Cable Repair Off Bermuda Restores Atlantic Link
Karl K. Kitchen describes the Mackay Bennett repairing the six mile from Hamilton Bermuda to Halifax Nova Scotia. A broken 700 wire cable lay submerged under 720 feet of water as repair crews grapple and splice the ends. The operation succeeds after three hours, restoring telegraph communication to Hamilton and Jamaica via Newfoundland and New York.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Halifax
Nova
Jamaica
Newfoundland
New York
Mackay-Bennett
Karl K. Kitchen
New York World
Child asks about moon creation in playful exchange
A brief Chicago News quip shows a child named Edgar asking if God made the moon and where the old moon went. The reply confirms creation and poses a witty doubt about a cut up moon.
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Edgar
Chicago News
Why He Was Glum in a Domestic Moment
Comic exchange about a wife’s threat to move to her mother, noting the humor in marital dynamics. A Euripides quote frames the joke.
Glacier National Park Montana Switzer land of America
The article extols Glacier National Park as a premier natural wonder with elevations from 3100 to 10400 feet and sixty active glaciers feeding cascades and lakes. It highlights Lake McDonald and Upper Lake St Marys, notes several principal glaciers, and mentions abundant fishing and wildlife including bear elk moose deer big horn sheep mountain goat and mountain lion.
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Glacier National Park
Switzerland of America
Lake McDonald
Lake St. Marys
Lake Louise
Iceberg Lake
Red Eagle Lake
Bowman Lake
Waterton Lake
Two Medicine Lake
Belton
America
Midvale
Blackfoot
Grinnell
Harrison
Pumpelly
Red Eagle
Sperry
Kint- Ta
Agassiz
Chaney
Strength Out of Weakness Epilepsy in Famous Figures
A medical periodical notes how epilepsy and ill health affected great minds. It cites Mohammed Napoleon and Darwin as examples, describing Napoleon and Calvin as fragile, Darwin working limited hours, and Johnson and Scott with chronic ailments and opium for spasms.
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Mohammed
Napoleon
Calvin
Frederick the Great
Darwin
Johnson
Scott
Lammermoor
The Printed Cough in Cromwellian Sermons
A look at mid sermon coughs and hems used to attract attention among Cromwell era preachers. The practice, debated as ornament or necessity, showed up in printed sermons with coughs marked on the page margins.
Definition of intense in a classroom joke
A teacher asks for the correct definition of intense. Several students answer with mistakes. A girl offers a humorous but incorrect answer about Indians living in tents, which only the teacher finds amusing, as reported by the Kansas City Star.
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Kansas City Star
An Eye to Safety
A wealthy passenger aboard a voyage asks the captain to install a watertight compartment, insisting on having one regardless of cost, highlighting safety concerns aboard ships in a London Telegraph quip.
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London Telegraph
Eighteenth Century Vocalist Accuses Handel of Bad Accompaniment
A vocalist named Gordon accuses Handel of poor accompaniment. He threatens to jump on the harpsichord and crumble it if Handel does not change his style. Handel replies inviting the audience to see Gordon jump to hear him sing.
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Gordon
Handel
Exploring Vesuvius A daring crater descent by two explorers
A. pees and A. M accompanied by six guides descended into Vesuvius crater described by Monsieur V Forbin. They faced suffocating fumes red hot cinders and crumbling walls as they reached the fumarole Mercalli. Heat and gas caused sickness and near fainting on ascent, with one rescues by rope.
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Vesuvius
A. Pees
A. M
Crater
Monsieur V. Forbin
la Nature
Malladra
Hena
Roee
Pingane
Console
Mr. Malladra
Mr. Console
Bleaching Ivory Ornaments and Piano Keys
A London Mail method suggests soaking ivory pieces in unslaked lime with bran and water to form a paste that bleaches discoloration. Rub the paste off with a cloth, dry the ivory in magnesia powder, and finish with a few strokes of a cloth for a brilliant polish.
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London Mail
Past Future and Present
Dialogue sketch where three girls compare men by time frame of their appeal. The first praises a man with a past for being interesting, the second prefers a man with a future, and the third seeks a present tied to expensive gifts, claiming greater interest from the value of the moment.
Don’t Shoot at the Sky Anxious Child Warns Father
A man named H. tested a revolver by firing blanks into the air when his six year old daughter Natalie appeared distressed and pleaded that he might kill an angel if he shot at the sky. The incident is noted as a timely warning about firearm safety.
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Natalie
Local Classifieds The Dundee area listing goods and livestock
A varied cluster of advertisements lists plants and seeds at drug stores, a nearly new horse wagon with harness, Rhode Island Reds and Black Minorcas with eggs and chicks, three Newberg lots and a Sherman County ranch for sale, White Leghorn eggs and chicks, incubators, a team wagon harness carriage trade for cows or property, a Simplex Cream Separator No 2 and a bay mare for sale, and driving options at Chehalem Mountain C E Skelton inquiry details.
