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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
3
A half hearted bachelor finds a note from a mysterious woman seeking matrimony but is mocked by an old maid’s reply. In a separate vignette a famed city lawyer counsels a mole on a guilty plea and is puzzled when the prisoner asks for a better attorney inside the jail.
The Congressional Library in Washington houses a remarkable Bible transcribed on parchment by a 16th century monk. German text with flawless lettering, no blemishes, and each chapter opens with a large illuminated initial showing a saint or scene from the chapter.
World’s Work recounts William Gibbons who insured himself on June 15, 1688 for £383 against death within twelve months. He died May 18 the following year and underwriters challenged payment, arguing he had not completed twelve full months.
Scientific American notes Pennsylvania produces over half US iron but under 2 percent of mined ore. Ohio mines under 1 percent. In both states ore is brought to the fuel, a national policy. Only Alabama combines ore and fuel.
A church exchange reveals Brother Pueer offended by a sermon on covetousness delivered by Rev. K. Moffatt Laightly. The minister jokes about telling his wife the sermon affected her, while she claimed no man in the audience paid attention.
A fragment from the Detralé Free Press presents a dialogue about value and gratitude. Mr Newly remarks on not appreciating free things while Mrs Newly suggests love comes from paying dearly, reflecting themes of cost and affection in a brief exchange.
A sprawling collage of humorous lines from multiple newspapers includes gags about beards, trust funds, delays in justice, and lovers’ witticisms. It mingles quick jests from the New York Sun to the Philadelphia Record and Chicago Chronicle, highlighting social banter and everyday quips.
United States Consul Helstead in Birmingham supplements his claim that living is not cheaper in England than in the United States. He notes American welders and other workers abroad often expected lower costs, but many found living expenses similar or higher, with some returning to the United States.
Kansas City Journal quotes Matt Duhr describing a prairie dog migration in July 1874 from Oklahoma to southwestern Texas. The mass movement reportedly disrupted Red River cattle drinking and swelled dog towns, with millions crossing and blocking streams for about a week. It also notes eccentric cyclones in the era and a tale of chickens stripped by a cyclone.
A Scarborough resident found thirty eight pins in a breakfast egg while a Bedford hen reportedly hid a penny in an egg. A Spitalfields gardener recovered a lost half crown from a potato, and a shark tale from Australia claimed a newspaper inside a fish helped a man profit from the Franco German War. A Milford Haven trawler recovered papers proving Miss Macdonald’s Irish estate claim, tying to a long missing will.
An old ad copy touts Oregon Blood Purller as a product that purifies the blood and tones the body. The text frames the tonic as a health aid and vitality booster for general well being.
The Revue Scientifique finds fatigue from prolonged effort concentrates in the back and neck rather than arms or legs. It cites examples from a baker, blacksmith, soldier, and oarsman to show fatigue locations vary by labor and urge changing the habit of contraction to rest different muscle groups.
Mrs Upmore How answers how country living is going for her family. Mrs Hyems says life in the country costs more for city goods but requires less entertaining, comparing city and country lifestyles.
A St Nicholas quote urges slow reading to avoid under exposing the brain. It warns that hurried reading yields poor impressions and notes the value of spending time on thoughts and pictures formed in the mind. The piece ends with an ad suggesting Mrs Winslow’s Boothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children.
A lady laments servant girl problems as her Russian hire refuses to wash her kimonos because they are Japanese. Her husband asks what next. An unrelated ad copy for Piso's Cure claims forty years of cough and cold cures at 25 cents.
Newpop notes the baby grows quiet when he starts singing, while Mrs. Newpop suggests the infant is puzzled by the unfamiliar sound. The exchange plays on the baby’s reaction to voices and music.
A sworn oath by Frank J. Cumxey senior partner of F J Cumxey & Co Toledo pledges one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary public notes the December date. The advertisement touts Hall's Cure as systemically acting to cleanse blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials promised.
Mrs Wicks finds the new telephone convenient but she dislikes it more than expected. Hicks notes she must listen half the time while using the device.
A terse exchange reveals a strained marriage where one party accuses the other of foolishness while the other remains calm and refuses to deny the accusation, noting it would be perjury to do so.
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