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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
7
Willie C Hawley sales second district N J Siemot The Dollies Fhied Distiit C N MacArther Portland
An aged painter’s discomfort with royal finery and a shift in mood after hosting an American professor named Reed. The encounter in a formal setting moved Mrs. Everett to tears, highlighting democratic contrasts with monarchy and republican sensibilities.
The article explains pineapples as solidified blossoms and notes Hawaii’s 7,000 acres devoted to the crop. It details planting methods for shipment, canning, and juice, advising about 5,000 plants per acre for large fruits and closer spacing for juice production.
A man brings an old clock to a jeweler for help. The jeweler sorts the dial and inspects the mechanism. He declares the clock is fine, and the man asks for payment. The jeweler answers that no charge is due, revealing the scene as a coroner’s inquiry.
In My Growing Garden J Horace McFarland traces a shift from reading about gardens to tending one. He explains how practical labor replaces abstract principles as he works out his guarded salvation with humility and resolve.
A mother measuring tonic for her sick child in a New York Post item prompts the boy to ask why he is taking the medicine. The brief exchanges capture a moment of confusion in a household health scene.
A Chicago text reflects on a girl remixing sister’s clothes into new outfits. The dialogue notes pride in thrifty style and autumn dress resurrections from hand-me-down garments.
A clipped line from a Boston Transcript script hints at social exchange with a remark about courting a maid. The fragment suggests a conversational or theater context rather than a formal report. No clear names or dates are provided.
A quirky dialogue shows Mrs Wombat asking for peaches preservation tips. Mrs Flubdub offers a humorous, oddball suggestion about storage on a high shelf. The text carries playful tone and a tangential moral cue about safety and duty.
An adventure narrative follows a traveler named Dae Mate who, eager to explore Hawaii, leans over a rail and falls into a humorous misadventure. A Japanese taxi driver shuttles him around town to a hat shop and a bedstead display, with mistaken purchases and a stubborn driver making light of the mix ups.
A New York correlative piece notes that silk hatters and debonair crooks are a past class, with modern thieves called raffish gentlemen burglars. Police say up to date methods have driven them from crime as organized criminal activity wanes and vigilant enforcement disperses bands.
The Hudson bay and Mississippi basins mark a divide in glaciated prairies showing fragile drainage balance. The Sheyenne and James rivers flow nearly parallel for about 180 miles with the land between tilting toward the gulf of Mexico.
A fragment from a diary features a veteran married man offering a tip to a young man. The bride warns against exposing their private talks. The dialogue hints at playful yet cautionary mischief in domestic life.
A morose young man quotes the saying while Misa Cay responds with a sharp line about luck in marriage, illustrating a tense exchange that hints at their strained bond and the social mood of the scene.
A fragment recalls Harman Blennerhassett and his wife on Blennerhassett Island in 1797 drawn into Aaron Burr’s western sovereign project. Burr’s plans caused charges against Blennerhassett that never reached trial. Blennerhassett died poor in Guernsey in 1821. his widow faced congressional action and militia seizures, with subsequent fates of family members noted.
A Tyrolean custom accompanies marriage prepara tions where a bride receives a tear kerchief to dry her tears on leaving home. Used once on departure, the linen is kept in the closet until the owner's death, when it is spread over her face in death.
A deceased Austrian officer bequeathed his entire fortune to a nephew on the run who never read canes. The will cites the nephew as fond of newspapers as a reason for disinheritance. Three trustees were named to guard the heir, with a prohibitory clause delaying distribution for a week, then the fortune would go to other family members.
A five year old Lola answers the door when asked if her mother is home. The caller asks for her mamma and Lola replies she is out for a minute. The exchange captures a playful mishearing as Lola repeats the phrase time.
An unclear passage shows a person named Gourieud claiming poor health and rest, while another remarks they feel best when asleep. The dialogue is garbled, with several incomplete phrases and missing context.
In Uganda a chaotic building scene unfolds as a crowd forms around a shallow hole for a pole. Overseers pick katikiro leaders from village men and divide workers into groups. After hours some pretend to work while a handful of boys remain, barely laboring.
A Chambers' Journal excerpt describes hookah etiquette among natives. It notes that passing the hookah to each person is expected and refusing to smoke is seen as rude. Being shunned for caste reasons occurs if someone abstains or bars a guest, and rejecting eating or drinking with an outcast marks him as outcast.
Bertie defies a rain rule and splashes despite warnings. Grandmother intercedes with a plea for mercy. When asked what to do to a boy who ignores instructions, Bertie replies that he should mind his mamma.
A mother signs as Mrs Kent for her daughter Myra Lee in a brief school note prompting the teacher to ask for clarification about the child’s name.
A humorous slice shows Mrs Twobbble outwitting Mr Twobbble by forcing precise marks in their game, revealing clever play and constant misdirection. The brief exchange emphasizes wit in a small, everyday dispute.
A fragmentary anecdote shows a bumpher’s wife prompting a clockmaker visit to a sitting room clock. The exchange includes a mistaken upstairs deduction and a line about rum in the tale.
A damaged OCR snippet references Fred Schultz and B. A. Kirks as attorney for claims with dates in December 1945. The text is garbled, mentioning first inoue and several stray dates, including December 15 1915 and December 16 1945.
An advertisement announces a one year subscription to The Graphic and Semi Weekly Journal for 2.00 dollars.
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