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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1894
Page
4
The San Francisco Board of Health lauds Royal Baking Powder for purity and wholesomeness, challenging lower grade powder makers. An attached certified copy of the original report bears facsimile signatures of board members.
A cynic argues confectionery is run by women yet notes liberty can regulate. He cites a candy shop where bosses encourage excess eating to induce satiety, so workers lose taste and confections pass without tasting. The piece, drawn from Youth's Companion, questions self-control in industry.
Fred Howard describes a Georgia grave near Atlanta with a monument for a lieutenant killed in battle. The inscription claims the lieutenant said a noble line about dying for one’s country. A local Confederate veteran explains the line was misquoted and reflects on wartime sentiment.
A Rochester Post prose piece recounts Major P. Litvius telling of a 19th century incident at Ship Island. He and soldiers harpooned an enormous fish, eight spears deployed, a 1800 pound catch towed by a revenue cutter to the wharf. Smithsonian inquiry yielded no species identification.
The article warns that steam and hot water burns from household kettles pose severe risks to young children. It notes infants can suffer serious mucous membrane injuries and potential death from burns, with danger increasing in smaller surfaces and younger ages.
The text contrasts past orators with present speakers, noting that average listeners tire after about twenty minutes. It argues that while earlier eras had stronger errors and today eloquence helps, the common speaker still finds twenty minutes a substantial length for keeping attention.
The article surveys prominent figures tied to New York politics and science, highlighting Colonel William L. Strong as mayoral nominee, Dr. Roux's diphtheria therapy, and Hugh J. Grant’s Tammany campaigns. It also profiles cycling prodigy Raymond MacDonald, Edward M. Shepard’s Brooklyn reform efforts, and related public figures with biographical notes.
A New York Weekly item quotes the Prince of Waloe praising American girls as the prettiest in the world. The piece mixes a few casual exchanges from a classroom setting and a brief mock dialogue about a problem assignment.
The text extols St Jacobson as a nearly universal cure for sciatica, comparing the body's sciatic nerve to a telegraph wire and nerve, noting pain relief without cutting the nerve or using surgeon’s knife. It asserts the remedy reaches the pain spot and quiets misery, with pain rarely returning.
An American arrives in Queenstown with a Conservative English politician. The driver recalls Paddy’s wit fading as Maggie the horse charms a train-ride scene. The driver reveals the lean man was Mr Halfour, and the English Tory jokes about brains and brutes.
Berlin cor respondent notes German dancing moves are faster with hopping and gliding. In the waltz couples whirl in straight lines without reversing or intermingling. Dizziness leads to eyes shut moments as a partner is held until balance returns.
A Helena reporter recalls a dilapidated prairie schooner loaded with towheaded youngsters while noting a circus coming to Helena. The owner claims a Stony Creek mine and a desire to move where a monkey can be seen without killing a horse, amid a humorous clash of travel and ambition.
The eight hour day experiment in Salford aims to prove 48 hours can match 53 with the same wages. If successful, it could establish the eight hour day. Parson Quinn in Washington state detects rails and trains after 88 years, a rare travel first. A Boston note reports Chestnut Hill avenue widening remonstrances. A haunted house motif gives way to medical doubt, touting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia constipation and nervousness with claims of proven cures.
In Toledo Ohio Clara asks her father for a bicycle while her mother likens the moment to a doctor’s visit. Clara mentions consulting a dressmaker rather than a physician, revealing a domestic scene and the city setting of Toledo.
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