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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1901
Page
2
Newberg Oregon local notes report routine items and commentary. McKinley reportedly near danger relief is indicated. Readers are urged to weed out anti government elements as pressure grows. The column mocks a Kansas paper and references national figures with mixed tone.
Statisticians claim cigarette use is decreasing with estimates that 200000 or more smokers quit or cut back over the past three years, as public breathes a guarded hope that the figures reflect real change.
Readers express sympathy for Mrs. McKinley after the assassination attempt and praise her grace under pressure. The piece then urges local youth as college year opens to seize education, noting regret of wasted opportunities and the greater payoff of lifelong learning.
The piece argues plank sidewalks rot in rain and sun, causing hazards for pedestrians. It suggests switch to durable gravel packed sidewalks as a cheaper, longer lasting alternative, noting many towns in the Mississippi valley use gravel for smoother, wetter streets and better appearance.
The Willamette valley harvests a good prune and grain crop with rising prices for farmers. George S. Williams argues reform should start at the bottom, favoring individual citizenship over top down legislative fixes to uplift social conditions.
A derailed political press stirs national gloom over the attempted life of the President in Buffalo. The writer denounces anarchist violence and rabid anti government rhetoric, urging disciplined discourse, responsibility, and a crackdown on incendiary criticism that schisms the nation.
The Oregon State Fair at Sale runs September 2 to Witc 1901 with new amusements and instructional features promised to surpass prior years.
Public notice urges travel to the state capital with a discount fare not charged by Southern Sacile Company. Local remedies promote Acker's Elixir and Chamberlain's Pain Balm with druggist sales. A hunting trip tale credits Chamberlain's Colic remedy for life, plus a butcher tale about a missing bark fragment ends the column.
An old bedside advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery for coughs colds and consumption. It claims dramatic cures with 50e to 1 00 bottles and offers free trial bottles via C F Moore Co. It also promotes Dr Kings Life Pills and Moki Tea as health tonics with claims of sleep aid blood nourishment and constipation relief.
The advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures for female weakness and disease. It features Mrs Phebe Morris of Cayuga County New York praising improved health after two bottles and urges others to use the remedies and request the Common Sense Medical Adviser for free with stamps.
Marriage notices list Nellie Henry and A A Winter. Elna FE Cook and H B Blood. Emma M Lehmann and A L Barnes. A Tex. lawyer E B Munday recounts a grave digger tale urging Electric Bitters as a life saver for malaria and other ailments. The ad extols Bitters as purifying and health restoring, priced at 50 cents.
A snap of 19th century land and property transactions around Yamhill County Oregon list transfers between individuals and institutions. Names include Katherine Cook Mary MePhillips J Leach Geo Easterly J Osburn and McMinn College plots with various acreages and deeds noted.
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