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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1904
Page
7
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a strong point of economy with a bottle lasting longer and doing more good than any other medicine. It claims 100 doses for one dollar and positions the product as uniquely cost effective.
In a humorous exchange a man named Snarley protests a photographer’s portrait saying the photo doesn’t resemble him. The photographer admits fear of a perfect likeness and explains why the image differs from the subject.
A Portland child sobbed on his father’s knee and described the woodshed shooting with a 22 caliber revolver as play in war maneuvers. He had locked his sister in the shed and fired at the door.
A historical note states that Indian families sustain themselves on very low incomes. It notes millions of men marry and raise healthy children on incomes rarely above 60 cents per week even when the wife works.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh. It claims the product builds the body's defenses and offers a one hundred dollar testimonial reward, with address for J Cheney & Co. in Toledo for samples.
A friend teases the amateur artist about giving up painting as a wedding gift idea. The artist insists it will be convenient and economical to create wedding presents rather than buy them.
Mexican gentlemen exchange hats and salutations as they greet briefly, sharing a quick two minute interview. The scene captures cordial regard and a formal gesture despite the short duration.
A quirky find in Brandon Vermont last week by Arnold Manchester describes cucumbers grown from a single stem forming a solid bundle in the shape of a Maltese cross.
A quotation from the Boston Globe features an old gentleman asserting a family history of insanity. The piece centers on a discussion of mental health in relation to Aubrey-Yoush danughtah and a speaker’s insistence that madness runs in the family.
The article describes the Ainu as Japanese-adjacent people living in reed roofed homes with smoky central fires and iron kettles for chowder. It notes their sturdy but peaceful nature, and details tattooing begun at age twelve as a facial mark of distinction, applied from ash bark mixture over years.
An American company contracts to supply Russian flour millers with machinery worth 300000 dollars. The mills are expected to produce up to 1,500,000 barrels daily within a year, potentially replacing American flour imports.
A boastful stranger declares he knows no fear, while a man with a blind eye quips that this makes him a bachelor. The exchange unfolds with dry humor and tense social undercurrents.
An advertisement extols S S S as a radical safe cure for contagious blood poison, describing symptoms from sores to hair loss and urging home treatment. It cites Mercury and Potash as harsh alternatives and includes a testimonial from a user claiming recovered health.
A Missouri miner named Morrow vanished from his mine and spent four days beneath the earth. He wandered through deep drifts, lost his bearings, and his lantern failed. He escaped a mile from the entrance with a recovered memory and unclear recovery of time.
The Trans Mississippi region has grown rapidly since 1850, expanding farm openings between the Mississippi and Pacific. By 1900 it produced major shares of wheat, corn, barley, oats, rye, and livestock, and nearly all the country’s gold and silver, while manufacturing centers shifted westward aided by rail expansion. The report cites St. Louis Globe-Democrat and notes population and production shifts toward the west.
A humorous exchange features a friend offering to join the other in a ten dollar bet about a remedy for weight and worry. The dialogue plays on self-deprecating wit and friendship as a light moral compact.
A concise aphorism noting that many good laws end up buried in statute books as outdated or unused provisions gathering dust.
Two tea traders in Liverpool, close friends and partners, shared intimate letters from a North England woman signing herself Susie. The bachelor partner read these to him, and upon the groom’s return from China and at the wedding, he addressed the bride as a friend, only to be corrected when she declares her name is Helen.
A short notice extols a medicinal product labeled Mothers Will and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best remedy for children during a heated season. The item emphasizes soothing effects for infants and toddlers.
A brief note reflects on the difficulty of originality in describing weddings and bidding farewell to a party hostess, hinting at the challenge of fresh phrasing for social rites.
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Foot-Base powder to relieve hot sweating aching feet corns ingrowing nails and bunions. It claims quick relief and offers a free mailed sample from Allen at Olmsted Le Roy New York with no VAT.
A quirky Chicago News fragment shows Mickey challenging Jim my on the idea of freedom in a world described as not square. The piece contrasts a joke about free peanuts for elephants and policemen with a slogan for Piso's Cure, a cough medicine advertised as effective for forty years priced at 25 cents.
A brief, witty exchange centers on Miss Bond reputed to earn thirty thousand a year with no encumbrances. The dialogue suggests curiosity about her status and prospects, reflecting social banter on wealth and marriage in a society column style.
An advertisement from Dr B H Kline Ltd Philadelphia offers a free trial bottle and treatise for their nerve remedy. The copy promotes a free 2 trial and directs readers to Arch Street Philadelphia for more details.
A tense exchange reveals a mother seeking certainty about her son’s appendicitis before surgery. The eminent specialist responds that a definitive diagnosis will come after the operation.
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