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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1892
Page
4
An excerpt from Harvard Lampoon presents Algy's evening with Miss Edith ending in a limp, exhausting handshake. He departs disappointed, remarking humorously on being asked to shake hands. No further contact followed since.
A New York Recorder description outlines a novel bran packer for millers with extensive export needs. An augur-driven funnel and a revolving up down mechanism pack bran solidly into sacks with each stroke reducing space.
The London Standard reports a historic case begun September 15 1765 ending as the bishop Demendy of Nevtra Hungary heirs once tied to vast estates now reduced to about 4000 pounds. Courts delayed to avoid injustice, costs nearly consumed the fortune leaving each heir with about a sovereign after a £1000 legal bill.
A 50 year old pauper, moved by a Palermo man named Light, was cared for in Waterville after being bid for $40 per year by Amos Murray. Murray, a lifelong pauper, had his support auctioned to Light, who then passed the burden to Prescott. The man died on Saturday as Waite aided his illness. the bidder collected the corpse.
A skull said to be of Bishop Jean Soanen from Senez travels through a dubious sale chain ending with a broker and dealer. The case moves to law courts in London Globe coverage as disputes over payment and ownership unfold.
The French Cremation society founded in 1882 aims to educate the public on cremation. M. Kosehlin-Schwarz mayor of Eighth Para ward serves as president with deputies, councilors, engineers and doctors on its committee. Members pay 82 first year and 1 for each subsequent year, with 20 on entering for donation members. The society reports over a thousand members and 800 receipts for its first year.
The Times reports a wartime push to supply home industry with large scale rail imports. Russia plans double lines on the Petrograd frontier route, the Kursk line, and southwest networks, aiming to complete European Russia bonds by 1802. The Caspian route to Petrofak and a Siberian line are also slated for progress.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Mr Gladstone plans to select and mark books for his Hawarden library to reflect those texts that most influenced his mind. A new collection will be built around works he has valued, with passages highlighted and notes appended. Public Opinion reports a separate note on a military canoe discovery near Slate Island and a sailor named Rodrigues tied to eight years on the island, now held in Spain.
A devotional meditation on sorrow and sin being transformed at a divine visitation. Old fears and burdens fade as the King brings new grace, restoring the inner and outer world with a heavenly renewal. The piece reflects a Baptist or Protestant spiritual tone characteristic of the Washington Post’s era.
A New York Telegram report describes a plant in Arabia known as the laughing plant. Its seeds, dried and powdered, produce a brief, intense bout of laughter and dancing similar to laughing gas, lasting about an hour before exhaustion and amnesia of the events.
The Boston Flag notes that theatres in Japan start in the morning and run until sundown. Audiences sit on the floor and families stay all day, some bringing provisions while others use nearby houses for meals. Return procedures differ. no tickets are stamped for entry or reentry, but the doorkeeper marks the wrist with the theatre seal for admission on return.
A San Francisco Examiner report describes a doctor pulling a drawer from under a counter to show hundreds of mining grasshoppers. He claims they are good for children and cites a Chinese practice of drying and powdering grasshoppers as medicines for teething and stomach issues.
Frederick Wolseley, brother of Lord Wolseley, invented a machine to shear sheep by electricity. The device uses a friction wheel adjusted by a handle, pushing the comb into wool while keeping it close to the body. The setup can operate one to one hundred shears simultaneously, making the process more humane than hand shears.
The article cites Germany as a pioneer in scientific forestry with nine schools and numerous publications over three years, plus a state share of forest land and active forestry associations. It also describes parchment banding on leather book bindings from the sixteenth century, a self-extinguishing candle mechanism, and commentary on authorial self reference from The Writer.
The text states Agassie taught pupils to kill fish instantly with a blow to the back of the head to prevent suffering. It claims the best fishermen in Europe and America follow this practice for better preservation and edibility.
In a recent lawsuit a witness named Ebenezer Skinner swore that a stated remedy cured his twenty year rheumatism. He claimed to have charged only fifty cents for the affidavit and asserted he had never suffered from rheumatism in his life.
In northern Pennsylvania lumber regions crude petroleum was used to grease mountain slides to move logs when snow failed. The practice disrupted hundreds of mills and 5,000 cutters idle while 250,000,000 feet of timber remained in the woods. Prices and stocks face major impact if mild winters persist.
Well diggers on the Crowley place at Littlerairie report finding wood fragments at depths from thirty-five to forty-five feet, suggesting a hurled forest or swamp willow. The cedar or pine appears near the trunk at greater depths, with blue clay beneath the gravel indicating a possible abandoned well and rare good water in the area.
A quirky exchange from New York Weekly notes authorities banning play before 9 am and after 7 pm. An Organ Grinder jokes about cruelty to children and overworking the bank. The piece also cites Amelia cosmetics spending, advertising, and profit figures totaling 62 million dollars.
An old advertisement bundle touts Allcock’s plasters as unmatched for curative ability and safety, warns against imitations, and urges use of Ely’s Cream Balm for catarrh. It includes a testimonial claim by Rev H H Wairall and a Franklin J Cheney affidavit for Hall's Catarrh Cure. Also mentions Schiffman’s Asthma Cure and free trial mail offers.
A brisk nugget on barbering as a genteel art with small fees and swift service. It contrasts with a slate maker Pat May and notes a health remedy claim for consumption and scrofula with Dr. Sage and Dr. Pierce cures.
Covina Brown's Bronchial Trachea medicines claim to ease coughs sore throat hoarseness and bronchial infections. They promise pain free treatment and abdominal disorders with no cure no pay, listing Porterfield Losey on Market Street San Francisco for pamphlets.
N Atany Sr of Ithaca New York dated December 19 1881 reports long term rheumatism relief after using St Jacobs Oil. He attributes improved mobility to two bottles with limbs once stiff now light and limber as in youth signed Jos Edsell after five years.
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