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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1897
Page
2
The Newberg Graphic argues that wheat prices will rise next season and condemns the current Democratic administration as corrupt. It criticizes political corruption, cites Lyman Abbott on unredeemable officials, and dismisses a boxing match spectacle as expensive folly.
The greatest rate of speed ever accomplished was over the Chicago Burlington & Quincy and Missouri River railroads on February 16 between Chicago and Denver a distance of 1026 miles in eighteen hours and fifty three minutes an average of 54.15 miles an hour including stops The best previous long distance record was between New York and Chicago a distance of 961 miles in nineteen hours and fifty seven minutes
The author argues against the notion of decline, noting population nearly doubled in thirty years, per capita debt fell from 69.26 to 13.41, per capita interest on the debt from 3.48 to 0.49, and annual per capita national tax from 9.87 to 4.04.
The sugar beet industry shows growing national interest with established plants in Nebraska California and Utah supplying Idaho Montana Wyoming and Utah. Projections claim $10 to $30 per acre net profit and major savings if U S residents keep $125 million spent on foreign sugar domestically. The piece urges a new tariff and cautious finance reform via a pending currency commission to shape next winter's congressional action.
Editorial correspondence from Galveston Texas describes pleasant travel conditions with minimal snow except Wyoming. The writer notes abundant cattle along the Burlington route through Wyoming and comments on cattle condition compared with Nebraska where corn prices are low. He observes cattle coping with snow and mentions rest before resuming travel.
The writer contemplates the vast West from Washington to Texas, noting scarce water and cattle ranching strategies. They recount a Custer battlefield visit, a monument, and bones of horses, then describe a bank audit where a teller misallocated five hundred dollars between bags but later recovered the funds.
A New York Sun editorial extols Greece for defending Crete against Turkey and condemns U S inaction over Cuba under Spain. It frames Greece as noble David and the United States as a reluctant, fearful Goliath, urging solidarity with the wounded republics.
A national bank examiner recalls a curious past error at a local bank now under examination. While weighing gold in the vault the teller misread a weight mark labeled Awe, illustrating how even seasoned bankers can misjudge minor details.
From Our Exchanges covers a gopher gun accident wounding two fingers, a mask hall prank, economic hopes with McKinley era tariff, a child’s death from illness, a morning after poem, bronchitis versus consumption, Wilbur's Cough Cure ad, and a Chehalem Center literary society debate on Equal Franchise with Harriet Atkinson and colleagues triumphing for the affirmative.
A letter from J. B. Crozier of Girants Pasa Or describes his three children suffering croup and praises B. Cough Cure sent via telegraph to San Francisco. The product is priced at four and a half dozen bottles per cent, with ease of purchase noted from druggists.
An old advertisement promises Wilbur's Blood Purifier for many skin diseases like ring worm eczema and scrofula, priced at one dollar per bottle and sold by druggists. A humor line follows about a man avoiding blame and a joke about Sue and Mamie planning to elope.
A collage of patent medicine notices and small jokes. Entries tout DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve One Minute Cough Cure and Little Early Risers with endorsements by A. T. Hill and others. Humorous exchanges about boots and school presents appear alongside medical claims and casual quips.
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