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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1897
Page
4
Amateur photographers explore a simple color process with secret chemicals that yield more than forty shades from three primaries. The auto matic method promises finer results for landscapes, marine views, soldiers in French army images, precious stones, and even color portraits of hair tea and skin tones.
A British reader argues London needs a defender city plan. He asserts since 1830 the city has cost about 156 116 400 for improvements and spends over 5 000 daily. He notes near 25 percent of the area is public recreation space within five miles of Charing Cross, with at least 58 grounds over 20 acres each besides cemeteries and private plots.
Military journals report a new self moving car powered by a 16 horse power engine capable of 40 miles an hour on level ground. It features four broad-fire wheels and pivots two rapid fire cannons to sweep the horizon. One operator both drives and handles firing and loading.
Exhibition at the University of Pavia presents working plans for a tunnel under the Strait of Messina to connect Sicily with the Italian mainland. Engineers deem a tunnel more feasible than a suspension bridge given the strait’s width and dangerous winds for long spans.
Italy funds a marriage portion program with an annual £500000 to aid poor heiress hopefuls. Applicants must prove good character, lack of means, and that the suitor has a trade. The aid helps brides wed without a dower. The scheme is widely valued as charity.
General George G. Greene oldest living West Point graduate celebrated his 96th birthday in New York. A Mexican War lieutenant and Civil War veteran wounded at Lookout Mountain, he later led Croton Aqueduct engineering and served as consulting engineer for the Central Park commission. He remains vigorous and sought for advice.
A Polish chemist is said to have invented an anaesthetic that acts quickly on exposure to air and can render nearby people unconscious for hours. In warfare a bomb could release the agent to put the entire force to sleep, and a pellet under the nose might knock a man out for four hours.
Not instant but quick, Trostetter's Stomach Meters touted as a cure for liver ills and digestive pains. A separate disturbing note reports a seven foot wolf killed near Nashua in Valley County, with graphic details of its violent demise.
An advertisement extols home products and pure foods, listing items like Tea Garden Drips, Vitis forente, and Tin Gorden Drive. It notes the Pacific Coast Sayre Co manufacturer and mentions a book agent in Mississippi with irrigation ties, pressed by a potential mob.
English cities Manchester and Liverpool vie for trade with a rail link and a ship canal project. Liverpool has invested about 45 million dollars in new docks while Manchester funds canal construction. The Bank of Naples traces to 1549 amid banking upheaval. the Bank of England began later.
Instructions cover when to plant corn and how to fertilize with bone phosphate or lime salt, plus methods for beet sugar feeding, worm control, and shallow tillage. Guidance includes covering seeds lightly, row spacing, manure use, sowing dates, and care of fruit trees and grains for a moist spring.
The article advises shallow but thorough cultivation to destroy weeds as soon as they surface, warns against underdrainage and dirty water, and stresses watchful, timely tillage. It covers transplanted tree care, swine breeding basics, sorghum fodder, rundown pig care, and poultry management with emphasis on feed, water, cleanliness, and housing. It ends with two Johannesburg justice selections.
A Havana dispatch details General Garcia ambushing two Spaniard detachments near Vintegas Puerto Principe province and defeating them with 64 more killed or wounded as he pursued the retreating force ten miles from the coast. Nunez brothers captured a fort near Palacios and torched it after occupying it three days. Cuban forces also routed government troops at Minas and St Felipe.
A freight train ran onto an open switch at Cabeza siding allowing the Atlantic express to pass. Engineers John West and Denny Donahay were killed. Passengers were shaken up and rescued via holes cut in a damaged coach. The brakeman left the switch open and West acted to avoid greater tragedy.
Informer recounts a conspiracy to rob the Portland registry department with several officials arrested including Julian E. Epping the registry superintendent. Other detainees are George T. Watson Charles A. Watson John Simpson and Charles W. Holsapple. Federal authorities had tracked the plot for ten days and were alerted by a Waterfront informant.
Professor R S Bowman of Hartsville College recounts a miraculous recovery from nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble after trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He pays tribute to the medicine, supported by a sworn affidavit, and notes prices of boxes and mail order availability.
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