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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1904
Page
7
Spring humors provoke pimples boils and eruptions along with loss of appetite fatigue bilious spells indigestion and headaches. The remedy urged is to take a health restoring tonic to cleanse the system and rebuild vitality.
An old advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills claiming cures for scrofula scald head humor blood poison catarrh salt rheum pimples psoriasis rheumatism and dyspepsia with exhortations to accept no substitute and to obtain Hood's.
Charles Steckler and a friend misread a country road sign near Lake Ontario as they pass a gatepost. A local native explains the sign to be a playful way for Farmer Towle to advertise lamb for sale at a cheap price, despite poor spelling.
In Manhattan Kansas a three year old girl fell from whooping cough to pneumonia then malaria fever and Bright's Disease. After three and a half boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills her doctors had given up yet she recovered fully and now plays as before.
A brief comic exchange shows a patient shopkeeper's frustration as a commercial traveler presses for sales. The traveler, undaunted, promises a new line the porter may soon remove. The scene captures a lively street vignette from Glasgow.
An old medical ad warns against mercury ointments for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney Co. as a safe internal remedy. The copy cautions readers to obtain the genuine product and to avoid harmful preparations.
A girl tells another to keep a stiff upper lip and stay optimistic. The second maid retorts she cannot maintain a rigid upper lip, noting the physical impossibility of such insistence.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer description outlines patent leather making with bark tanning and skilled finishing. Hides are stretched dried coated with a linseed oil and white lead paste filled pores, baked in a 160 degree oven, pumiced, oiled and blackened with ivory, layered and dried, then varnished for a smooth finish akin to painted enamel.
An OCR fragment discusses promotional phrases and medical claims then shifts to a description of major world ship canals. It notes the Suez Canal's length and strategic importance, followed by brief mentions of the Cronstadt St Petersburg canal and the Corinth Canal reducing voyage distances.
In Russia and Siberia, Cossack soldiers expert builders construct kettle bridges. They stack lances under cooking kettles and tie them with rope to form rafts. Each raft supports about half a ton, creating remarkable crossing structures.
A youth asks for the difference between white lies and black ones. The sage replies that white lies are those a wife thinks she tells her husband, while black lies are those she believes he tells her.
A miscellany of lightweight quips and cartoons from late 19th century papers. Jokes range from social miscues to dry observations about doctors, burglars, and chauffeurs, with playful banter about snowball Chicago, baby teeth, and theater tickets.
Quirky excerpt from Harvard Lampoon cites a mock duel phrase about honor. The spoof line includes a teething period misprint and a misdirected dramatic exchange.
A playful dialogue hints at the mystery of the North Pole. Miss Lakeside questions the idea of it being lost while Mr. Clifton asks if it will ever be found, capturing a whimsical exchange.
A dated quip about medical practice, noting the irony of the term. The exchange hints at skepticism of doctors and uses humorous banter to critique professional care.
An OCR fragment markets fodder and crops with claims of 14 ton and 80 ton per acre yields, plus Victoria Rape claiming 60 000 lbs per acre for sheep and swine feed. It urges readers to send 10 cents in stamps to John A A Relees Seed Co for samples and returns of ties and seed samples.
A brief family exchange hints the wedding gift from a father-in-law arrives as an unexpected act of support. Joe confirms the gift is acceptable while referencing common surprises in life.
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