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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1900
Page
4
Public notices reveal readers praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women's ailments and free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts. The piece cites letters from readers about the medicine's alleged benefits and offers the address for correspondence. A separate report cites studies on criminality and alcoholism with statistics on drunkards among convicts and offenders.
Letter from New York City dated February 15 lauds the Rio Grande Western and Denver Rio Grande dining car service as the finest seen, with meals at moderate prices. It notes through sleeping cars between San Francisco and Chicago, via Salt Lake City, with three daily through trains and invites inquiries to agents in Portland and Salt Lake City. The page also includes unrelated religious reflections and a cartoon caption.
Bradstreet's Review reports overall encouraging trade and industrial prospects with favorable retail and collections in Southern Western and Northwestern markets due to better weather. Wage gains in coal mining and iron and steel allied industries suggest continued favorable labor conditions while sugar rises on stronger raw material. Wheat and corn fall amid swings with Argentina shipments and strong South and West crop signals. Central West wheat prospects look weak due to winter kill and higher acreage. Weekly U.S. business failures total 192 versus 190 prior week.
A dense list of market items with prices per sack per box and per ton. Items include potatoes new and native cabbage apples prunes butter eggs cheese poultry meats and various flours and grains. Also notes on hay hops wool and other farm products with scattered prices and units.
A dated price listing shows multiple regional wool prices such as Eastern Oregon and Nevada plus produce figures including potatoes Early Rose at 60 to 70 cents, Citra Valencia limes at 4.25 dollars, California lemons at 15 cents each and tropical fruits like bananas at 1.50 to 2.00 dollars per bunch.
A reflective note from a Times column on daily blessings from God and practical counsel to focus on today. It urges faith that God provides for tomorrow and discourages worry about future duties or dangers.
Allen's Foot-Ease offers foot relief claiming cures for painful feet and ingrown nails with over 30 000 testimonials. Also noted is Gen Caleb J Dilworth of Omaha who died at 70 after Civil War service and Nebraska attorney general tenure. A quirky note cites Henry Clews removing glasses by nose twist.
The piece notes that no gloves are worn by brides or grooms this season and describes the bride’s long lace sleeves covering much of the hand. It references fashion quips from period papers and a courtroom quip about politics entering domestic life.
Community readers recall stores that advertise in our columns. The note asks if Mr. Mer chant’s fact is valuable to local business, hinting at advertising impact and audience awareness within the paper’s market.
A new liquor act ends Sunday opening across the colony with local vote no longer needed. Also noted: a Thracian car from the 4th century AD unearthed near Philippopolis, Bulgaria with bronze fittings and a horse harness.
The passage urges choosing the house of prayer for preaching and valuing Scripture reading. It imagines a believer at Bethesda, hoping the Word’s blessing will stir like an angel, aiding the reader while they wait for spiritual grace.
A column discusses rival colleges seeking the ideal vigorous honest intellectual man. Health emphasis follows noting Hoster's Stomach Hitters for regular bowels and stomach health plus malaria and fever prevention. A humorous tale features a country pastor milked by a wealthy summer visitor in a Parson Who Milked His Cow anecdote.
A Yale student at Moody memorial in New Haven wrote to his mother urging a shift from "Knowledge is power" to "Sincerity is power." The sermon emphasizes light as the sublimest figure of speech and biblical use tied to man's grandest idea, as stated by Rev. Dr. Buckley of Brooklyn.
A London auction sold a copy of Leaves From the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands presented to Queen Victoria by Charles Dickens for 500. The piece was linked to private engagement chatter between Edgar and his sweetheart, described as a beautiful secret engagement in a New York World excerpt.
Alabastine claims to be the original durable wall coating, unlike kalcline mixtures. It comes ready to use in white or fourteen colors by adding cold water and dries in penane form, suitable for plaster brick wood or canvas, and claimed to resist dirt and germs in hospitals due to its rock base cement formula.
In a terse exchange from the Chicago Record a man jokes that another’s face would not stop an automobile, while the other denies such remarks and notes drivers would speed up. The Ram’s Horn adds a reflection on trouble as divine guidance toward peace.
An appeal endorses Alabastine as the durable pure interior coating for churches schools and public halls. It claims vast quantities are fit for use, highlights cleanliness and long usefulness, and invites readers to request a free booklet from Alabastine Co Grand Rapids Michigan.
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