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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1890
Page
4
An advertiser touts Moxtetters Stanmmeh Hitters as a universal remedy for malaria related sicknesses and digestive and kidney issues. The letter from Joax Wa of San Francisco extols its sales and demand while references to other health claims appear in a public notice style.
The article extols Ali cook's Porous Plasters with third party testimonials from users over thirty years and warns against imitations. It also promotes Dobbins' Electric Soap and Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy with a $500 reward offer for cures and lists catarrh symptoms and dangers.
A Quebec wreck yielded seven trunks marked J W B Nassau with ornate theatrical gear and letters. Auctioneer Thomas Casey kept some items after salvage, while $300 was credited to Booth or his heirs. Casey never knew Edwin Booth. A second tale recalls Master Tommy Anderson using a hair cue prank to humiliate a pupil.
Dr. A R Jenkins notes in The Annals of Surgery that this porous material fosters bacteria and infections. It may be difficult to disinfect and is often carried by well meaning individuals who apply it in emergencies.
In a late 19th century note, the Llome Journal describes England rail travel as under a parental government with laws against self harm. Passengers may be confined in moving coaches and face heavy fines for jumping or boarding after trains start.
The New York Sun notes that the French detective force is organized for maximum efficiency. It cites that French forgers highwaymen burglars and even hens who reach London in safety often avoid arrest while in Paris. It adds that few English criminals seek refuge in Paris.
The Smithsonian Institution has sent an expedition to Nova Scotia and secured facsimiles of the fairy rocks. The hieroglyphic characters appear very old and may illuminate early discoveries of America. The markings are carved on polished slate with an intaglio about a sixteenth of an inch deep.
A Baltimore ship Clio sails to Rio and back with Ned Halpin aboard. On a squally night near Cape Henry Halpin reports seeing his twin or a ghost of a shark, then vanishes overboard as a shark is sighted. Crew witnesses the fatal attack and a legend of the Virginia capes shark endures.
Poem recounts clasping hands of youth and later facing death and grief. Voices memory a dream of love and hope fading as the gray years arrive. Narrator reflects on fate, city sites, and the pull of mortality in a personal meditation.
Berlin letter recounts European leisure and public parks with open air concerts, cheap dining, and orderly life. It notes Berlin’s population growth since 1870, grand new buildings, strong exports, and American admiration for German culture while praising arts and sciences.
A well dressed man enters a New York egg and butter shop and bets the proprietor $5 that eggs in the window are not fresh. After the owner confirms freshness by testing an egg, the stranger grabs the $10 and escapes, leaving with the shop’s money while the storekeeper chases him.
A description from American Cultivator explains bending tree tops to the earth and covering with soil to encourage rooting. Banyan-like limbs are laid to ground to take root and extend the tree in all directions, creating a rare inverted growth experiment with trunks becoming heads and roots tapering downward.
A reader from Freeport Washington claims a twelve pound gain in three months from Dr Darrin-Dearn’s electric therapy for dyspepsia liver and kidney complaints. He says the treatment is superior to prior remedies and makes him feel renewed. Letters from Oregon and Albina express gratitude for curing ailments including ear issues in a child and praise the method.
An advertisement promotes a mail order offer for 15 novelty cards and a collection of imported oleographic and chromatic cards. Buyers must mail the wrapper, write their address, and send 4 cents in stamps to Fleming Bros Pittburgh Pa to receive a genuine Dr. C McLane’s Celebrated Liver Pills branded as a sixty year old remedy.
A Vancouver lumberman reports Dr Darrin cured his rheumatism allowing a fifteen mile walk in a week. The note praises Darrin for eye ear nose throat and private diseases and mentions offices in Portland Oregon with branch offices in Albany Roseburg and Ashland Oregon.
Advertises rupture cure and rectal diseases offering treatment with no pay and no loss of work. Claims a pamphlet from Drs. Porterfield and Losey at 438 Market Street, San Francisco. The text also contains garbled praise and stray exclamations.
Fragmentary notice lists Tay Geamen for breakfast and a dubious promotion for Du Bois Anti-obesity Tea. It names A. H. Smith & Co., agents at Chant Avenue and Geary Streets, and references a North Carolina seal and tobacco disclaimer.
A historic note promotes Kirk's German Pile Ointment as a swift cure for piles bleeding itching and tumors. The ad claims ten years of suffering ended after one bow and urges purchase through Shaggisie cad sent by mail with price. Wholesale agents listed for San Francisco and distant regions.
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