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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1894
Page
4
An advertisement notes health and economic benefits of using Royal Baking Powder from Royal Baking Powder Co located at 106 Wall Street New York.
In a humorous quip, Zola recalls how De Amicis misheard two puppies barking as crying babies during an interview. The Italian writer allegedly claimed the interviewer was the father of twins, illustrating a comic lapse in reporting.
A brief exchange captures a crusty customer doubting the price of glasses and a sharp salesman insisting the glasses are valuable, noting the customer's imperfect eyewear in a period style blurb from Jewelers Weekly.
The novelist H Rider Haggard has left London for Ditchingham House in Norfolk where he farms and writes beside his wife and two daughters. He studies history for his novels, shoots on the estate, and maintains an orderly country routine with daily Bible reading and uninterruptible study time.
The New York Tribune notes experienced eye doctors observe presbyopia beginning earlier than in the past with both men and women seeking glasses sooner. A tale from England recalls runaway marriages to American servants and later forgiveness, linking descendants to notable figures like a chief justice of Pennsylvania.
A court drama unfolds around a family secret kept by a lone servant. An elder kirk minister pressures the servant to speak, arguing peril to her soul, while she questions sacrificing honor over a poor creature. The tale unfolds with strain and moral clash.
The study by Herr Korosi of Budapest links parental ages to infant mortality. It finds the lowest child death rate when mothers are 30 to 35 and fathers 40 to 50, with higher risks for younger mothers and mismatched age pairs. Across nations, the pattern holds, suggesting marriages in midlife favor healthier offspring.
The Tablet recounts a story Tennyson shared about a New England dissenting minister who, during a Sunday service, recited The Charge of the Light Brigade instead of the planned sermon. The sermon angered his congregation, yet a tramp-like traveler later thanked the minister for saving his soul, saying the poem moved him to change his life.
A Chicago Tribune observation notes shoppers in a busy downtown store. It highlights gender parity in behavior and how clerks react to indecision. A salesperson details plum pudding in cans while a curious customer questions quality.
A cab driver weary of complaints confronts a woman about riding in his cab and faces a threatened police complaint. In Detroit Free Press humor, Jim and a theater scene unfold with wry banter about a play and rose worn by a girl.
A London Lady recounts hard times with mass unemployment and pain relief from St. Jacobs Oil. She amusingly notes cats sparing birds, training them away from poultry, and even suggests peppering a chicken as punishment to curb a cat’s predatory antics.
Sir Robert Ball warned juveniles that a telegraph message would circle the earth seven times in a second and a message to the moon would land in just over a second, while even to Alpha Centauri would take at least three years at 150000 miles per second. He emphasized vast distances to far stars beyond human comprehension.
The piece warns that Brights disease diabetes and albuminuria are obstinate kidney ailments that threaten life. It claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters can check dangerous decline and aid common ailments like constipation and nervousness, while also guarding against malaria and rheumatism. A separate dialogue ends in divorce.
Ad claims Porous Poasters by Auwcock and Braspneta’s Prue as safe drug free plasters based on scientific principles. The text asserts rapid action restoring muscle nerve and skin function and urges asking for Atlcoce’s and avoiding substitutes. A stray dialogue line follows about debts.
A house keeper recalls a frugal luncheon using crackers buttered and baked to form cracker sandwiches with roast fowl, mayonnaise, canned fruit olives and cheese to delight a dainty guest. Also a banker once sent a math problem to students who solved it in sleep, forgetting it next morning.
London Tit-Bita notes that Edmund Goss is sometimes recorded as Edmund William Gosse at christenings. It mentions Robert Louis Stevenson as Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson and Robert Buchanan as Robert Williams Buchanan. Henry Labouchere is listed as Henry du Pre Labouchere in some records.
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