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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1899
Page
4
The note recalls Tit-Bits style with jokes about free rail travel for the French president during official tours and a retrospective charge settlement. It mentions St. Jacobs Oil’s soothing cure and a humorous distribution of funds to railway workers.
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for dyspepsia with hopeful promises for long term use. The piece also notes Speaker Reed being overruled at a Daughters of the Confederacy meeting in Hot Springs Arkansas where a member joked Reed did not know what he was talking about.
A vintage advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Base powder to shake into shoes. It claims to ease swelling nervous feet and discomfort, cure corns blisters and chilblains, and lists over thirty thousand testimonials. Trial package offered free from Allen Olmstead, New York. It mentions bird migration mysteries and head winds during overseas journeys.
A jumbled mix of patent medicine pitches and sensational snippets. It notes laxatives for colds, a Gibraltar tunnel rumor, branding on Jesse Moore Whiskey, and a Kilne nerve remedy trial bottle. Also includes travel ad for San Francisco to Brooklyn, mischief about hats, and a London Rosicrucian hunter.
A school formerly in Burlingame now moves to a new home in Menlo Park, San Mateo County California and plans to reopen in January. A device for shoes designed to grip ground when frozen is noted as an invention.
A Walla Walla sealer urges Oregon to establish a state wheat grading board. He criticizes the Portland Chamber of Commerce for inspecting Washington wheat and notes costs for Eastern Washington car inspections, advantages of Tacoma versus Portland, and legal questions about Washington inspection law. He argues heavier wheat should not fetch higher prices and warns about mixed lots in No. 1 grade.
A Sooey Advertiser poem speaks of turning rough roads into bright valleys and rest after past grief. It imagines a night ending in light, prayers, and a mother’s love, promising sweeter rest at last despite weariness and storms.
Miss Gale extols cycling as a fine exercise while Col. Daintree defends it as patriotic and country viewing. A dispute with Miss Gale’s suitor Frank Daintree prompts the Colonel to weigh a match with Mme Van Oppen and home industries as a potential alliance.
In this tale from The Woman at Home, Colonel Daintree hatches a plan to pair Miss Gale with a lordly suitor who will demand obedience. He spots Miss Gale walking with his nephew near the park as two advertisements in his newspaper spark his scheming.
A collection of curiosities and historical notes includes reports of a tunnel under ancient Babylon, islands appearing south of Japan, and the Chinese Emperor's vast dominion. It also describes a Monghyr discovery, a European wine bottle inscribed with Hafiz, and bank statistics from 1707 to 1807. In India Persias, a tribe practices marriage by a woman's handkerchief offer, forcing the chosen man to marry unless he proves poverty.
The article notes Berlin records 22 divorces per 10000 marriages, ahead of Hamburg at 27 and Paris at 21. It compares national figures for France 50, Switzerland 20.0, Denmark 17.7, Saxony 15.7, with Prussia regions like Westphalia 3.7 and Baden 3.3, reflecting wide regional variation.
A Kansas salt vein at OO0 feet depth holds enough material, per a local statistician, to salt the world for a million years. The discovery highlights vast mineral potential within the state's subsurface geology.
Relics of readers share praise for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills amid a mix of medical anecdotes. The notes mention womb troubles backache and indigestion, plus other health struggles. A side note covers elephant trunk muscles and St Jacobs Oil as a common remedy. A 1805 England testimonial praises Piso’s Cure for Consumption. The closing line poses questions about a man’s identity across age groups.
The notice warns that United States soldiers in Hawaii may contract leprosy and bring it home. It notes concerns about white leprosy and other ailments such as malaria fever and algae. Drug stores advertise remedies and travelers are cautioned about health risks. The passage also mentions pineapple cultivation in eastern Cuba with simple requirements.
An odd item note describes diatoms mixed with vegetable and metallic elements touted as a wear bed for silver and brass with low price at F. O. stores. It claims stove repairs and mentions address H Ball Isger Gl Mutual Life Building Seattle. The polar fox coat changes color with seasons from black in summer to white in winter.
An assortment of ads and notices include St Jacobs Oil cures for rheumatic pain and deafness cure claims by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with a Toledo firm offering $100 for cataract-free cases. The piece also highlights Mt Sangay as the world’s most active volcano, erupting since 1728 with explosions heard 150 miles away near Quito.
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