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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1890
Page
4
Testimonies from F Roessner of New York and others praise Allcock’s Porous Plasters for quick relief from cidcachet like sidracha and body pains. Anecdotes claim dramatic pain relief after using the plasters, while a brief joke about a tailor underscores polite banter.
A fragmentaryVintage catalogish passage mocks pirate branding around tonics and patent medicines. It touts products like Dobbins Electric Soup and Brown's Bronchial Traches while noting old fashions and dream questions in a curio of dubious health elixirs and popular quackery.
An 1800s ad touts Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy with a $500 reward for incurable catarrh. It claims lasting cures and lists benefits such as relief of headaches and bad breath. The ad cites mild prices and urges readers to buy at druggists.
A California seaside event describes Misa Price of Santa Clara county and Yale graduate Goodman wagering on a one on one raft swim at Del Monte. Price suffers a foot cramp but resumes and finishes with Goodman's aid. spectators declare Goodman winner though observers feel Price was faster. The couple wed on June 24.
A Brittany nobleman is punished for secret werewolf turns while a wife plots to claim his clothes and wed the lover. In a Washington letter, Miss Wanamaker, daughter of the postmaster general, is praised for beauty and education but hampered by her wealth.
Mrs Ane Rouech of Letart Ohio celebrated her one hundredth birthday at her old home with eleven siblings and many spouses children and grandchildren present. Her descendants number about eight thousand. she remains in excellent health and cheerful, fond of children, and able to tell long walks daily. She is likely the oldest woman in Ohio.
In St. Michael Island life centers on densely hedged plots and gardens. Islanders face strict passport laws that purge military duty and debt until many seek passage to America, often at high cost. Captains secretly ferry people, hiding boats offshore to land them in caves and cliffs, a dangerous but lucrative carrying trade amid continental oppression.
Lewiston Journal reports a fishing party on Moosehead Lake hooked a "five footer" monster that tore 300 feet of line before breaking tackle. The fish vanished beneath the lake while rescuers brought the angler and gear to shore and he survived a near cold bath. Larger boats and stronger gear are urged for such monsters.
The New York Sun reports on Prince Roland Bonaparte’s labora study of the Negroes of the Woods in Dutch Guinea South America. About 8 000 descendants of escaped slaves live far from whites reproducing their fatherland customs in new forests.
James A Garfield visits a city on a triple mission and resembles his father more in intellect than appearance. He and his brother Harry have started a law firm in Cleveland serving major clients, signaling notable early success for the Garfield family amid focus on education and public perception. A separate note reports an Au Sable thief entering a widow’s barn, stealing milk and leaving a pocketbook with 17 dollars, prompting a finder to claim property.
Paris letter reports crowds gathering at Avenue de Saxe in Lyon to watch a house blamed for haunting. Police inspect the premises but fail to solve the mystery as mysterious rappings shake the building. Vienna duel ends with doctor wounded. a Croatian student in South America noted for fencing skill. Lectures on health urge women colleges to teach personal care and internal economy.
A Paris letter reports doctors battle fashionable mothers over child face painting. Parents dye or block eyebrows on toddlers, and young girls as old as ten are made to wear dark eye strokes. Medical experts warn these practices harm health and future complexions.
A reflective piece discusses fortune as a hand offered to all, with luck favoring those who seize it. It notes how circumstances bias outcomes and hints that many forego chances while others act decisively, leaving footprints of missed opportunities in their wake.
A Buffalo Courier excerpt quotes a young city physician condemning conventional medicines as poisons and praising herbal remedies such as Warner's Safe Cure for kidney and liver ailments. It cites anecdotal testimonials from patients like H. J. Gardiner of Ponting and warns against imitations of a North Carolina tobacco plug seal.
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