Old Settler or Resident In Village Dispute
A village exchange features a grocery drummer asking if a long white whiskered man is an old settler. The merchant corrects him, calling the man an old resident who has owed him for about thirty years.
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1905
Page
3
A village exchange features a grocery drummer asking if a long white whiskered man is an old settler. The merchant corrects him, calling the man an old resident who has owed him for about thirty years.
Healthy Children urges proper feeding and exercise for kids. It recommends Pillsbury Vitos as a phosphate rich cereal free of artificial color, claiming it to be the meat of the wheat and suitable for the whole family. It notes a large package yields twelve pounds of strength-building food and costs 20 cents. It ends with a statement that more horses fall from weariness than from any other cause.
The ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh with a constitutional treatment taken internally. It promises a hundred dollar reward if it fails and urges sending for addresses of the makers F J Cheney & Co of Toledo. It also touts Hall's Family Pills and Piso's Cure as effective remedies for coughs and colds. The final line notes that very full cheeks indicate strong digestive powers.
In St. Petersburg a fierce northeast blizzard prevented bloodshed by forcing strikers indoors. No rioting occurred by midnight though rumors spread. Foreign residents fearfully prepare to leave, while socialists rally to support Polish autonomy and protest Cronstadt executions. The frozen Gulf of Finland could seal any last exit.
Senor Que sada Cuban minister met at the State department amid agitated reaction in Isle of Pines settlers as they press for a hearing before the government over the transfer to Cuba. A proposal considered would compensate settlers for land if Pine Islands were found to be American.
Taft arrived in Washington from Hampton Roads at 7 am and met the president in the executive office. He stated there is no plan to relinquish supervision of Philippine affairs during his absence in Panama. A report that Philippines matters would move to the State Department under Secretary Root was denied as without foundation.
Southern Pacific engineers report success at Salton sea in reducing river flow intrusion. After months of tests the waters are now under control, but the company must build new tracks to escape encroaching waters incurring heavy expenses.
The Panama Canal consulting engineers held an all day session and reviewed canal types. A majority favor a sea level design, but an intimation suggests a compromise toward a low level lock canal, which would be very satisfactory.
Navy orders Oregon to return from the Philippines to the United States at an early date. Two Denver class cruisers will be sent to the Philippines later. The Oregon will bring back a crew whose enlistments are nearing expiration.
Paris reports President Castro withheld the second installment of the Plumley arbitration award totaling about 650000 dollars. Judge Frank Plumley led the Northfield Vermont panel that ruled in France's favor for damages to French citizens in Venezuela before 1903. The first payment was made three months ago and the failure to pay followed claims of interrupted Franco Venezuelan diplomatic relations.
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports an imperial manifesto cutting peasants land redemption taxes by half from 1906 and removing them entirely from 1907. The Peasant Bank gains capital and loan privileges to aid land purchase, with $40 million in tax relief anticipated and expanded bank operations to shift crown and private lands to peasants.
A dispatch from Simbrick reports a false emperor has appeared near Penza with 50,000 followers. If true, the pretender to the throne would head the peasantry, signaling a possible agrarian rebellion challenging the government. The region previously saw Pugatcheff's rising along the Volga.
The State department reports Germany has protested to Britain and France over negotiations with Liberia. Liberia sought a loan and offered to hypothecate territory as security, which Germany claims signals potential British and French influence expansion. No action was taken by the State department beyond informing.
Reports from Vladivostok say rioting persists with eastern and fortress artillery units in revolt. The commandant panicked and cities endured extensive destruction as residents seek refuge on harbor vessels. One report cites about 300 rioters, mostly sailors and artillerymen, killed or wounded.
Washington nov 17 the navy has not been advised of a set launch date by cramp shipbuilding though senator heyburn says it will occur dec 9 the Idaho is only 40 percent completed and launching at this stage appears unlikely without navy notification
The Standard Oil company announced a quarterly dividend of ten dollars per share, up from six this quarter and seven a year ago. With this declaration total annual dividends reach forty dollars per share, compared with thirty six dollars last year.
fragmentary dialogue shows a confrontation on a streetcar where a man asks a woman to yield a seat to her father. Bobby mocks the idea of giving up a seat and remarks it pains him to see his father reaching for a strap at home.
Advertisement claiming Allen's Foot-Ease cures sweating and swollen feet and relieves tight shoes. It mentions Le Roy New York address for a free sample and warns against substitutes with a list of conditions like corns and bunions. All druggists sell the product.
A brief social exchange recalls a wedding proposal and a single hour of silence, framed as a cherished memory of happiness and contemplation. The scene centers on a couple sharing a meaningful moment remembered by the narrator.
Rastus tells Mandy not to forget to wake at six tomorrow morning. Ike notes it is a holiday so he can sleep again after rising briefly, seeking the satisfaction of rolling over.
Quoted vent about marriage and nerve tests ends with a humorous cadenza on fear and strength. An ad copy promotes Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Medicine claiming a permanent cure and offering a free trial bottle and treatise from Del, BR, MH Kline, Philadelphia.
In a humorous exchange Miss Cayenne says she felt sleepy before Mr. Dullboy spoke, answering a query about whether hypnotism can put people to sleep. The remark highlights a playful office theory discussion about hypnosis.
A humorous dialogue exchange features B Singleton and Wedderly on relationships. Mrs Growells quips about women and purses while noting sample room misconceptions. The exchange satirizes gender dynamics with sharp irony.
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