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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1899
Page
4
An 19th century ad warns pride leads to illness and deranged organs. It urges taking Hood's Sarsaparilla to prevent the fall and save pride, claiming health benefits and body protection.
A returned volunteer officer returns to find Miss Grenadine Corbina cold to his return. A traveling salesman has won her favor, and he leaves in a formal military stride, vowing to depart permanently after being drummered out.
A humorous sketch on the idea that the blues in women signal bodily disease and not weakness. It cites Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy and shares a testimonial from Mrs F S Kenner of Westphalia Kansas. It includes a Chicago Tribune joke about a congressman and baggage.
A humorous exchange notes a man deciding to insure his life after marriage while a skeptical woman warns about his friends. The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Atchison Globe versions reflect how hope colors a love affair, with the idea that wealth or steadiness boosts marriage prospects.
A chaotic mix of public health scare notes and sensational ads appears, warning that storms threaten the Cayman Islands while disease and indigestion fears persist. The page also features quips, testimonials, and various ads for tonics, remedies, and patent medicines.
A warning urges buyers to distinguish ALABASTINE from cheap kalsomines made of whiting chalks and clays. The Alabastine Co asserts its product is a durable wall coating, notes infringement risks for dealers, and advises verifying proper packaging and seeking the free Alabastine Era pamphlet.
A survey notes varying legislator compensation from $5 a day in Austria and France to $356 a year in Portugal and $250 a day in Switzerland. Italy and England have no salaries. many nations grant travel expenses or immunities. figures reflect a 20th century context from the UChicago Chronicle.
A collage of jokes and morals from various sources recounts clergymen sharing a stagecoach ride, a praiseworthy but off key archbishop at Moody and Sankey, a boy asking questions after a lecture, and a businessman's naming form in speech. Other items note a spurious divorce decree, New Zealand photo laws for tavern enforcement, coffee bean adulterants, and jokes about capital punishment and electricity.
The six principal Seattle street railway lines have merged under one ownership and will be governed by a single executive head. A new company with authorized capital of 5 000 000 dollars will be organized immediately after the deal, which was concluded by representatives of the involved lines.
Pendleton observers believe the wool market will start up in a couple of weeks with this year's clip selling at prevailing prices. Growers plan to avoid last year's mistake and hold wool for higher figures. In The Dalles wool arrivals continue at about a dozen loads daily with storage rooms ample as last year's crop ships out on consignments.
Seattle marketers quote wide ranges for produce and meats including onions at 80c per 100 pounds and beef at 9c per pound. Prices cover apples pears butter eggs cheese poultry and grains with regional mixes from Puget Sound to Oregon wild hay and Walla Walla wheat, noting varied packaging per sack or barrel.
Market brief lists prices by region and product including Wool from Spring Nevada 9 12 cents per pound Oregon Eastern 10 120 Valley 16 loces Northern 10c Milletuffe Midllings 16 20.50 per ton bran 15.50 16.50 per ton onions silverskin 0 00c per sack Butter Fancy creamery 17 18 do seconds 16u 1Te fancy dairy 150 do recomts 14 14 ec per pound. Oranges Valencia 9 2.50 Mexican limes 4.505 California lemons 60u 1.26 or 2.50 per box. Hay Wheat 19 15.60 wheat and oat 16 16 oat 11H best barley 12 19 alfalfa 11 19 per ton Straw 40 Te per bale Potatoes Early Rose 1.50 1.75 Oregon Burbanks 1.65 1.56 river Burbanks Salinas Burbanks 61 1.10 per ack Tropical fruit Pananas 1.50 9.50 per bunch pineapples 2.50 4.50 Persian dates 6 ?ec per pound
Letters from Elisa Wikre and others praise Pe-ru-na for curing catarrh of female organs and related ills. Dr. Hartman promotes Peruna and Manalin with testimonials, plus a free Health and Beauty book for women who write to him in Columbus Ohio.
A collage of colorful snippets reports eight story heights in Paria and a Chicago Chinese restaurant manager Irishman. A Maine woman near Belfast owns 15 coon cats. Ireland’s cultivated area shrinks from 4,000,000 to 2,090,000 acres since 1841. Atlantic steamer costs exceed construction, German railfreight profits 68 percent while costs stay 33 percent. A 65-year-old New York criminal faces 15 months for manslaughter after a court letter. A New Jersey farmer’s hog is killed by rats. a Newfoundland dog dies from lightning in Passaic. Coal reserves projected at 200 and 600 years, but new power may negate need. Whale nostrils spout water only when feeding. Henry Zeigler’s 800-acre Pittston farm reveals $1.5 million coal value after years of poverty. An old Warren clock hides $242 in greensbacks. a Kansas City purse of $710 yields $355 to the finder.
Florence contemplates returning the ring after breaking her engagement. Mabel questions whether the fiancé will propose again, while Florence weighs handing the ring back to him amid the unsettled affair.
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