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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
4
An article notes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for painful periods with testimonials from women. It also highlights Martha Washington’s valued role at Valley Forge, praising her care for soldiers and duties with the camp’s women.
The O. K. and N. and Oregon Short Line add a buffet, smoking and library car to the Portland to Chicago through service with a dining car now in use. Trains feature new clair cars day coaches and first class sleepers. Connections at Granger with Union Pacific and at Ogden with Rio Grande link Oregon Washington Idaho to Eastern cities. Contact any O K N agent or W H Hurlburt Portland for rates. General Joubert sermon note adds a light anecdote about powder kept dry during a sermon.
Local notices tout Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy claimed to cure constitutional catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad extols its supposed physician endorsement, on sale with testimonials and a Toledo company address, and ends by asserting male tailors provide finer sewing than female tailors.
An 19th century ad clippings mix foot care remedies Allen s Foot Ease and Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup praised for teething, plus a feature on Ella Ewing the giantess near Gorin Missouri. It notes her residence growth and a giant scale home. Also a Mississippi levee fact compares length if straightened about 1400 miles from New Orleans to New York.
Bradstreet's reports general trade distribution expanding after improved weather. Cotton prices surge to the highest level this season and in six years, while wood weakens on London prices and U.S. demand. Wheat shipments fall sharply week over week. leather remains firm. building materials stay firm amid labor tensions. Industrial activity shows irregularity due to a Chicago strike and scattered smaller protests.
Readable items show onions at 2.25 to 2.50 per sack and numerous vegetables fruit and staples with varied per unit and per sack prices. Livestock meats dairy and grain quotes from Portland Market and regional mills list ranges for butter eggs flour hay and feed, with numerous per unit amounts and ton prices.
A dense catalog of goods with regional price quotes. Wool and dairy items show per pound and per ton ranges. Potatoes oranges bananas citrus and tropical fruit prices listed with several varieties and quality grades.
A collection of brief notes on science and daily life including animal behavior and tastes, immunity myths, weather, or social stats. It mentions New Zealand hens as rat killers, cholera danger, species traits, transport costs, a nurse in Oklahoma, prunes in Oregon, and a Carlisle Indian academy graduate lawyer in Oklahoma City.
British forces in South Africa test the cycle corps with a ninety mile day scout to gather Boer intelligence. Reports note a Pretoria to Ladysmith rider and a Mehtship captain using wireless telegraphy to warn shore authorities. The item also mentions soap production and other varied notices from Denver and Pittsburg.
The commissioner of the Internal Revenue Bureau holds that a physician who prescribes and sells whisky brandy wine or other liquor to patients for medical use must pay a special tax as a retail liquor dealer even if the liquor is prescribed as medicine and not blended with drugs. The note cites additional items from various sources.
An English observer who lived long in China portrays the empress dowager as a remarkable ruler and artist. She is an ardent painter fond of wrestling a virile exercise and well read with European music and piano skill. Her courage is noted though her life has faced multiple attempts.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Mr Hamm the eminent tragedian says his new play opened on January 1. He notes the run was short but implies a long walk from Chicago to Philadelphia after the second performance.
The Rio Grande Western Railway joins with the Denver Rio Grande and Colorado Midland to offer a triple daily fast service from Ogden to Denver. Trains feature the latest cars and through sleepers Chicago Ogden San Francisco with dining cars. Information available from J D Manefield Portland and Geo W Heintz Salt Lake City.
A jumbled column features ads for a controversial rheumatism remedy named G DROPS and novelty 5 Dropa bottles, plus snippets on crypto graphic typewriters, a Japanese wedding ritual destroying toys, and a Missouri brides tale. It also notes inexpensive paper roofing tiles and a sweeping English temperance campaign with calls to repeal prizefight regulations.
Across a Century article Aldrich praises Herrick as unique among English poets likening him to Shakespeare in scope while noting his brief, smooth lines invite repeated reading. The piece contrasts Herrick with Shakespeare and highlights his acanthy plot of ground.
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