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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1893
Page
4
A quote from Chatfield Arthur in the Laclide remarks tobacco smoke preserves contents like spirits and alcohol. He cites keeping moths worms and reptiles in bottles for years with tobacco smoke as the preservative, noting long storage preserves form though opening collapses it.
In a New York Times column, a well known society woman who travels widely advises travelers to wear their best underclothing on trains. She notes mishaps and rail accidents reveal social judgments by improvised rescuers and innkeepers, who may prefer payments over hospitality.
A 19th century note explains pure water detection by color clarity in a glass bottle and smelling after a day in warmth, warning against foul water. It also mentions Morland’s 1074 English pump with plungers and pistons and De la Hire’s later double acting pump by the French academician.
An ad touts Anti fermentine in tablet form for preserving all kinds of foods. One package supposedly preserves fifty pints of fruit or a barrel of cider for 60 cents, claiming to retain natural appearance.
A lyric sketch evokes buttercups daisies and mountain stream light with dreamlike imagery. It paints shaded valleys bright mossy banks and quiet glens where solitary summer day offers delight and escape from cares.
A Washington Cor St Louis Globe Democrat report recalls 1800s Swiss embroidery from Appenzell Thurgis and St Gall. Hand craft reached Europe then to America, with women trained from childhood. Handwork dwindled to under 5 percent as hand machines rose, changing production and earnings for embroiderers.
A fragment discusses telepathy proposing mind to mind action without mediating channels as more mysterious than body to mind actions. It argues humans may universally possess susceptibility to influence by others and contrasts how common-place phenomena seem unusual to observers.
The text praises monarchs for rare collections from beetles ants to stamps and poems. It highlights the Prince Regent of Mavaria an avid observer of nature, King Oscar of Sweden for autographed poetry books, Czar Alexander II for birds and stamps, and ex-emperor Brasil for butterflies.
The letter quotes an expression cited by a Lowton resident and rival Kinwell as not original to him. The confession prompts historical study and links the phrase to Tacitus and later writers such as Terence Voltaire and Sevigny in the Philadelphia Ledger.
A fragmentary dialogue discusses newsboys prices and reader interest. It mentions a Highgate case where a man faces riding without a ticket and notes alleged large-scale defrauding of the Great Northern Railway. a cryptic line hints at an English proverb origin.
W. W. Story recalls Rome’s Corso carnival era when every street wore banners and flowers. Citizens, country girls, and elegant carriages moved in staged balconies, with masks, laughter, and festive hubbub, the city alive under Momus’s rule.
A St Louis Republic report recalls a Kentucky planter family with a slave who loved a devout Kentucky girl who later joined a convent near St Louis. Years later visiting kin triggered thoughts of the slave and his quiet devotion now long past.
A New York Sun account describes a Zulu man named Quongo Perceriah seen daily as a porter at the Court Street station of the Kings County Elevated road. Born in Zululand and brought to America by Barnum, he once toured museums and is noted for a large topknot of wool and a calm gaze behind goggles.
The text notes a move toward beauty in ordinary objects enhancing their value. It cites medieval styles in decorative and utilitarian articles, with old china, antique jewelry, and furniture regaining popularity as society embraces antiquity and craftsmanship amid a modern setting.
A damaged quotation recounts a postponement of welding linked to a tragedy. Lovers flee toward a visible heaven while workers’ families receive aid funded by savings misused for a cause. The piece references a worker crushed in a building collapse and the Times reporting era voice.
Fragmentary remarks describe Father Time cloaked and trailing, a waiter’s dialogue about time and a road, and a satirical note on bullets and buttons as relics of a June day. It recalls a dramatic but unclear scene with public figures and a historical anecdote about the first white child born in California, Thomas A. Sunderland of Portland, later a newspaperman.
A satirical guide to cultchaw and department detailing walking, standing, sitting, bows, and gloving as markers of a gentleman. It mocks attempts at refinement and lampoons the proper motions of polite society in a metropolitan setting.
A London Tit-Bits item recalls a city famed for its colleges where a passerby scoffs at a sign reading Stammering Institute A Few Lessons Infinit. The tale, with humorous misreadings, sits beside a quack’s wartime deception involving swallowing objects to convey secret messages.
A descriptive sketch portrays the poet Algernon Swinburne as small in stature with a prominent forehead and expressive eyes, sharing bachelor rooms with Theodore Watt the painter and critic. It notes his cordial manner, his walks, a habit of not using an umbrella, and his fondness for giving cakes to children. It also mentions Lieutenant Peary and Mrs Peary planning to spend the season near the North Pole.
A Millbrae California first class home school for boys promises superior instruction and care with graduates admitted to the State University or Stanford University without examination. Fall term begins August 1 and only a limited number of pupils are accepted. catalogues available.
An 19th century health ad touts Hostetter’s Stomach Hitters to restore digestion and nerve balance, claim broader benefits for kidney issues rheumatism neuralgia and malaria prevention. It advises thrice daily use and promotes bodily vigor through renewed sleep and digestion.
A promotional piece touts Attcock’s Porous Plaster as highly effective and widely imitated, warning buyers to avoid inferior imitations. It also endorses Dr. Cheney’s Mall Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment, offering $100 to prove any failure to cure.
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