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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
3
A Chicago Tribune quip depicts a child named Tommy and a mother in playful banter about a hen and hat adornments. The exchange imagines raising birds to decorate the mother's hat, reflecting humor and family dialogue.
A promotional piece touts health and wise living, endorsing recognized products. It highlights an ethical, physician approved laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
A crowded street car encounter ends with a gushing maiden lamenting her hair and a man apologizing after stepping on her cot. The brief exchange over washed feet and an awkward stumble reflects a chaotic urban moment recorded by a wary observer.
The London Graphic laments a rise in clerks and typewriters as the nation becomes crowded with young people seeking desk jobs. It condemns the era as overcrowded and underpaid, noting a lack of servants and laborers, replaced by a growing class of black coated paupers.
A sharp featured passenger with an umbrageous hat argues with a woman over headroom on a crowded transport. The exchange centers on how much space each occupies, with a tense remark about the hat and a defensible reply about room.
A wife reveals a secret longing for a new dress for her birthday, prompting a tense exchange with her husband. The conversation centers on honesty and desire, ending with the tailor as the implied supplier or witness to the secret.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only true remedy for catarrh, a constitutional disease, claiming internal action on blood and mucous membranes. It offers $100 to any case it cannot cure and directs readers to obtain a list of testimonials from Cheney & Co of Toledo, with sales through all druggists.
A nursemaid tells a mistress she must quit. The baby fears policemen, making the nursemaid reluctant to approach law officers, delivering a humorous quip from the London Tatler.
A fragment evokes Kerzes and Xerxes drinking xeres and mounting from a yellow throne, mixing names with vivid color imagery in a stylized line.
Washington State College replies to inquires from W L B Seattle on upland Kitsap County soils. Advice favors orchard grass or Italian rye grass with lime and land plaster and clover, warns muck soils inert, and suggests barnyard manure. Other readers ask about manure strength for strawberries and milk fever prevention, dodder control in clover, morning glory weed eradication, and soy bean data requests with Suzuki.
The Hermet Kingdom faces a push to protect remaining forests and replant denuded tracts on watershed lands. Korea adopts forest laws similar to Japan and plans a forestry training school. All timber owners must report holdings within a year or face forfeiture.
An exchange with a caller questions Mme Bombazino the bean specialist. The elderly matron confirms her identity and the caller dismisses further inquiry while noting Siberia's potential wealth lies in minerals like iron coal copper platinum asbestos and other substances.
Professor Eliott notes twelve years of bee experiments at Pullman station and soybean trials on the western Cascade Range slope near Puyallup. He reports limited success growing soybeans as a crop and forage for swine with modest results, and no human consumption trials yet.
A reader asks why milk becomes thick and slimy and how to detect tuberculosis in cattle. Dr. K W Stouder explains udder inflammation from delayed milking and bacterial infection causing milk coagulation. He notes a milk test is reliable but requires proper instruction and experience.
The line cites a quote about happiness not bought by money and presents a fragmentary remark from a Houston Post sourceabout a wife and contentment.
The article highlights Professor McGoosle famed for his grave demeanor and study of dead languages, noting his long tenure and academic focus. It emphasizes his influence in the department and his role in shaping linguistic scholarship.
A New Orleans charity worker spoke at an anti tuberculosis meeting and joked with a rabbi about being a leaf between the Old and New Testaments. The rabbi replied with a somber remark, turning the moment into a quiet pause.
The London Standard credits Sam Weller with making Dickens famous, noting Pickwick Papers initially failed until the beloved character appeared. Dickens earned over 16000 dollars and, at twenty six, was the era’s most popular author.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve sweaty feet and pains from corns bunions and ingrown nails. It claims relief for swollen feet and offers a free sample. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with address A 8 Olmsted Le, N.Y.
In a Chicago Tribune note, Veraicon returns to save Damon just in time. Dionysius remarks it is a sacrifice hit while many scorers misread it as a double play due to limited game knowledge.
Dialog notes how often two men meet Dr Rybold and a companion on the game suburban trolley line as they travel together during frequent collisions.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger quotes a worker remark about maps and nerve. The brief line questions readiness to work and mentions unnamed fellows and maps in a terse, clipped style.
A rural exchange reveals playful banter as a child explains to a parent that he gave his brother the apple seeds instead of the fruit so he could plant them and grow an orchard. The dialogue hints at lessons about sharing and future harvests.
A cryptic note from Leadville Colorado mentions a specimen gall or gal river and references gold and silver with notes on fine serine, maling, and carbonate sodium. The fragmentary text is unclear about exact events or names.
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