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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
3
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as curing eruptions pimples boils scrofula salt rheum eczema stomach troubles rheumatism catarrh nervous debility and fatigue. It claims thousands of testimonials 40866 in two years and offers liquid or tablets 100 doses for one dollar.
Advertisement style text notes vegetable silk made of cotton and collection to be manufactured in Mexico at one fifth to one fifteenth the cost of real silk. It also contains various disjointed medical and legal claims, a teething syrup endorsement, a description of epizootic lymphangitis sent from India to England, a cure claim, and a Morocco crime note about prisoners paying a policeman.
A dialogue between a physician and a patient who is a poet discusses whether the medicine left by the doctor was taken after meals and how regularly the patient adhered to the regimen. The exchange centers on compliance and care for the disabled patient.
Discussion on early irrigation, ancient canals, and modern U S efforts led by Roosevelt's reclamation law of 1902. Nevada project lifts Truckee River into a canal to irrigate 400000 acres, transforming barren desert into valued farmland with a projected value around 30 million dollars.
The article describes a widespread clay eating habit among people in the West Indies Honduras and areas around the Orinoco. It notes that both whites and natives fall prey to the craving with onset as young as 12 years. Clay is eaten in four to six pounds daily often with water and can be baked or raw. It causes chronic dyspepsia emaciation and eventual death once the habit progresses to aversion to other foods and alcohol.
Arch Davenport kept a large snake in his cellar and forced the gas company to a flat rate for six months. A meter reader never came near the serpent until last week when the snake died and the meter showed Davenport owed for the remaining gas.
A Kansas City Time column spins a playful exchange about food safety and home canning. One speaker laments adulterated foods while another brags his wife preserves forty gallons of jellyfish, calling it the finest jellyfish ever made, in a lighthearted quip.
A quip about stenographers interrupting a bookkeeper and a cashier suggesting a playful solution. The remark from the Cleveland Leader highlights wit in handling workplace distractions. The second line offers a broader adage: success favors those who adapt quickly to unforeseen conditions.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as safe for children and nursing mothers. It warns against harsh laxatives like salts and castor oil, claims Cascarets keep bowels loose and milk mild, and highlights the ease of giving the candy tablet to babies without force.
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