Department store pitch for Newberg grocers
A local grocer urges every Newberg family to choose the best quality service and price for their groceries, promoting value and customer care as a reason to shop there. The call to action emphasizes quality, service, and price in daily shopping.
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Newberg
Monarchs of the Air Frigate Birds and Albatrosses
A Pearson's Weekly report describes the remarkable flight of North Africa's great vulture and other vast winged birds. It notes frigate birds soaring for hours without flapping, albatrosses pursuing ships, wing spans up to seventeen and a half feet, and eagles lifting heavy prey including a pig and even a child.
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North Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Mediterranean
Pearson’s Weekly
Curran and Norbury Remembered for Ready Wit
A Dublin anecdote recalls Irish wit as Curran quips at Lord Norbury during a meal. Norbury, famed for swift death sentences, tests the beef with a joke about hung meat while dining with leading Dublin lawyers.
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Curran
Lord Norbury
Dublin
Grocer Accused Of Short Weight Questioned
A Cleveland Plain Dealer letter quotes a woman recounting how a grocer kept shorter weight on a sale. She confronted her husband about calling the grocer to account, but she only noticed after paying half a dollar too much.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Global population estimates by Dr Beller from Stuttgart
The London Globe cites Dr Beller, a Stuttgart statistician, estimating total world population at 1.5 billion. He assigns 534,940,000 Christians, 175,290,000 Muslims, 10,860,000 Jews, 300,000,000 Confucians, 24,000,000 Brahmins, and 121,000,000 Buddhists.
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Beller
Stuttgart
Globe
Asia
Confucius
London Globe
The Meaning of George in a Tangled Exchange
A fragmentary note reads that Jeraldine and William signify good and James beloved while a blush prompts a question about George's meaning in relation to Mrs Fond’s hopes for a daughter and business prospects.
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George
Jeraldine
William
James
John Bright Advice to Beginners in Oratory
Advice from John Bright on speaking with preparation and purpose. Bright urged speaking only with substance, using brief notes and memorized key passages, and warned against overpreparation of words. He advised dividing topics into islands for argument and reserving the best for the peroration.
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John Bright
R. B.rien
Bright
G. W. Russell
Mr. Russell
Swift Rules and Directions For Servants Compared
A study suggests Jonathan Swift’s eighteenth century servant guidance resembles modern domestic expectations in structure and tone, noting humor and practical rules. The piece highlights how service norms reflect social hierarchies and daily routines in historical households.
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Rome
Swift
Prominent Legislators Visit State University
A legislative committee visited a state university and joined the students for supper at the campus club. Afterward, the visitors heard student speeches while a county member famed as a good talker urged perseverance, recalling his own self funded education.
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Ung
Gother
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