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S. C
Rhode Island Reds
E. A. Marr
Dundee
Oregon
J. O. Lyon
Tenth
Pacific Streets
C. F. Sheily
Chehalem Mountain
C. E. Skelton
Newberg
For Sale Cheap Niftiest six room modern bungalow in town
Classified ad style item noting a six room bungalow on a 100 by 100 lot with contact S Ed Launer at Sixth and Howard and phone Red 65. It also includes an advertisement for Nyal’s Cherry Cough Syrup from The Newberg Drug Co claiming to relieve cough and clear throat deposits.
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Launer
Sixth
Howard
Nyal
Newberg Drug Co
Newberg Applegrowers Union Adopts March 15 Meeting
The Newberg Applegrowers Union failed to form a quorum at the annual meeting due to conflicts and overlapping sessions. An adjournment was set for two weeks hence on Saturday March 15 to take up regular business with talks on timely subjects and full attendance urged. J. D. Gordon, President. J. H. Rees, Secretary.
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Applegrowers
J. D. Gordon
J. H. Rees
Sec’y
Auction Notice for Farm Goods on First Street Near Main
On Saturday March 8 at 2 PM a public sale will offer Holstein cows some fresh and soon fresh, 1 horse, 1 light and 1 heavy wagon, 12 dozen chickens, 2 feed cutters, 1 Faultless stump puller, 150 feet wire cable size %, 1 plow 1 cultivator, heavy double harness hay and wood rack 8 bottle milk tester complete milk cans grindstone bells and more. Terms Under $10 cash and all sums above $10 bankable notes. J C Keller Westfall Auctioneer 2021
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First Street
Main
J.C. Keller
Westfall
Newberg Applegrowers Union to Hold March Meeting
The Newberg Applegrowers Union will meet in the Commercial Club rooms on Saturday March 1 at 2 oclock. Members are urged to attend. By order of J D Gordon President and J H Rees Secretary.
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Newberg Lodge
A. F
A. M
W. M
R. H. C. Bennett
I. A. Hanning
Newberg Applegrowers’ Union
J. D. Gordon
J. H. Rees
Sec’y
Farms For Sale 150 And 17 Acre Listings
Real estate notice offers two farms near town. No 44 features 150 acres with dairy facilities, 3 barns, orchard, wells, 40 cultivated acres and proximity to school and town. price 30 dollars per acre with 1500 cash and five years on rest. No 52 covers 17 acres with 16 cultivated, old house, bearing orchard, strawberries planted last year, near R F D and school. price 150 dollars per acre with 300 cash and five-year balance. Written by C O Burgess, Sheridan R F D.
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C. O. Burgess
Sheridan
R.F.D
Closing Out at Cost at Exposition Grounds
Edmund Senn offers discounted stock of headstones and monuments at cost with payment terms. Also advertises a 50 foot lot on First Street with a five room house for 1600 dollars. Describes a large sacrifice and bargain for a quick sale.
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San Francisco
Exposition Grounds
First Street
Edmund Senn
Auction Sale Multitude of Goods Near Newberg
An auction will be held Monday March 10 at a site half a mile north and west of Newberg selling horses cows farming implements potatoes chickens ducks household goods and other articles. Terms are cash and a free lunch will be provided.
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Newberg
Card of Thanks From Carl Schick and Family
The Schick family expresses heartfelt gratitude to neighbors and friends for kind assistance and sympathy during their recent affliction and bereavement.
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Carl Schick
Buff Necks Offer Prime Hatching Eggs
Buff Neck egg producers announce eggs ready for hatching. E. H. Woodward promotes quality stock and emphasizes performance for table use and breeding.
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E. H. Woodward
Newberg Iron Works Buys Old Cast Iron
Newberg Iron Works offers cash for old cast iron. Bring in your castings to the shop at 6th and Blaine streets.
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Newberg Iron Works
6Th
Blaine Streets
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Montana
Atty
B. A. Kirks
McMinnville, Oregon
Clarence Butt
Lal
Larkin-Prince Hdw. Co
J. L. Haworth
J. W. Barcroft
Loganberry Tips
C. E. Newhouse
Springbrook
E. O. Ellis
Larkin
Prince Ho
Central
Oregon Land
F. M. Tewksbury
Meridian Street
W. A. Draper
Excelsior
Newberg Auto Garage
H. P
Dayton
Morton Street
Depot
J. A. Cornell
Graphic Office
T. H. Thorne
White
Spenger
L. B. Ferguson’s
Henry Clemmens
G. A. Best
Sherman Co
A. H. Benton
Meridian St
Philo
J. T. Everest
Walter Wilson
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