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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1889
Page
4
An old health notice warns kidneys are vital to remove poisons from blood and links kidney derangement to brain and nervous system issues. It lists diseases from kidney problems and urges using Sierra Kidney and Liver Cure, claiming it can cure or prevent these ailments.
A Staunton Virginian summary recalls the 1860s escape of a beauty described as an octoroon owned by John Churchman. Sold to Fred Scheffer, she fled north with Scheffer's funds, reached New York, and was presented to Henry Ward Beecher in Brooklyn. Beecher urged school-tears and raised $2,000 to secure her freedom. Afterward, a church ladies’ book chronicled her life and she settled in Peekskill, raising poultry and eggs. She praises Beecher, lived past fifty, and never married.
A Home Help column from Good Housekeeping advises prompt cold treatment to avoid complications. It prescribes hot foot baths with mustard, a volatile liniment, chest rubbing, a hot poultice, and homeopathic phosphorus, with aconite and bryonia for chills and fever, onion foot draughts for children, and to call a doctor if no improvement.
A St Louis Republic item urges prompt minor repairs on farm gear and buildings to avoid costly future damage. Tighten bolts and rivets, paint wood, seal roofs, repair shelves and fences, and properly feed stock to prevent losses and extra work come spring.
A miscellany piece discusses marriage, urging mutual understanding and warning against nagging, with humorous asides. It then notes a shipwreck bird found in the Gulf Stream, a Western dramatic line reading Bloody Bull, and ends with Georgia’s claim of very old horses and mules in Americus and Sumter County, including a thirty year old horse offered for sale.
Alfred Waite, a Union Army veteran from Pittsburgh, vanished after the Civil War and was presumed dead. Now aged 59, he reappears in New Castle to learn his wife Martha Waite had remarried and that his children are grown or deceased. He had spent years in the regular army and railroading, offering little explanation for his absence.
A well-dressed couple at a busy Chicago restaurant ordered roast beef tea and apple pie with milk. They shared bread meat celery and grapes from a single bill, the waiter charging only four items. The scene illustrates frugal tastes despite first class appearance.
A bright Indian mission student at his bench is questioned in English by a visitor. The boy answers with wit, finally turning the tables by asking in return if the visitor speaks English and then retorting No, do you? as he resumes work.
In Logan County West Virginia the county seat Logan Court House has 300 people and one church built by a private individual. The nearest railroad station is fifty-five miles away, with land selling from 1 per acre. Dense forests cover the hills with coal veins four to twenty one feet thick.
A massive pure white elephant arrives in Oakland near 7th Street Station under Mr. W. P. Mitchell care. Imported by the Sierra Chemical Company, the creature stands about 20 feet high with a 6 foot body length and 10 foot tunics. Spectators are urged to view this rare jungle marvel, described as a lifetime event without price, while trains pass nearby and locals note its religious novelty in its native lands.
A letter extols Dr Darrins Electro Magnetic Treatment for fifty years of neuralgia and digestive illness. The writer claims rapid improvement after a six month course and urges others to seek the doctors. Also mentions offices in Portland Oregon and offers home treatment and free circulars.
A 1900 edition of Hostetter’s Medical Almanac is available free of charge from druggists and country dealers in the United States and beyond. The notice touts a long tradition, includes a calendar and astronomical data, and promises accuracy and health guidance from Hostetter & Co of Pittsburgh. It invites readers without access to obtain the work by mail with payment details.
A Lowell woman severely ill with scrofula sores and poor appetite improves after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. After two years confinement and months of pain she recovers, healing sores and regaining strength. The notice offers to send further details of the case.
In a fragmentary historical page a poem or verse excerpt discusses virtue and war duty. The lines mention Pierce pellets and a duty fulfilled by Whipple, attributed to figures such as R. Buchanan and Edwin P apple. The readable text hints at a reflective or propagandistic tone from a past era.
A Petersburgh resident reports decades of kidney and bladder trouble ending after using Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy from Rondout New York. The testimonial states initial misdiagnoses as gravel bladder inflammation and kidney stones, followed by recovery and vigor. The ad promises a book on curing kidney liver and blood disorders and urges others to try the remedy.
An advertisement extols Hospital Remedies from the Hospital Remedy Co of Toronto Canada. It claims four great medical centers London Paris Berlin Vienna supply hospital prescriptions and offers specific cures for Catarrh Bronchitis Consumption Rheumatism digestion stomach liver kidneys fever female weakness nervous debility and a general tonic with an absolute guarantee. A free circular is available on request.
An advertisement touts Kirk's German Pile Ointment as a cure for piles bleeding and itching with quick relief and tumor absorption. It states a single box cures long standing cases, with a price of 1.00 and wholesale agent J. J. Mack & Co. San Francisco. The piece oddly adds a note about children travelers and honesty in dealing.
An advertisement touts a boxed set of elegant chromatic and oleographic cards from Andress Fleming Bros. of Pittsburgh, with a list mailed in exchange for 25 cent liver pills plus 4 cents postage. The offer urges belief through action and promises an ornate package upon request.
Claims rapid flesh gain in children with Scott's Emulsions used for long standing rickets and marasmus. A New York doctor cites marked improvements in every case, praising the product for nourishing and strengthening young patients.
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