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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1893
Page
4
Royal Baking Powder costs more to produce due to refined ingredients but offers greater leavening strength and purity. The text argues Royal’s higher price justifies safety and quality, claiming competitors contain impurities like lime, ammonia, or alum.
Harvey Samuels describes injecting unfermented juice from crushed apples into a two week old cornstalk. He reports the plant grew taller by about ten inches, ears enlarged, and grain quality superior to his prior experiences, noting the taste lightly apple-like.
The account recalls talisman beliefs about omens linked to President Garfield era events. It mentions General Giartiell at a nomination convention where a New Testament loaf was given, a single verse seen later, and an eagle perched on Garnell's house in Washington during the Chicago nomination hour, witnessed by many.
In Cairo the late Sir Richardwen, a famed naturalist, rests at Sheppeard's hotel veranda when a snake charmer appears with a horned cerastes. He unmasks the ruse by removing the serpent’s horns and warns the crowd that the trick may fool others but not him. The report comes from London Tit-Dits.
The article touts ST JACOBS OIL claiming prompt, permanent cures for long‑standing pains. It cites cases of relief lasting years with minimal applications, and mentions correspondence with sufferers supporting lasting benefit.
A descriptive overview of Sweden and Norway during the midnight sun period. It notes continuous daylight from late May to July in northern regions, then a shift to cooler, shorter days by late summer, with stars and aurora borealis returning as nights lengthen and autumn arrival signals the end of the polar summer.
Two elegantly dressed women on a quiet street are dusted with ashes from a garbage wagon a passerby notes their pristine outfits suffer. The wagon driver offers to brush them off and the women respond with polite thanks and refusal.
In the Palmer House billiard room three newspaper men battled a faltering game while two colleagues watched and mocked. The players mishit and miscue with weak shots and the onlookers joked that they should hire someone to read copy, noting too much bad English in the piece.
Experiments in Dartland show light can be seen through a clean cut opening not more than one forty thow semith of an inch. Two clean straight eyes with a paper wedge reveal a wedge of light when the surfaces are brought together. The setup uses a straight egloseine and a strong light in a dark room to measure the edge separation. The calculation confirms the light passes through the tiny gap at the paper edge.
The article warns that improper slow seasoning can crack and weaken small wood pieces like panels or trims. Large timbers may warp or crack if not treated gradually, with water exposure lasting weeks and potential strength loss in the wool of fibers.
A murky antiquarian scene unfolds in a bazaar with a Damascene blade and jeweled hilt. The narrator recalls a sly merchant, a Persian style sword, and a Crusader encounter where the weapon seemed to wield fate, hinting at Saladin’s blade.
A long list from London Tit-Bits defines home through affectionate, moral, and domestic metaphors. Mothers, wives, children, and the household emerge as central, sanctified spaces guiding character, comfort, and daily life amid social ideals and gentle humor.
The narrative describes a perilous house search in Krasnoyarsk after two young men Shamarin and Peterson avoided disclosure by police. They secretly extracted key letters and a photograph from a corded trunk, avoiding seals, to prevent embarrassing disclosures while authorities inspected the trunks. A second topic notes Dr Parsons on strangers cold and influenza among St Kilda residents and other island communities, linking ship arrivals to outbreaks.
A celebrated English general, worn by long eastern campaigns, embarks home with a crowd of friends. In a humorous exchange with the bishop of Calcutta, he jokes he has left him his entire stock of impudence, prompting the bishop to quip about a valuable legacy.
The Irish Times notes a portable umbrella as a desirable invention. It mentions an unpatented Corean umbrella that unfolds from the sleeve, forms a paper canopy like a fan, and is held by chin strings, praising the need for a compact umbrella that can fit in a valise or trunk.
A vegetable cartridge shell entirely consumer in fringe is entering general use in the French army. The shell weighs less than half of a metal shell and costs considerably less, while removing the shell after each shot is avoided. The composition of this novelty is kept secret.
A fragmented news snippet shows a scene with a tramp asking for cold vittles for his dog while a housekeeper objects, mentioning a big brute at his heels. The dialogue hints at a rural or stray animal encounter and travel on the road.
A folk tale describes crows dancing by a large tree and a coyote who tries to join. The coyote tricks the crow into bringing his mother home revealing it is empty sand bags. The crows laugh, the coyote laments and vows revenge on the birds. The tale ends with the crow and coyote conflict. Also includes a school advertisement and a stray gossip line about a hat.
An old advertisement extols Hostetters Stomach Hitters as a remedy to steady digestion and sleep, claiming it strengthens the nervous system, regulates bile, and restores body balance. It also promotes use for kidney complaints neuralgia and malaria prevention, urging a wineglassful twice daily.
An ex-champion walker discusses enduring health issues and endorses Allcock's Porous Plasters after twenty years of use. The letter from New York cites kidney catarrh relief attributed to the plasters. The note adds a Chicago whiskey price report noting a fictional “stone” drop.
Article asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Malls Catarrh Cure by F L J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional remedy. It claims cures and offers one hundred dollars for proof, urging readers to mail for samples and testimonials.
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