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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
2
Night gathers as Kate keeps an appointed meeting with a masked danger. The plan to rescue or confront Girdlestone advances as Tom Baumser and Major Tobias Clatterbuck tail the estate wall to breach the Priory grounds amid a brutal storm.
Toni and the major meet a German suspect at Waterloo station. The man, described as tall and thin with a long frock coat and grizzly hair, is flanked by two fellow exiles and stands with a dramatic pose as if rehearsing a statue.
A leap year girl proposes to a tactless suitor who balks at marriage duties. The maid offers bread and cheese and kigges but the cautious man rejects it, arguing baked bread or cheese would harm him and microbes lurk in kfasés. Good night.
Mrs Bowers asks how to convince a husband to buy expensive hats. Mrs Jackson replies that she takes him shopping and keeps him walking until he’s exhausted, then ends up in a shop where they sell permits, and he agrees to leave.
A quip from a Baltimore American column asks if a father will give a car. The exchange mocks objections about gasoline versus electric cars, noting “gasolite” odors and electric options being shocking.
The dialogue describes a tan cloth gown with a rose accent as fitting for Miss Elder and MMlee Claire comments on its elegance and suitability. The exchange centers on fashion details and personal taste.
Fragmentary text presents a cryptic dialogue about love and perception. The readable names and phrases hint at a social or literary snippet, but concrete events, dates, or clear participants remain unclear.
Chief Galloway reports seed testing across crops shows red clover and alfalfa heavily contaminated with dodder and other seeds. Kentucky blue grass often carries Canada blue grass seeds misbranded as the Kentucky variety. Additional notes cover potato beetle cures, poultry profit tips, herb garden suggestions, a three horse doubletree plan, and seed germination timelines for numerous vegetables.
A compact timeline of notable events from 471 Edward of Walesa through 1907 including battles, political shifts, births, and disasters. Notable items cover the Battle of Tewkesbury, Rhode Island’s break with Britain, the Dutch Stadtholder, Napoleonic campaigns, Civil War actions, Haymarket, and Esquimault defenses.
The text notes ashes from hard wood are more valuable than those from soft wood and claims some soft wood ashes lack value. It adds that value depends largely on the tree part used to make the ashes, then mentions a declaration by an unknown party.
A detailed cross section describes a piggery with a stone or concrete foundation, a two layer floor, and a central six foot alley with a crowned dry floor. Pens have two inch fall to outer doors and upright 3 foot board partitions. The eight foot loft stores straw and materials. refrain from storing meal feed there to avoid contamination.
The article explains how potato beetles attack young potato tops and vine leaves. It recommends dusting with Paris green and lime or flour, or spraying Bordeaux mixture of bluestone and lime on vines to kill beetles and prevent early blight.
Notes advise proper tire inflation and avoiding spoke chinks when wheels dry. Stock value hinges on feed quality, whether for weak or prime stock. Gentle reconditioning for idle teams is urged, and salt water shoulder care is mentioned. The piece also describes a brown breadcrumb worm larvae and a poultry bunblefoot treatment using iodine.
Chemists note that ashes from young twigs hold greater value than trunk ash, and ashes from leaves are even more valuable. This comparison highlights the varying chemical compositions found in different parts of a tree.
A rhubarb grower attributes enormous yields to rich soil and heavy annual manuring. He also credits washing soap suds as a soil treatment. From a two and a half rod patch he sold $30 worth of rhubarb in one season.
President Northrup of Minnesota University notes there are 825 creameries and 76 cheese factories in operation in the state. Farmers largely own and operate them, using shared bookkeeping methods from the dairy school. All creameries employ the Bab Cock milk test and produce first class butter.
Garden notes advise draining surface water and using overdrains and hotbeds for very early plants. Start seedlings in a seed box then transplant two inch pots once large enough. Do not work in wet soil to rush an early crop. working wet ground causes more harm than good.
A collection of misfortunes and notes from the era cover Roseben beaten at Aqueduct, cornell four-oared shells damaged on the river, possible English tennis tour to America, and legislative fights over pool selling in Tennessee. The Ames track team shows weight event promise for Chicago conference, while baseball leaders list batting averages. Long John Miller elevates high jump prospects alongside LeRoy Samee’s pole vault past.
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