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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1891
Page
4
A collage of 19th century classified snippets notes F L Polson & Son offering trees and reeds at cash prices from Warehouse 24 Taenat Portland with Front St, plus ads for August Flower remedies and tobacco products from J B Pace Tobacco Co in Richmond Virginia.
Claudia Tharin in Good Housekeeping evokes peace for the gray and blue soldiers through nature imagery. Roses cypress lilies surround graves of the fallen as prayers rise on a flower crowned hillock.
A prominent inventor works on a new journal bearing to prevent axle overheating and fire in railway cars. An interview with a company official occurred at the inventor’s home. His teenage daughter overheard the discussion and whispered of a “fortune” in the invention, guessing it to be a new hot box.
The New York Herald notes a collection agency attorney describing aggressive debt recovery practices including immediate suits and notary actions. The piece then shifts to a luncheon scene where two men debate how to spend a hypothetical million, ending with a quip about going to a ball game.
In Chevreschina a wedding gift two vases stayed in a Somerset rectory cabinet for decades without notice. After the owner’s death a Bath tradesman bought them for two guineas and resold for 600 guineas to a Bond Street dealer who sold to Lord Derby for 4000 guineas.
A London Tit-Bits note describes two schoolboy essays showing negative thinking. One boy writes pins are woeful because they save lives by not swallowing them. Another pupil calls salt “the stuff that bakes potatoes taste bad when you don’t put it on,” illustrating literal misinterpretation.
Tommy tells how his stepmother withholds small pleasures as the mother recovers from a standup incident amid a tense family scene. The dialogue reveals distrust and a fear of punishment, with Tommy insisting there is no danger and expressing grievance over withheld items.
The great university at Palo Alto funded by Mr and Mrs Leland Stanford honors their son and opens admission to teens and women on equal footing. Maintenance costs are set at one hundred dollars yearly per pupil, with equipment and facilities described as up to modern standards.
A PTTO-style tale shows a livery stable keeper and a debtor using a fake bill to force payment, ending in the debtor paying after a staged demand. Other items include commentary on Australian federation and race labor policy, a Scottish thistle legend, a pastor’s pneumonia anecdote, and short notes on electricity, painting, Baron Hirsch, and coal coloring matter.
A quirky treatise on how the position and style of the dot above the letter I reveals personality traits and daily habits. It links misplacing dots to forgotten tasks, mood, and even meal patterns, mixing humor with graphology.
A Guatemala moonlight scene shows senoritas reading on verandas between midnight and one o clock as English and American poets praise the August moon. The piece contrasts with legends of buried treasures and brutal ancient city demolitions used to punish defiant garrisons.
An article promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive and remedy against malaria in regions with fever and contagion. It argues irregular digestion invites malaria, touts digestion and constitution benefits, and attacks outdated medical practices while urging readers to consult Dr. Jordan's Histogenetic system with a Seattle address.
An old advertisement markets Paaxcaerit's Pits and Daaxonera's Ponts as cures for eruptions, blotches, pimples, and other skin conditions. It asserts blood purification and complete disappearance of eruptions after nightly doses for a month. Janneken's Pies are described as vegetable and harmless.
An advertisement touts Mull's Catarrh Core and Hall's Catarrh Cure as internal remedies affecting the blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials and a Toledo proprietors note. Portland reports a new Hook and Ladder Truck and two hose wagons by W. T. Schenck, San Francisco, via F. K. Mellroy. A dealer critiques short-weight tobacco and promotes Star Plug as the best chew for a full sixteen-ounce pound.
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