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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
4
The Enid and Tonkawa Rock Island branch in eastern Oklahoma opens for traffic. Three stations Cropper, Garter, and Fill-Lats serve wheat districts with rapid growth in towns and elevators. Over 50 carloads of wheat hauled since opening. lumber and supplies queued at Enid for Billings.
Bradstreet s notes underlying strength in the general business situation with staples holding firm or rising. Textiles especially cotton goods show strength from lower receipts and active demand amid a scarce stock position. Wheat shipments for the week total 3,689,077 bushels with exports since July 1 at 5,468,546 bushels. Canadian failures drop to 35 this week.
Readable fragments show prices for onions, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, dairy, poultry, grains, and other staples in Seattle and San Francisco markets. Notable items include onions 1.00 1.25 per sack, potatoes 60 60c per sack, butter creamery 60 55c, and flour around 3.00 per barrel.
The Canton thoroughfare known as Myhsie Street gains attention for its glazed paper roof and dense signboards. It hosts only apothecaries and dentists, making it a sick man's paradise and a Chinese physician’s Klondike. The Pullman Company introduces two grades of sleeping cars on the Rio Grande Western Railway, with uniformed porters, full amenities, and lower berth rates. Services operate Denver to San Francisco and Portland routes with through sleepers five days weekly. For details, contact J. D. Mansfield in Portland or George W. Heintz in Salt Lake City.
A fragment notes American dentists in Europe face respect issues and limits on drug purchases via German prescriptions. It also mentions a trick to remove mud stains from tan boots using raw potato and polish with cream or paste.
A man born in 1818 in Canada received a war office pension for most of his life. He served as a drummer boy, then a private, retired due to ill health, joined the Bedford constabulary later, and rose to drum major in the Luton volunteers while holding a pension.
Invelntion for saving life on water highlights a wearable life preserver device. The device claims to aid drowning victims and improve safety on vessels.
A miscellany notes France tests leather railway wheels and rail travel upgrades. It reports Oregon’s railways adding a buffet car and dining service with connections to Union Pacific and Rio Grande. Also mentions a phoenix of mourning rules and a quip on newspaper moral stance from the Detroit Journal.
A survey of quotes from Conan Doyle on marriage habits and happiness contrasts with a travel ad touting Colorado scenery. The item also notes humor from Chicago papers about a stage cat and a wagon train, and reports a Bloomington store reopens with 200 workers.
A jagged OCR mix includes fake bids and testimonials about trustworthiness, drug claims, and household tips. The fragment references Toledo businesses and a joke about redundancy, ending with a quip about escaping justice but not oneself.
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