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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
4
A rural column reviews plow point shape for riding and walking plows, argues large square-cut polos wear fast and should be ground or heated to restore cutting edge, and notes better plows perform from the start. It also covers silo design, corn cobs as kindling, hogs in barnyards, spraying grapes, fall seeding with timothy, feeding changes, farm roadsides, grain chaff, butter cost accounting, and home-grown beef.
An expert argues color blindness is rising due to tobacco, noting many workers tested for color vision are smokers. He states women show fewer cases, suggesting inheritance from male ancestors, and cites railroad employers as examples while admitting individual variation.
Tiktemper is a habit that grows with repetition and weakens without exercise. To remove faults or nip them in the bud is better than later opposition, forming good habits and hindering evil ones. Sympathy helps allay anger and irritability by understanding the child’s mental state and avoiding futile criticism.
A vintage recipe outlines making angel food cake with sifted flour cream of tartar and sugar whites of eggs vanilla and a long bake. The batter goes into an ungreased pan and the cake cools inverted with a white icing finish and careful ingredient prep.
The article explains blood flow assuming a heart rate of 60 beats per minute and normal pressure. It calculates blood travel at 270 yards per minute, about seven miles per hour, 148,000 miles a day, and around 320 miles a year.
A humorous bank tale recounts Mr Smith arguing a teller erred in paying 2500 after a 2500 check, the teller insisting no mistakes occur. An advertisement followed inviting Mr John Smith to call, revealing the error and the ad’s later overpayment correction.
The text discusses physicians and scientists endorsing Hoetotter's Stomachs Mittens as a remedy and preventive for rheumatism liver complaints and related conditions. It notes reliance on public and press opinions and criticizes those unaware of Aigner tea tone.
An anxious appeal touts Hall's Calareh Cure claiming to cure deafness caused by catarrh via the Eustachian tube. It promises $100 for a cure that fails and warns of permanent hearing loss if untreated. It lists testimonials and requests mailed inquiries from readers, with offers and addresses for response.
A promotional message promotes lifelong tea trade benefits with a money back guarantee on items not liked. It urges customers to choose Schulling's Best products from their grocer, claiming broad availability and savings.
A Macon Georgia platform at the Central Railway Company’s compress gave way at seven thirty p m trapping cotton bales and timber and injuring multiple workers. Fourteen hurt were removed, with fears others under debris. teams and drivers may be buried. Recovery begins tomorrow as wreckage covers acres and the scene alarms neighbors. Edison reports progress toward using cathode rays to let blind subjects perceive light in Paris San Francisco experiments.
James H. Childs was shot and killed by John Miller a jealous drunken carpenter on Clementina street. Miller aimed to kill Nellie Ryan at her home but Childs intervened and was fatally shot before police stopped the assailant.
Washington reports by J. J. Crowley, supervising special agent of the treasury, show opium smuggling down due to duty cuts to six dollars per pound and note a rise in diamond smuggling after tariff increases. The filing covers Chinese admissions, exclusions, and deportations, treaty departures, and cross-border trade concerns with Canada and Mexico.
The Chicago city board of education votes almost unanimously to apply civil service principles to most staff positions via its rules committee. A civil service commission would be formed within the board, not handed to the city hall body. The measure passed after a heated debate with visitors present and two absentees.
President Cleveland asked Governor Budd to commute Salter D Worden's death sentence for a train wreck in Yolo County. He cited a pre presidency friendship with Worden's mother, a music teacher, as grounds for clemency. The Southern Pacific president C P Huntington also urged mercy.
Two youths under 20, aliases Charles Phillips and Chris Scott, are held in Seattle jail after confessing to a string of burglaries that left 12 to 15 houses looted. They confessed to the chief of police and officers recovered about 1500 dollars in stolen property hidden in room 20 of the Pacific lodging-house on Washington and South Second street.
A curious demonstration shows a leaf or lace pressed onto iron surfaces. When explosives or powdered charges detonate between metal blocks or atop lace, fine impressions or patterns transfer to the iron. The passage ends with a reflection on the sea’s changing moods.
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