13 Mar 1891
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1891
Page
1
A broad survey reports the Gila River changing its course by almost a mile. The notice compiles various regional happenings from Arizona and California, including train robberies in custody and local political moves. No lives lost in storms at Phenix and Globe. several properties reported damaged.
The Portland market shows firm tone with good export demand but light offerings and quiet trading. Quotes cover staples from Walla Walla to alley and include barley hay fruit nuts and produce with varied per unit prices across vegetables dairy and meats.
The page itemizes quotes for coats, rice, picks, Cape Cod barrels, tea like Arbuckle's coffee, and various fruits vegetables and canned goods. It notes firm markets for several groups including Digen Fauers and Cassen Gooms and lists specific prices per pound per dozen or per box.
The market shows steady pricing for dressed mutton veal and pork products. Beel-Live and Veal-hi items appear with per pound rates, while smoked meats and lard are quoted with modest costs.
A well dressed elder on a railway carriage consoles a bored young man who lacks focus. The elder reveals he is an opera company manager seeking new talent and promises a grand opportunity to the reluctant aspirant. The exchange hints at a dramatic life change through chance encounter.
A weathered showman recalls superstitions about cursed items and bad luck in a touring company. He describes crows eyes and a yellow clarinet bringing misfortune, recounting a Jersey sighting and a six month dry spell until finding a horseshoe in Pittsburgh.
A column of curious notes covers a diet reformer Rev Mark Trafton who abstains from meat for years and praises whole wheat. It also details an enormous two blade knife made in Germany, and notes on Japanese customs and ancient timber in Egypt. Brief items include an Arkansas river tale and the phrase drowning the miller.
A line from the song Pull for the Shore was misheard as Cling to self no more by colored children. The error was noted as Clean yourself no more and linked to a missionary. A pharmaceutical conference reports patent medicine mania growth. The current generation is described as more credulous than the last.
A Chicago based dealer explains how women in different regions favor shoe styles and sizes. He notes New York medium and opera toes as best sellers, southern women wear the smallest feet, and eastern women wear the largest. Men’s shoes improve in fit and quality with better sizing.
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