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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1897
Page
4
Article notes the United States Navy can call up 60 modern steamships ready for cruising in wartime, excluding active units. It mentions rapid fire guns sufficient for 15 ships in a week, with vessels described as ocean liners and coast steamers carrying the American flag. Also references various ads and consumer products interwoven with the text.
A new chemical substance sugarine or benzol-sulfinid is described as chemically pure and 600 times sweeter than sugar while costing one-twelfth as much. Unlike saccharine it lacks the obnoxious parafacid and could influence multiple markets.
A new sprayer wagon mounts a 2 1/2 HP Hercules gasoline engine and 8 inch centrifugal pump on a rear platform. Water is drawn from any source via a suction hose and foot valve, filling a 12,000 gallon tank in six to ten minutes, enabling road sprinkling without costly remote tanks or pipes.
Readers told a cure exists for catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure and Malls Catarrh Cure taken internally. The ad claims it cures constitutional catarrh by treating blood and mucous surfaces and offers to pay one hundred dollars for any failure, with testimonials available.
An Education Department survey lists 149 universities in the global system and 180 replies on women’s access. Responses vary by country with Scotland and Wales answering yes on most points except some medical courses. Australia Canada and the United States largely say yes. Britain’s north shows mixed results. continental Europe trends toward yes in most nations.
The market reports a nervous but strong tone for wheat with prices up about five cents weekly as foreigners buy nearby shipments. Bullish signals include large September exports, rising American visible supply, and France a major buyer. Corn weakens as holders dump positions amid light trade. receipts are rising and prices fall.
The article argues shredded fodder stores better when fully dry and cured, noting reduced waste and better bedding. It compares Tamworth and Yorkshire breeds for bacon hogs, advises selling poor stock to improve spring finances, and stresses protecting farm machinery from weather. It also discusses sandy soils and ashes, plus a bee tree method using a gas pipe to extract honey without destroying the hive.
The article discusses the shift to Japan plums due to the black knot pest and discusses planting spacing, curculio control, and the need for early summer intervention. It also covers keeping a wooden churn in hot weather, turning a churn with water and standard, and marketing turnips by selling house to house. Additional notes address rag weed control in clover fields, grape growing on old farms, and poultry cleanliness.
The article notes progress in tomato shape and quality from rough, seedless fruit with thick skins to smoother, fuller tomatoes. It explains older varieties were pulp poor and seedy, while later types are better for cooking and canning due to preserved seeds and improved texture.
The article warns that only top quality fruit should be sent to evaporators as blemished fruit harms consumer perception. It notes unsalable fruit, including green or worm-eaten fruit, should be redirected to livestock. It also discusses late sown winter grain, stating that vigor and root depth matter more than fall growth size and that dense foliage increases vulnerability to root kill.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer piece discusses the era of athleticism boosting muscle health and the worry of sprains, noting St Jacobs Oil as a quick remedy. The column intertwines a comic scene of a man savoring a shellfish and a boast about a season's fast gift.
A New Hartford Connecticut man woke to disaster after planting over 1,000 tobacco plants. the night prior the crop was thriving but by morning cut worms had destroyed all but one plant.
A confusing OCR style notice describes All Eastern Byrup made from juece and Tea Garden Drips from agar Cane, sold by first class grocers in cans. It mentions Pacific Coast s nur Co and Cherry Creek New York offering lessons from a blind man teaching 25 youths on various instruments.
A long suffering woman describes fifteen years of womb inflammation enlargement and displacement. After starting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash she reports complete recovery and credits the medicines for her recovery. She urges others to mention the paper when writing to advertisers.
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