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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1899
Page
4
Old medicine ad urges readers to purify blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming long term health benefits. Warns neglected impurities cause lifelong disease and stresses using only Hood's product.
The Tio Grande Western Railway will run its fourth popular tourist excursion car from Portland to the East effective September 1. The car travels via Colorado Midland and several major lines, stopping in Salt Lake City for daylight sightseers before continuing to Chicago. Alternate itineraries depart Portland on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday through Missouri Pacific Chicago and Alton roads, Chicago Rock Island Pacific and Burlington routes. Rates and pamphlets available from J D Manefield, 254 Washington Street, Portland Oregon.
The BR and N and Oregon Short Line add buffet smoking and library cars to the Portland to Chicago through train. Dining car service inaugurated with late model chair cars day couches and first class and ordinary sleepers. Direct connections at Granger with Union Pacific and at Duyden with Rio Grande, linking Oregon Washington Idaho to Eastern cities.
The article praises Sravur or Fios as a pleasant tasting liquid laxative that strengthens the system and relieves constipation without irritating the kidneys liver or bowels. It explains the medicinal ingredients and manufacturing method and urges buying only from the Company with full name on the package. Price is one dollar per bottle, with availability from Louisville and New York City druggists.
The R G Dun weekly trade review shows payments through principal clearing houses 23 percent higher than last year and 66.2 percent above 1892. Iron supplies for Pittsburg demand high prices and delayed work on railroads ships and warehouses. Wheat receipts in the West lag behind last year while four weeks show year over year gains. Atlantic and Pacific exports increase modestly. weekly U S failures rise to 163 with Canada at 16.
A dense price table outlines agricultural commodities across the Pacific Coast era. It lists wheat, barley, millet, hay, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, potatoes, vegetables, wool, hogs, beef, veal, onions, carrots, cabbage, fruit, and more with varied unit prices, regions, and grades for markets in Oregon, Washington, and California. Names of crops, towns, and price figures appear with marks like per bushel, per ton, per pound, and per dozen.
A housewife shares a method for beans stewed in butter with two hours simmering in water and butter. The piece also notes Ostriches run 25 miles an hour with 114 foot strides, and an Indian elephant’s daily needs and work. Darwin statue gifted by Prof. Poulton stands beside Newton at Oxford. Miss Annie Luker dives daily from 90 feet in London. A San Francisco death reveals a needle fragment in the heart.
A jumble of stray ad copy and trivia features cures for fits from Dr. Kline and marketing boasts for whiskey and pants that never bag. It cites typhoid in British India, ballooning origins, railroad news, a whale of curious animals, and rail line shameless brag about free bicycle on Siberian trains.
The Chicago Tribune notes the relocation of the nine foot high bust of Sir Joseph Paxton, designer of the Crystal Palace. Paxton, born 1805 in Bedfordshire, died 1865, and was knighted for Crystal Palace plans chosen after 233 rejections. He also gained fame as a landscape gardener and architect.
The note describes Cascarete Candy Catharte as an easy to obtain liver regulator and intestinal tonic. It claims simple administration and effective results, noting that druggists stock it widely. The text adds a sideline remark that scientists believe the Pacific Ocean bed was once above water and inhabited by men.
A jumble of medical quackery and curious notes covers deafness remedies and a catarrh cure offer. Other items report dog license enforcement in Kingfisher, soothing syrup for teething, grasshopper sizes in South America, and a large wine cistern in California.
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