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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1894
Page
4
A fragment references the Royal Baking Powder Company located at 106 Wall Street in New York. The text seems truncated and offers no further context or event details.
Bunke notes Threeshelle in town remarking he is not taking in the whole town. Threeshelle replies he senses all but claims a deft theft of a gold enamelled hatpin from a lady’s hat, with light banter about keeping watch.
In a tense moment Mr Mc Swat asks for solitude and says he must consult a railway guide before revealing the matter to Lobelia and Mrs McSwat. The Chicago Tribune reports the scene as a domestic pause before a travel decision.
Witts boasts of a morning victory as his wife drives off a stubborn book agent with a broom. The exchange is recounted in the Buffalo Courier dialogue between Witts and Watts.
Two boys discuss living in South America with one noting schools close when towns are bombarded. The exchange contrasts idealized location with wartime disruption and offers a grim glimpse into schools under attack.
A brief Cloak Review item presents a humorous exchange between a husband and wife about fashion. The husband deems the dressmaker too old while the wife defends her long worn dress. The gag centers on youth and appearances in domestic life.
A Washington Star quip critiques a poem as a freak with many feet. In New York a late campaign lists eighty-five women nominated for school commissioner, four elected, with parties split among Republicans Democrats Prohibitionists People’s Party and Political Equality. The slate marks a one-seat increase from the previous year.
A verse fragment from Maurice W. Casey in Boston Pilot recalls a beloved with blue eyes and soothing voice. The speaker muses on affection amid singing wild birds, a burgled grove, and a spry squirrel. A playful spaniel and birch tree set a tender rural scene.
A fragmented colonial-era clipping reports Kabarega the king of Unyoro in Central Africa enforcing a fixed tariff on all goods with severe punishments for deviations. An example cites a fowl bought for 40 cowries when market price was 4, followed by a dragoman returning 5 cowries with a warning to shop carefully. The piece also mentions a Deaf couple in New York, Mrs Romney’s self cooling water cooler, and a Benin pirate tale from Sala’s Journal.
A city in England dispatched a deputy to the ailing Charles El requesting a favor amid a long weary speech. The envoy threatens to recite the speech again if the request is not granted, prompting swift compliance.
In a Swedish exile tale, Cesca navigates bereavement after Vera’s death and a looming inheritance. Ivan, a devoted guardian, urges risky financial moves toward New York securities while an aspiring violinist battles illness and a fragile romance deepens. A cable reveals betrayal and a haunting double-cross marks the lid of a letter.
A literary fragment opens with verse about love and nature, then shifts to a New York Herald soft words column. A well dressed man on the Sixth Avenue elevated is mistaken for intoxicated but is blind, aided by a charitable passenger. The piece ends musing on hypocrisy, courtesy, and proverb meaning.
An 19th century style advertisement extols Hostetter's stomach Bitters as a painless yet thorough laxative that strengthens the digestive system. It claims benefits for the liver stomach and various ailments while condemning violent cathartics as harmful. The text ends with unrelated lines about an arbor season and nonsensical phrases.
A collage of old advertisements promotes ALLcock’s Powers Plaster for quick relief from pains and aches, Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials, Oregon Blood Purifier for malaria defense, and Syrup of Figs as a laxative. Mentions F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo, and California Fig Syrup Co. Includes odd employment pitches and moral quips, with various prices and claims.
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