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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1911
Page
7
Emile W. Voute reports in Harper's Weekly on a Javanese amok outbreak in Weltevreden. A police agent clubs a man to stop the killer while bystanders aid the arrest and a planter is stabbed to death during the frenzy.
A hotel guest heard a recurring noise like running in a room for two nights, then it sounded as if the upstairs occupant went mad. The manager investigated and found a sick foreigner was obeying unclear orders from an English doctor to alternate sleep and activity.
An erratic driver careened toward a station with crates rattling. A small boy sitting near the cargo caused the load to shift, prompting the driver to taunt him with a racially charged remark as he arrived.
A fragment from a London Tit-Bits item overheard in a conversation. A young woman writes to Gussy about nervous trouble and needing rest while claiming to think of him, leaving the young man to read the note and walk away under the stars.
An OCR fragment notes discussions on tobacco and smoking habits. It mentions King Edward as Prince and Gladstone reacting to news of smoking, including a call to change clothes before meeting. The tone mirrors period newspaper chatter and humor about regnal and political figures.
The fragment recounts a meeting where Daniel Webster impressed observers with his brow and eyes, while Disraeli noted an American orator’s presence at a levee. Smith complimented Webster, saying no man could be wiser than Webster.
In a quoted exchange from the Atchison Globe, Mrs. Lysander John Appleton recalls a claim that a fire destroyed her family home and various heirlooms across generations. She asserts the family once possessed quilts and silverware of great value, while the mockery about brass candlesticks contrasts with the phrase Our family has always electric lights.
A reader asks how to use a basket of quinces. The response suggests Pare and core select pieces for marmalade and jelly from cores and peels. It proposes marme lade and jelly as practical uses.
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