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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1899
Page
4
Railroads including the O R N and connections introduce superior tourist sleepers for Pacific coast routes. The new cars built by Pullman lack smoking compartments and mirror first class features at lower rates. Through trains will showcase the upgraded, comfortable sleepers with enhanced amenities for all classes of passengers.
Bradstreet reports scarce rail cars and diverted water traffic from the West and South to crowded rails. Higher freight charges threaten foreign trade, with widespread price strength in staples and some wheat weakness tied to tighter transport. Wool and lumber hold firm amid active demand and rising business failures in the U S and Canada.
In a Chicago Tribune prognostication Doctor Squills asks about a cab driver. Doctor Kallomel replies the case is automobiliousness as the doctors describe the ailment with a playful pun.
The article asserts lathmus of Panama and engineers near completion of a major enterprise. It extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy, praises Southern Illinois corn output, and notes a Colorado health climate and scenic railroad line. It also cites wheat and corn costs in Wisconsin and a tax exemption for a New Hampshire spinning mill.
A listing of fresh produce and dairy prices in the Pacific Coast trade with numerous items such as onions, potatoes, cabbage, peaches, apples, pears, prunes, watermelons, cantaloupes, butter, cheese, poultry, hay, flour, and grains. Prices shown per sack, per box, or per pound, including regional varieties and year 1898 crop notes.
On a White Star steamer a sailor suffered a severe head cut during rough seas. A conscientious passenger lady checked on him but later, worn by her own illness, forgot him. Days later she saw him with a plaster on his head and asked after him. He answered simply West by south with calm, brief politeness. Also advertising a remedy and a Carnegie mining plan are noted.
Ad copy and notices mention cures for nerves with Dr Kiine Great Nerve Restorer and Allen's Foot Ease for foot ailments. Other items report a car coal shortage, camphor trade monopoly in Formosa, Mrs Winslow teething syrup, and Standard Oil anti trust case response in Nebraska.
Puck styling offers scalloped oysters and shirred eggs with step by step tips. It mentions Snow pudding and chicken patties, then recounts 17th century Granada history, a municipal waterworks sale, a medical elixir advertisement, and a patent lands sale confirmed by Judge Jenkins.
A humorous snippet shows a man mispronouncing and a word splitter questioning. The scene notes weather hints and a joke about rain while a Cleveland Plaindealer item mentions a newspaper price rise. It adds that New York papers use 400 tons daily at two cents a pound, costing newspapers an extra $2,000 daily or $730,000 yearly.
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