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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1893
Page
4
Government tests find Royal Bakine Powder with greater leavening strength and purer ingredients than competing brands. Canadian reports concur, noting no alum or phosphates in Royal. Endorsing physicians praise purity and reliability while authorities say rivals contain alum lime or sulphuric acid.
In a light household barter joke from London Tit-Bits, Mrs Bargain seeks new clothes and a watch while Mr Bargain frets over whether to buy clothes at a shop offering watches or a watch at a store giving away clothes. The skit plays on promotional offers and shopping choices.
Eugene McKay of Brantford Ontario reports chronic constipation for years. After trying various remedies he used Heaspheris Pitta as advised by a friend benefited from Pirie and now experiences regular bowels and no discomfort. He credits the product as superior for relief.
An advert promises a universal cure including rupture and catarrh with a “No cure, no pay” offer. It lists Drs Porterfield and Losey in San Francisco and F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo as sellers. The copy touts a “Hundred Dollar” guarantee and urges readers to request pamphlets. it also markets Watson’s Peerless Polish for shoes and boasts broad health claims.
A New York Sun item recounts a hurried young woman swallowing and later retrieving a coin at a Sixth Avenue elevated station leading to misdirection and comic chaos. It also summarizes anecdotes about Mr. Bradlaugh and a Barnstaple will dispute, plus a bored train car child and icehouse history in America.
The Staten Island hotel keeper Henry “Puck” Meyer 56, who died February 14, was cremated at Fresh Pond and his ashes scattered from the Statue of Liberty. A brass band, a champagne toast, and a solemn ritual followed, with Meyer’s friends recalling his lively, charitable nature and eccentric, popular life in Port Richmond.
In a comic remark, Mrs Blifkins cries out about someone burrowing through the wall at midnight. Her husband dismisses the sound as the book agent visiting after hours, noting a plan to have been in bed by half past.
A San Francisco modeler of statuary displays cuff studs fashioned from Chinaman’s finger nails set in gold. The nails, four inches long when cut, are prized for their shiny appearance and weather sensitivity. The owner claims they served as a weather barometer when first used, though age has diminished their usefulness.
A nostalgic scene recalls the world of The Settlement with friends and old companions. The speaker longs for simple comforts and shared hearths as neighbors gather, sing songs, and reflect on staying true to community amid cold nights and moving on. James Whitcomb Riley is linked through the Century reference.
The notice extols Royal Baking Powder as superior for all receipts requiring leavening and urges substitution of cream of tartar based methods. It cites New Zealand traveling banks as a model for convenience, then warns that New Zealanders lack train robbery education, per the New York Commercial Advertiser.
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