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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1894
Page
4
A Boston Commonwealth essay notes how odors quietly shape mood and memories beyond sight or sound, haunting us by lingering with our garments and becoming linked to certain associations.
A Boston Transcript anecdote features a teacher prompting students to answer, Mary hesitates, and explains she raised her hand because Uncle John gave her a ring last night. The moment captures childlike honesty and classroom dynamics.
A London Spectator summary recalls two anecdotes from American history. First, Owen Lovejoy and Clark E. Carr visit President Lincoln, who shows his inflamed arm and reveals he has smallpox. Carr protests, and Lovejoy reveals he already had it, sparking humorous tension. The second tale centers on Captain McKay of the Umbria facing anxious passengers and a demand for rockets, ending with a cautious vote of confidence for the captain.
W A Meany bookkeeper to Joseph A Duffy awoke Monday to burglars in his home. A wedding gift music box started the machine when handled, waking Meany who fired at the fleeing criminals as they leaped from a window. One man tripped at the front steps, Meany reports finding marks of a gunshot near the sidewalk.
The New York Sun outlines widespread discount practices across books, pianos, sewing machines, and furniture. Dealers offer steep cuts, often beyond catalogue prices, via trade networks, trial periods, and commissions, with careful buyers seeking multiple bargains and teacher or friend assistance to close deals.
A shirking man waits for frost to dig his own potatoes then borrows a neighbor's bushel of spuds. He complains his land yields nothing worth a cent, per the Yarmouth Register.
Mr Nicefella asks why the cars seem big while Small Terror notes sister pulls them. Good News remark suggests lighthearted banter about vehicle strength and family antics.
Anna Matilda Mauleby's will presented for probate in Washington provides a memorial home for destitute women funded by a $6,000 site purchase $45,000 endowment and construction. She also bequeaths $30,000 to the Newsboys and Children's Aid Society for the George Maulsby Memorial Home named in memory of her late husband Washington Letter.
A railway conductor recalls a postal inspector showing a free travel card for mail trains. The card lets the holder ride any U S road without paying. The anecdote contrasts ignorance with authority and hints at broader issues of public entitlement and discipline.
A Philadelphia Call item notes a local philosopher observes a rise in vanity among men. He cites widespread pocket mirror use for quick checks of neckties whiskers and appearance.
A Washington Star report describes how natural sandstone and mineral forms fool the eye as fossil imitations. It notes quartz fibers spun finer than copper and even silk, capable of long threads invisible under a microscope yet far stronger per thickness than steel. An experimenter tests cobwebs with castor oil to catch flies and uses a tuning fork to lure a spider, while blowing quartz bubbles mimics soap bubbles.
The Greeks are the principal sponge fishers and must prove skill and hardihood for first class status. Divers descend 10 to 85 fathoms using a weighted rope and stone tool, grabbing sponges and signaling for ascent as loads are hauled aboard.
The piece warns emigrants and travelers to protect against malaria with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. It touts the tonic as a defense against exposure, overwork, and ill food or water, claiming remedies for constipation rheumatism biliousness depression and weakness. A joke about a large mirror near doors follows.
The excerpt contrasts barons signing the Magna Carta with modern writing ability and marks. It notes the strain of illness on work, cites Mark Guy Pearse praising Allcock’s plaster, and ends with a quip about a married couple killed in a church departure runaway.
The note urges all youths to pursue a commercial education to improve money management, letter writing, and business papers. It notes openings in business for capable people and promotes a thorough Commercial Course, Shorthand Course, and two years of English. Address G Houmas Portland for a catalogue.
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