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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1892
Page
4
In Honolulu Harry Diamond describes a battery trick with a jar of water to trap a boy attempting to retrieve a five dollar piece. The crowd laughs as the boy doubles over in mock agony but slips away with the money, leaving the narrator stunned. The tale ends with the judge's remark and a San Francisco examiner note.
A newlywed couple debates wedding gifts choosing silver tableware over china to stretch funds. She explains buying a versatile soup tureen and multiple dishes with foldable covers, praising durability and ease of care while noting dent risk. The piece cites a New York Times column.
The article traces early writing on thin wood and wax covered surfaces used by Greeks and Romans, with inked scratches erased by metal pens. It notes April Fools Day origins in calendars and literature, then reports Claus Spreckels proposing a $100 investment for a Denver sugar refinery, costing $48 million, to start within two years if matched locally.
Dr. Bedloe the U S consul to Amoy presents a collection of exotic Chinese weapons including a general’s saber with a rose hilt and a two‐blade sword from Henan with seven copper stars inlaid. He notes daggers used by pirates and Celestial outlaws and a fearsome executioner’s sword with 198 recorded fatalities.
A young woman recounts how, five years ago in New York, she earned bus fare by secretly buttoning the shoes of three fat sisters who worked in Sixth Avenue stores. She accepted twenty cents a week from each, earning sixty cents in her first week and a quarterly raise, and later moved on as her art career began to flourish.
A collection of sharp courtroom anecdotes highlights Erskine exposing a fashionably dressed witness, a child’s brisk fear of microbes, an induction based trolley system concept, and a bibliophile’s price tucked inside velvets. The pieces reflect dated journalism tones and brisk moral observations.
President Paul Conrad of the Louisiana Lottery Company refutes an alleged move to buy a location in the Sandwich Islands. He calls the report fake and says the company remains under Louisiana law and will operate its allotted time. The interview notes scattered global ownership and ongoing business while dismissing San Francisco gossip.
The passage promotes Hiostetter's Stomach Bitter as a cure for heartburn dyspepsia and allied complaints, claims it shortens illness, and touts benefits for rheumatism nerves and debility. It also advertises Brown's Bronchial Traches for sore throat and voice clearing and notes a Minnrew sale point.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures catarrh and related diseases without pain or business disruption. It promises a $500 cash reward for an incurable case, asserts long standing chronic cases yield to the remedy, and lists Porterfield Losey of San Francisco as pamphlet addresses.
Carrie and Minnie discuss a Hartman Flexible Steel Wire Mat bought for their homes. They claim it cuts cleaning time, prevents vermin and disease, and improves household sanitation, noting a brass Hartman tag as proof. The exchange ends with a proverb about minds and privacy.
An 19th century advertisement extols Braspneta's Blood Purifier as a purgative sudorific diuretic tonic that cleanses the body through the bowels kidneys and skin. It urges nightly use and cites ease of sale in drug stores. Also includes a forged claim of Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo with a notary certification and a 75 cent price.
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