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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1891
Page
4
The text contrasts patent medicines arguing one has reasonableness reputation and confidence while another has only hopes. It cites Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription as proven over years with many cures. It emphasizes worldwide use and a money back guarantee if no benefit or cure is shown.
An assortment of travel tonics and patent medicines claim to aid voyagers on steamboats, cars, and coaches. Dobbins Electric Soup, Brown's Brachial Troches, and Brown Pinoder's Grepon Miood Purifier are advertised as cures for indigestion, coughs, throat trouble, malaria defenses, and dyspepsia, urging readers to seek grocers and beware imitations.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams todian Pile Lavrent as a cure for piles and related conditions. It claims rapid absorption of tumors and immediate relief, sold by druggists or by mail with payment per box. Cleveland Ohio based Williams Manufacturing Co. proprietors.
The Sorosis club held its twenty third birthday banquet in Delmonico's lavish hall with writers, teachers, doctors, and other notable women. Susan B Anthony and Jennie Lozier attended as guests and new president Lozier pledged to advance the society's literary and social aims. A separate feature previews an April gala by a wealthy hostess to honor working girls with lavish tableaux, floral decor, and a grand reception. A downtown store incident ends with a cashiering lesson as a woman attempts to leave with a pitcher. the proprietor, insisting on payment, prompts her to reveal the item and exit with courtesy.
A reflection on age old temple records detailing grants of rice to Brahmins in Chola and Chalukya eras. The piece laments fading art energy as such inscriptions fade, noting Indians welcome officials but fail to engrave lasting copper plates of welcome.
A dramatic poem fragment from the Albany Journal reflects on love, death, and devotion. It praises a beloved’s eyes and beauty while exploring themes of heaven and earth, science and art, and the sanctity of intimate affection.
A Louisville socialite fell gravely ill as debts from lavish dress costs mounted to 1200 dollars. Her husband, urged by the patient, paid the bill and forgave the woman, who then recovered and pledged to live within an enlarged modest allowance.
Young women of San Francisco organize the erated and splint fund to aid deformed and crippled children at the Children’s Hospital. They seek about $6,000 to supply crutches splints and devices, promising relief and renewed hope for afflicted youngsters.
A wardrobe pole on a three legged stand with top hooks allows hanging worn clothing to avoid wrinkles. It comes in various woods to match bedroom sets and costs ten dollars in white enamel and gold. The Tribune recommends airing clothes before closet storage.
Miss Antoinette Knages, a young woman with some college education, owns and manages a 200 acre Ohio farm. She says she earned money last year and expects better returns this year. She tried a manager and tenants but found both arrangements unsatisfactory. She now oversees planting and management herself, believing she is a very good farmer when she does it herself.
A Springticht man hired a boy to help with a task in his cellar. The boy, misunderstanding, cut about two bushels of potatoes into planting-sized pieces. The farmer returned home upset at the spoilage and the outcome of the work.
A Boston Times Wanderer tale recalls a midnight car encounter where a dapper, slight youth defends a cigarette from a burly bully. The youth uses a swift, light touch to fend off aggression, then calmly resumes smoking as the crowd disperses. A second vignette shows young Harold debating goats and Anthony’s Nose with a deadpan punchline.
The article notes ancient Egyptians linked dog star Sirius with Nile floods and prosperity. They moved flocks upland and abandoned lower pastures as floods approached. Anubis, a deity with a dog's head, is mentioned as part of their religious context.
The piece highlights a comic cab collision with polite banter in London Tit Bits, notes Frank Wilson’s gate craft and multilingual study, mentions sailors observing whale gambols, and mocks a woman's belief in perfect male lines while acknowledging men’s enduring delusions about better partners.
A Tacoma reader praises Dr. Jordan of Seattle for curing chronic pain and sleeplessness after seven weeks, recounting relief from morphine and other sedatives. A Seattle couple also reports their infant’s rapid improvement from choking and convulsions after treatment. Free consultations and a free book on Histogenetic medicine are offered, with the bottle label bearing the doctor’s name and warning against fraud.
Advertisement lists a medical cure claim by Porterfield and Losey at 83 Market Street San Francisco saying rupture and rectal diseases are cured with no pain no pay. The text ends with a noted line about a draw attracting a circus crowd.
A parchment of garbled speech presents a fragment where a wife’s mother praises attention to scripture after marriage. The speaker notes increased religiosity and asks about reading Lamentations, reflecting a domestic scene centered on faith and self-improvement.
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