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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1891
Page
4
Public health advocates urge harsher laws against ammonia and alum adulteration in baking powders. They cite New York Illinois and Minnesota actions and promote Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder as the pure standard free from ammonia or taint, noting its cost and forty year reputation for purity.
A damaged notice advertises free round trip transportation from California Utah Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon to Portland for buyers. It promises early November 1 801 start and urges purchases of Portland rent data papers with a boom year forecast and profits, listing CONSERVATIVE Hal Retate & Trier Co at 44 Stark Street Portland.
Packed in patent canvas pouches, the tobacco retains natural moisture for a cool sweet smoke to the end. Claims more comfort in one Mastiff package than a dozen others from J Pave Tobines Co Mehmond Virgtila.
Readers' letters from Elmira Alma Harrodsburg and other towns praise Boschee's German Syrup as a safe, reliable remedy for croup whooping cough and related throat and lung inflammations in children. Mothers report quick, dependable relief supported by testimonials from families and educators.
The piece notes novel dress shades such as dragon's blood elephant's breath and stifled sighs described with satire and fashion whimsy. It also mocks a young American woman's seventy day world tour as a calculated wager and ends with a warning on electrical wiring hazards in St Louis.
A rambling tale from eighteenth century Balcarres recounts Sophy Johnston a tomboy with a forge and trunk shop living with the fifth Earl of Balcarres. Her sisters letters and a forged invitation lead to a wig reveal and a public mischief episode.
A collection of quirky anecdotes from the era includes Cratty the Chicago lawyer decoding a cryptic RSVP joke about silver plate, a German brakeman lamp anecdote, Agassiz and Dom Pedro fish specimens, Goethe manuscript gift to Harvard, and a windy river scene in Linkville Oregon with trout seen in water holes.
The article discusses ammonia as a potent poison used in slow and immediate poisoning, with cases in New York and England cited. It notes rapid death in some instances, long intervals between symptoms and death in others, and skin and mucous changes. It also mentions guano factory exposure and historical attribution to crimes.
A humorous anecdote from the Lawrence Daily American where a man argues politeness failed after letting a cripple pass ahead on a corner near Essex and Appleton Street. He recalls a bright twenty dollar gold piece dropped by the man and contends politeness cost him a double eagle.
A lady visits an eminent physician asking for a cure for sleep walking. Dr Highprice prescribes a paper of tacks to be used as a remedy, noting Colde Steele Co. is a hardware firm and not a drugstore. The item is from New York Weekly.
A Hartford Post item relays a witty exchange where a Hartford housewife jokes about the baseball season ending and her husband needing to check scores. She quips about staying home and making friends within the household, highlighting domestic humor.
The piece touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as essential for new emigrants in the West to combat malaria stomach and bowel ills from unsettled lands and riverside miasma. It also references Chaliceval preventive care and endorses Brown's Bronchial Troches for hoarseness.
The article denounces counterfeit external remedies pretending to equal AtsoorK's PLaerkas and ALbLoock's Poros Piastens. It asserts genuine products are backed by top doctors and chemists and by thousands of grateful patients. It also notes the Bank of England and tobacco firms weigh goods to standards despite deceptive claims.
In Portland a piano dealer on First Street has assumed control of the Steinway Manos line. Concert Grand and other styles will be kept in stock with favorable terms offered to customers seeking any edition or keyboard instrument.
Letters from Washington and Seattle praise Dr J Eugene Jordan for Histogenetic medicines curing severe ailments including catarrh neuraglia and long illness. Advertisements claim rare, exclusive sale and free educational book. office at Yesler residence Seattle. Also a recruitment notice for portrait painters with address in New York.
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