Newberg Graphic Chronicle Highlights Campaign Jokes and Facts
In a late 1898 Newberg Oregon issue the paper roasts rivals over politics and education while citing diverse items. It notes a long reign of Queen Victoria begun in 1837 and reports Yale students interrupting William Jennings Bryan. It also mentions Portland and Roseburg public figures, ship owner Joel Geer, police chief Dock Robertson, Pennoyer’s political reach, and ballooning fair exhibits. The piece mixes quips with brief political commentary and regional notes.
England Protects Trade At High Cost Says Speech
The passage argues England has safeguarded its maritime interests relentlessly while the United States has failed to protect navigation. It claims U S spending since the Civil War would rival Britain’s expenditures and could have built American fleets to match England’s on world seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Gladstone
United States
Watchful Father Warns Son Against Sloth and Smoke
A modern philosopher warns his son to quit loafing, avoid cigarette habit, and seek labor over idle pastime. He says business is oversupplied, corners and whittling spots are full, and better to saw wood for two bits than loaf. He chides breath and looks as dull as a store dummy.
California Coast Valley Scenes and Orchard News
The narrative surveys Sacramento Valley ranches, steam harvesters, and large teams. notes seedbeds and irrigation along sprinkling roads in Santa Clara and Salinas valleys. describes Pacific Grove as a saloon-free retreat with sea fogs. observes coarse housing on grain ranches versus tidier fruit ranches and varied fruit yields across counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento Valley
Kirkwood
Vacaville
Lagoon Valley
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Clara County
Salinas Valley
Wakenville
C. Sprekles
Pacific Grove
Salinas
Kings City
San Miguel
San Antonio
California
San Luis Obispo County
Santa Barbara
Vertura County
Tiet
Cautious Claim of Cure-All for Financial Troubles
A Pasadena resident, FE. Rosixsos, asserts a purported universal remedy for financial troubles tied to election outcomes, warning that results may yield varying improvements or disappointments.
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Rosixsos
Pasadena
Cal
Local Notes Mix Politics and Business in Yamhill
Daniel Gubser suffers partial blindness from threshing poison while local politics praise McKinley and Hobart. The piece reports on Fuson’s McKinley club activity, Warren County clay for a potential pottery, a Portland lawsuit over a body exhumation, church plans, Tongue’s Indian testimony case, Doc Wright’s race wins, a patent medicine claim, silver debate, and local school and obituaries in Dayton and Yamhill County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Gubser
McKinley
Hobart
Fuson
McKinley Club
Fruit preservation and a peculiar ice burning glass tale
A reader markets cold packed berries grapes and peaches as a no heat method to preserve and sell samples for a dollar. He offers fruit samples and directions for eighteen two cent stamps to 7413 Frances Casey St Louis Mo. A Washington lawyer curiosly uses a melted ice lens to ignite a cigar, triggering a wager and demonstration reported from Popular Science Monthly.
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California
Frances Casey
St. Louis
Washington
Washingtonian
Popular Science Monthly
Distinct Diseases Bronchitis and Consumption Noted
The excerpt explains bronchitis as an inflammation of lung airways with cough sore throat hoarseness and breathing difficulty and notes thousands die yearly. It advertises Wilbur's Cough Cure at 50 cents and mentions Scott Hayes linked to Rutherford B Hayes and political figure Garfield. It also urges early Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup hoarseness and cold relief sold by A T Hill.
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Wilbur
Scott Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
Cleveland
Garfield
Ohio
James A. Garfield
Ciarfield
A. T. Hill
A.T. Hill
Kind Woman Feeds Grateful Tramp Despite Threats
A kind woman shares a fine dinner with a hungry tramp who thanks her. He vows to repay kindness by telling friends that she is a harsh, uncaring cook who will deter them from visiting her home.
Hunnimune Disagrees Over Handling Bia Cults
Mas Hunnimune voices harsh contempt for distributing bia cults to any visitor. Her husband protests nervously, fearing the recipient could throw them at the dog.
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Mas
Aged Patient Reports Kidney Disease Relief with Liver Cure
Tam age 65 states 25 year kidney disease and constipation improved after using eight B. Headache and Liver Cure over one year. Took six bottles at three cents each. J. H. Knight Ratledge Or. Supplied by all druggists.
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J. H. Knight
Ratledge
Edwards rents Riley Smith property on Meridian Street
P M Edwards has rented and moved to the Riley Smith property located on Meridian Street, confirming occupancy and address change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.M. Edwards
Riley Smith
Meridian Street
Cough Cure Ad Claims Quick Relief and Cures
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as fast and safe relief for coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and colds. It highlights A T Hill and W W Astor with payments for rose stock, plus DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve praised for burns, cuts, and piles. It also notes a stamp collection purchase insured at 3600 000 by The Rothechilds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Hill
DeWitt
A.T. Hill
Duke of York
Rothechilds
de Witt
Little Early Risers Pills and Ship Naming Quip
An applicant praises a good bookkeeper and church member while remarking on the small yet effective DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills. A joke asks why ships are called she and attributes the cost of rigging to the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt’s
A.T. Hilb
Hook Spoon Sells Itself Promising Home Earnings
A letter from St Louis describes a free to AM promotion offering an elegant hooked spoon for ten cent stamps. The writer says she sold spoons fast, earning 1.00 in two hours by taking orders, claiming the spoon prevents slips and is a long sought kitchen aid.
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Mies A. M. Frita
St. Louis
Reva
Atrene
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Newberg Graphic
K. H. Woopwarp
Enprror & Pos.isuen
Newberg
Oregon
Elkhart
Indiana
Milton Eagle
Tom Watson
Tom
John KR. Gentry
Rigby Park
Portland
Maine
Queen Victoria
Yale College
Intervalas
Bryan
New Haven
Joel P. Geer
Toledo
Peoples Independent
Geer
Dock" Robertson
Minto
Dock
S. H. Riggen
Walter L. Tooze
Woodburn
Armory Hall
Pennoyer
Frank Leelie
Sound Money
Rhode Island
Globe Democrat
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Hofer
Salem Capital Journal
Soldier
Roseburg
W. EF. Gladstone
James 3. Blaine
United Kingdom
Dayton Herald
Yamhill County
Reporter
W. G. Palmer
Warren Place
W. M. Ramsey
David Everest
R. L. Thompson
Valley Transcript
Tongue
Willamina
Doc
Wright
McMinnville
OL of
Gradnes
Uncle Sam
Teller
Uncle San
Secretary of the Treasury
Sam
Iowa
Cores Croup
Gil
J. HM
Crozier
Lavayvette
Metzger
R. C. Henry
Bob
Olds Bros
Plains
Grandma Thompson
Rosky
Tee
Tramp
The
Newberg Clothing House
L. M. Parker
John Vedderpurn
Alent Attorneys
Washington, D. C
National Ore & Reduction Co
Cheltenham Avenue
St. Louis, Mo
U.S. A
Shade
W. W. Astor
Willie
Robinson Cruse
Pacific College
Newberg, Ore
Enlt
Tesse Edwards
N.E Bris
B.C. Miles
Cashies
Bank OF Newberg
Jesse Edwards
E. I. Woodward
J. C. Colcord
N. E. Britt
Canada
Ladd & Tilton
National Park Bank
New York
Jeannette
Scientific American Agency For
Munn & CO
Ml Beosowat
Clint Bureau
America
Bolice
We Scientific American
Ackhress
Voriegens
Barrie & Barrie
Dundee
Cheap Cash Store
Northe Yles
Imboudwredys
Ames & Frost Company
Chicago, Ill
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