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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1892
Page
4
This advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder as superior to all others, noting tests and dealer awareness of its quality. It warns consumers to beware grocers passing off inferior, lower cost powders for the same price and encourages suspicion of substitutes.
The article describes slate used beyond roofing for sidewalks walls floors and more while noting the Solano wind from the southeast brings dust and unease across Spain. A Spanish proverb about asking favors during the Solana appears.
An 1800s style advertisement touts Bishinging Fluid as a rapid and lasting cure for all pain. It claims efficacy for headaches neuralgia rheumatism sprains bruises colic influenza coughs and colds cramps back and limb pain and other ailments. Sold by druggists at 63c and 61.00 per bottle.
Eugene Field in Chicago News offers a lyrical tribute to Notre Dame with reverent pleas for mercy and divine grace. The piece frames the beloved bell as a tender intercessor, calling for reconciliation and blessing across mankind, amid solemn, devotional diction.
John La Farge recalls a courteous European guest at a luncheon who speaks little English and claims exile under threat of being boiled in oil. The man’s return to his homeland, alleged past cruelties, and extradition demands spark a clash with Western ideas of civilization.
The article notes a theory on chewing with the left molars being preferred by many people. It contrasts this with a Pittsburg Bulletin claim about the 1880 fire losses in the United States totaling nearly 125 million dollars, the 1889 fires driving the year’s conflagrations and the Aston Transcript reference.
A West Chester physician visits a sick young man in the evening and prescribes remaining in the house. At 7 19 pm the doctor returns with a white powder in water promising no drinking before starting. the man drinks and falls asleep, waking at bedtime.
Anthony Comstock’s annual report details seizures including 2 obscene books 490 obscene pictures 300 microscopic pictures and 613 negative plates for obscene photos. It notes destruction of twelve and a half tons of gambling utensils and nearly $11,000 added to the treasury in fines or forfeitures. Also 437 mail fraud cases identified.
A man walked backward down Broadway from Union Square to Battery Park attracting a crowd as he faced away from onlookers. He wore a worn tall hat and a dark suit, claimed by a reporter to seek attention but declined to explain the motive. He Wunsch to mind his own business.
President Paul Conrad of the Louisiana State Lottery Company says there is no foundation to rumors of relocation to Nicaragua. The company will operate under its current charter until expiration and then cease, obeying the law and using express services rather than mail.
Mr. Aaron Miller at seventy four volunteered to be stung to test bee venom as a rheumatic pain remedy. He found the stings efficacious and reports relief from severe aches in this experimental observation reported by the New York Journal.
In a wry exchange the injured person dismisses rumors of yesterday's street mishap. The exchange hints at a string of incidents suspected by peers, while the victim insists the accidents are not happening by chance and asserts they are being followed up.
A 19th century New York Mail and Express piece traces Wall Street slang from the Civil War era onward. It defines shorts and longs, breaks and booms, pawns like collateral and wildcat stock, and shows how market tension shaped the language that traders used daily.
A St Louis Republic article notes that Chinese and other savage or semi barbaric groups show strong repugnance to amputations. It claims many Sea Island peoples would rather die than lose a limb and that some Chinese insist on keeping the amputated link until death, with cases of limbs eaten by owners.
In a whimsical exchange, Mr Fangle notes a geographer proving the works to be flat while Mr P Fangle jokes about a geography change in schools after buying Jimmy a new item. The dialogue mirrors Drake's Magazine style with playful satire.
A humorous verse fragment shows Freddy wishing to be a dollar to carry himself around, expressing a playful childhood desire as he talks with Mamma about size and independence. The exchange reflects lighthearted domestic humor.
A physician in a New Orleans medical college lectures on Bright's disease and demonstrates a diagnostic test. The piece relays warnings about Bright's disease and promotes Warner’s Safe Cure, with references to other health ads and a Portland job notice for a cashier in a restaurant business.
A GOOD PLACE FORK BOYS Hoitt's School near Millbrae San Mateo La Cal led by ex State Superintendent Ira G Hoitt and his wife is touted as one of the best schools for boys on the Pacific coast. Use Fnamelite stove Polish no dust no amet. Tev Geawea for breakfast.
A rustic advertorial urges swift relief from colds indigestion biliousness and constipation using Bitter’s Bitters. It markets the tonic as a great specific for malaria and convalescence aided by blood circulation boost and nerve strengthening effects. It references Abernethy and a canine-like warning about a snowers cry of an unknown lifeless corpse.
An old advertisement highlights Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a $100 reward for failure to cure catarrh and outlines its constitutional treatment. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier for weak lungs and lingering coughs with a money back guarantee.
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