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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
6
Silas endures a visit from the Reverend Porter who flatters and pressures him to marry Judith while masking coercion with religious pretense. Silas plans to confide in Martha and seeks a way to escape Porter's control, fearing exposure and manipulation. Judith warns of surveillance as Porter plots to secure power over their lives.
The narrator hides under a pear tree in a garden and overhears a pair discussing him. Judith and Mr Porter dismiss him as a fool while noting he has been listening and asking questions. They recall a recent change in his demeanor and reference others and events from Holtig'sd and Gaelsles.
A Riverside night march anecdote recalls General Lawton halting a six foot corporal of the Twenty-fifth Infantry and asking why he carried a dog when the troopers were exhausted. The reply, with a wide grin, that the dog was tired, drew a laugh from the command staff.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a woman asks Edwin if she is his first woman he has loved. He replies awkwardly that the others were only girls, revealing the punchline with a tone of light domestic wit.
FL A Ballard, age 51, president of the Agassiz association with about 1000 branches, organized the group in 1876 and led it continuously since.
A plan by C C Bosworth describes a barnyard hay unloading rig using pulley blocks and a horse fork to lift hay into a mow. The setup uses cones, rings, and multiple pulleys with rope to raise load straight up then maneuver over the mow, aiming to cut equipment costs versus track and car.
The text advises remedies for winter horse illnesses focusing on liver and kidney issues. It recommends a three daily dose of nux vomica to restore appetite, with twenty drops given on the tongue before meals. Ground oats and morning grain should include half an ounce of powdered nitrate of potash. A general condition powder for kidneys and liver is described, mixing flaxseed, gentian, ginger, iron sulfate, and charcoal to be given daily at noon.
An Indianapolis News sketch explains a lightweight wagon tongue for use on a light one horse wagon. It describes tough lumber for the pole two inches square at the small end and three and a half inches at the large end, a two inch wagon felloes circle, bolted shaft couplings, and a double-tree resting on the circle. The design is quick to attach, very light, and inexpensive, reducing burden on horses.
A passage from American Cultivator warns that couch grass is a terrible weed to eradicate in fields and gardens. Its underground root stocks run far beyond mowing reach and grazing, producing buds that form new plants and enabling rapid spread. The root systems can reach ten to fifteen feet in a season, making cultivation ineffective.
To get rage in winter a successful poultry raiser says hatch winter chickens from winter laid eggs. Early hatches need warm brooding houses with exercise space and dry conditions, while a February incu bator start helps produce pullets ready to lay in winter.
The pasture should rest when worm eggs are present deposits of intestinal worm eggs can reach millions in old pastures. This endangers young lambs and suggests rotating sheep between two pastures during worm trouble. Change is advised only if worms are detected in the flock.
A simple project describes transforming a 2 inch plank into a wheelbarrow style runner and two supporting components. The instructions indicate cutting a runner from the plank and forming two parts to support or guide the device, outlining a practical winter sled building method.
Instructions describe assembling a sled barrow with brace iron or wooden wagon felloes. Frame pieces a bed pieces c rocking pin e and the securing d to fit tightly through the runner a. The excerpt explains joining parts ec and a hardware method for a snug fit.
Practical guidance on poultry keeping including egg color hints, roost height, fat hens and oversized eggs. Emphasizes pure-bred stock, yearly cock changes, geese for hatching, balanced soft feed with milk for chicks, salt limits, manure use, tool care, and timing of buy sell cycles.
The Blezen battle sees Grouchy's French force defeat 8 000 Prussians and seize 500 cannons. Boston marks the 184th anniversary of the Mayflower landing. Russia and Sweden seek a subsidiary treaty as Dessalines marches toward Santo Domingo. Holland teeters toward bankruptcy as Sac and Fox cede 80 000 square miles along the Mississippi. New Orleans grieves Spanish-backed troops.
The article notes a projected Russian code of commerce after new territorial gains, Portuguese emigrants sailing from Bruges to Rio Janeiro, Georgia blocking Native self government, and U S treaties granting 8 million acres. It also mentions Adrianople peace dissatisfactions, a Choctaw Osage clash, Simoda earthquake destruction, Britain's enlistment law for foreigners, a Kaffir war forecast, debt redemption, Texas Indians settlement pledges, and ships seized at Havana.
Reports from New Orleans described successful Union raids on guerrilla camps. Secretary Stanton announced Sherman’s occupation of Savannah. Complaints emerged about Jewish persecution in Rome. The Union fleet bombarded Wilmington. Fenian brothers in Chicago urged war on England over the St. Albans raid, pledging 5,000 men. Mexican Republicans defeated the Imperialistas at San Pedro.
A railroad disaster in Oxfordshire England killed thirty people while a mine explosion in North Staffordshire killed twenty. The Hoosac tunnel was ceded to Massachusetts. A New Orleans mixed school clash ended in a street duel in which Editor Byerly was killed. Senate approves currency changes. Mexico seethes over orders. Milwaukee and Win churches suspend services for Nebras Aka grasshopper relief.
Twenty years ago the Mackay Bennett commercial cables were opened to the public at the offices of the Commercial Cable Company in New York. The event marked access to historic transatlantic telegraphic infrastructure and drew attention to the enduring reach of early undersea communication networks.
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