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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1899
Page
4
An advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder for its superior ingredients and pure leavening power, contrasts it with alum powders as dangerous, and notes women smoking opinions quoted from Mark Twain. It also mentions pawnshop operations in German cities and sworn appraisers valuing pawned items.
The Ashtabula Sentinel notes a Jefferson society's request for a gallon of cream. A milk farm two miles away delivers cream in 30 minutes after a telephone call, milk skimmed by separator and sent by bicycle. It contrasts with older delays of sending a boy for yesterday's milk.
The Rock Island line adds illustrated weekly periodicals in binders for patrons on its personally conducted tourist excursions. Information about Rock Island excursions to points East is available from A. E. Cooper in Portland Oregon.
A promotional piece extols the Rio Grande Western Railway via Salt Lake City as the transcontinental choice, highlighting six eastbound routes, daily through cars, and superior dining. It promotes Colorado climate and scenery as healthful, urges pamphlets from agents, and notes other travel and tax remarks in separate items.
A Massachusetts farmer rejected twenty five dollars for a pair of five week old twin buff Brahma chicks said to be the first case of twins from a single egg surviving beyond eight days. The birds hatched unusually, with one egg yielding two chicks, kept indoors on malted milk and brandy and fed by dropper. The twins remain inseparable and only associate with each other, an aristocratic quirk noted by observers. Als Chase supports Comptroller Wolf’s fare plan for Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company mirroring Cleveland with four cent single trips and five cent transfers. Montreal assessors clash with street railways and Bell Telephone over machinery taxes on poles and rails, with the company denying any tax on its infrastructure.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy claimed to cure catarrh in all its stages by internal use. The ad cites $100 reward for failure and lists testimonials. Other items note California quarantine cautions, booming wood carving, rail travel upgrades, a new molling machine, and wage raises at Atlantic Railway & Power Company.
R G Dun & Co notes fears rather than facts about the South Africa conflict. U.S. markets gain as mining prospects improve and demand remains strong. Steel rails hit a record early delivery, wheat exports surge, and failures edge down. Mentions Missourian contempt at Manhattan Beach, Thorne explosive test, and various consumer notices.
Pacific Coast trade reports show wheat prices for Walla Walla valley and other regions, plus extensive figures for oats barley hay and millstuff. Also listed are Butter Cheese Eggs and various produce items with values for Portland and San Francisco markets.
A gold cased bicycle from France for a rajah features turquoise and ruby studs on rims and a jewel covered saddle. Nearby, a 1200 year old walnut tree in the Baider valley yields about 100000 nuts yearly shared by five Tartar families. Also notes Porto Rico indigent population and hurricane deaths. A burglary tale ends with a dead burglar who cut his own throat while a woman kept his restrained wrist all night.
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