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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1894
Page
4
A young teller in a downtown barbershop captivates patrons with vivid tales. He riffs on trains and Georgia winters while spinning a farmyard yarn about popcorn popping like snow, as described in the Lowewille Courier Journal.
The article surveys diverse estimates of the Sun’s temperature, from near zero to millions of degrees at centigrade scale. It cites various figures by experts such as Sporer, Pouillot, Becquerel, Langley, Thompson, Deville, De Bray, Hall, and Hall’s colleague Hoth. A common conclusion places the effective temperature near 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
In the West African colony of Pierre Leone a tenth of the population follows a faith and many denominations of Christians have missionaries there. A local branch of the Chroot Binghind exists, with state reports noting extensive missionary activity and the distribution of papers at low prices.
Frank Riggs recounts how Pickett trafficked Confederate records to the U S government saving millions by disproving southern claims and exposing mail contract payouts. The money went to widows and dependents while secrecy kept the donor unnamed. The truth now emerges as the Chicago Record notes.
London Graphic reports Mr Selous, after 21 years in Africa, has returned to London from Mashonaland. He admits killing 100 elephants and 2 lions and shares a famed lion story about a mail carrier and two donkeys, noting lions’ evolving taste for civilization and his own changing approach to hunting.
The Lewiston Journal notes cashier C. M. Sawyer of the Dexter Na Howe Dink claims a mystic power to weigh items by sight. He supposedly told an old copper scrap box weighed 379 pounds and the scales confirmed the estimate when checked by a merchant.
A survey of how lithography transformed American poster art from coarse wood cuts to bold color prints. European artists dominated early, with Cincinnati and New York printers creating a distinctly American poster, driven by talent, mass production, and photography for likenesses.
St Louis unveils the new Planters Hotel on Fourth Street covering a full block from Chestnut to Pine. The ten story converted renaissance styled building features 414 sleeping rooms plus vast public spaces and a unique front room design enabled by two long alleys.
Dialog fragment portrays a wealthy youth pressuring his sister for servile tasks and marriage constraints. The text reflects class tension and a suggestion of self-advancement via social status, framed in a bygone period voice.
A brief bystander exchange cites Lawnville's complete destruction with no stores remaining and mentions a newspaper note about citizens discussing closing the department or taking action. The exchange suggests tension and potential community response.
A New York Sun corresp describes tough times from mass unemployment and neglect of workers health. It urges improved fitness, cites St Jacobs Oil as a cure, and notes coal region crafts turning anthracite into ornament goods. A one armed local maker and a Lehigh Valley engineer create coal novelties sold at high prices.
The wife of a famed novelist hoards clothing for a large family and distributes it to her children. They may save it or spend it, but no more is provided until the set period ends. The lesson preached is you cannot eat your cake and keep it.
An article riffing on monomania about remedies notes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia constipation liver and kidney trouble and nervousness. It asserts persistent use can conquer obstinate cases and ends with a humorous patient doctor exchange about insomnia and payment.
An 1886 advertisement notes Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. promising $100 for each case of catarrh cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials, with price 75 cents, Toledo, Ohio.
A matinee scene shows a woman dusting a powder puff through a concealed handkerchief to wipe a red nose and cheeks as the crowd cheers. An Austrian archduchess gifts her bridal gown to a church for Easter priestly garments after illness. Washington state’s fisheries and exports are noted, and a London cloth name origin is explained as Tweed from a misread twill.
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