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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
3
A repentant bachelor composes a playful note to a mystery country belle and sends a proposal with a kiss. The reply reveals the writer is forty years an eld maid who planned the surprise and confesses she would not advertise, leaving the bachelor sheepish and defeated.
A famous city lawyer near the city hall advised a larceny defendant to plead guilty citing a bad record. Believing three years jail likely, the prisoner asked for a good lawyer, then the attorney agreed to argue the case.
A Bible in the Congressional Library in Washington is described as the most beautiful volume. It was transcribed on parchment by a monk in the 16th century. The German text features perfect lettering with no flaw from end to end. Each chapter opens with an enlarged initial letter showing a saint or figure related to the chapter.
William Gibbons insured himself on June 15 1583 for 383 pounds against dying within a year. He died May 18 the following year and the underwriters challenged payment arguing he did not live the full twelve months.
Scientific American notes that Pennsylvania supplies over half of US iron but mines under 2 percent of ore, Ohio brings ore to Pennsylvania yet produces under 1 percent. In both states ore is brought to fuel, a common national policy, with Alabama as the exception where ore and fuel are found together.
A church member recalls a sermon on covetousness by Rev. K. Moffatt Laightly that offended Brother Paeer. The story tells of a wife who argued on the way home that no man in the audience had paid attention to the message.
A brief comic exchange centers on valuing things by price. Mrs Newly asserts love tied to cost, while Mr Newly counters with the idea that affection is shown by what one pays for. The Detroit Free Press excerpt plays on irony about material worth versus genuine feeling.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from various newspapers. Jokes range from clever wordplay to social satire with lines about actors, scholars, editors, and everyday scenes. Names and places reflect a broad comic panorama.
United States Consul in Birmingham explains his supplementary report on living costs, drawing on American welders and workers abroad. He says English workers do not live as well as Americans and that many Americans abroad found living costs higher than expected, with most returning home.
Kansas City Journal recounts Matt Duhr describing a July 1874 prairie dog migration from Oklahoma toward Texas that blocked Red River crossings for six days and forced cattle to seek other waters while animals swarmed and swam en masse.
A Scarborough man found thirty eight pins in a breakfast egg. A Spitalfields market gardener recovered a lost half crown inside a potato after a year. Tales of money making include a shark news paper in Australia and a Milford Haven trawler netting missing documents proving Miss Macdonald’s claim to Irish estates.
A product described as a blood purifier promotes its ability to cleanse the blood and tone the body, with emphasis on health benefits and overall vitality.
The Revue Scientifique concludes muscles under tension fatigue most, not those in use. Fatigue surveys show bakers feel tired in legs, blacksmiths in back, soldiers in neck, and rowers in calves. The author urges changing work habits to vary muscle use and reduce strain.
Mrs Upmore How asks about living in the country and Mrs Hyems notes higher costs for butter and vegetables from the city but fewer social obligations. The exchange reflects urban ease versus rural self sufficiency.
The passage argues that saving time in reading is wasteful and urges deliberate, paced reading to form strong thoughts. It likens rushing to underexposed plates and warns that skimming yields poor mental impressions. The idea is to take time to absorb ideas and pictures in the brain rather than hurriedly finishing texts.
A lady laments vexing servant troubles while her husband queries the issue. She recounts a Russian girl she hired who refuses to wash kimonos because they are Japanese. Also advertises Piso's Cure in a lighthearted tone as a four-decade remedy.
The dialogue shows Newpop noting the baby calms as he begins to sing, while Mrs Newpop dismisses the quirk as the baby's puzzlement at the strange noise. The exchange hints at a domestic moment and character dynamics within the scene.
Fraxx J. Cuxxey, senior partner of F. J. Cumxer & Co. of Toledo, swears firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleabon witnesses on December 6. Cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. price seven cents in ads.
A brief exchange notes a telephone in the Hicks home and Mrs Wicks finds it convenient yet less favorable than expected. Wicks explains she mostly dislikes it because she must listen half the time, as observed by the Somerville Journal.
A heated husband accuses his wife of fraud while she calmly admits the claim and refuses to deny it, declaring she will not perjure herself. The exchange reveals a tense marital dispute likely heading to further proceedings.
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