Lincoln, and Seward.
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