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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1909
Page
17
In a brisk dialogue Miss Prim shows her strict sense of propriety even in exclamations. The other man recalls Miss Petty, whom Miss Prim dislikes, offering caramel for the fair and her skeptical reaction ends with the casual expletive fudge.
A Chicago man describes a severe early stage skin eruption with pus-filled lesions spreading over his body and intense itching that kept him awake. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, itching stopped within days and the eruption disappeared in about three weeks with no further trouble.
A farmer and his wife warn of a dangerous balloon overhead with a trailing anchor. They suspect a tall observer with eyeglasses, tied to an Indiana writer's project, may be involved in a risky stunt. The couple resolves to keep watch as the air device looms.
Mr Cane presents a photo featuring himself wearing a hat aboard which two French poodles sit. Miss Loftie identifies the person as the hat-wearer, confirming recognition in a brief exchange.
A Jackson Michigan nurse once known as Nurse Baker describes backache and kidney trouble relief from Dean's Kidney Pills. She credits the medicine with restoring her ability to work and urges others to remember the Dean's name. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Instructions describe mixing Rough on Rats with food, placing in bite sized pieces under floors, sealing large openings to keep dogs and chickens out while leaving small gaps for rats to enter. A 25 cent box is claimed to clear out hundreds of rats in one or two nights. Availability noted at Druggists.
An old advertisement fragment touts Davis' Painkiller for stiff joints and sore muscles from rheumatism or neuralgia and mentions Mrs Winslow's Toothache Syrup for teething. The text is partial and contains typos and unclear phrases but preserves product names and purpose.
The St Paul federal circuit court ruled the Standard Oil Company an illegal restraint of trade and a monopoly under the Sherman act of 1890, ordering dissolution within thirty days. The decision, seen as a death blow to the Rockefeller oil empire, will go to the Supreme Court, with government lawyers predicting a revolution in industry and a return of market power to smaller firms. The ruling condemns the company’s organization and business methods as violations of Sections 1 and 2, signaling a major shift in U S industrial policy.
New York reports confirm Colonel John Jacob Astor yes Nourmahal reached San Juan after fears of loss in the Jamaican hurricane. Caracas steamer Caracas sighted Nourmahal in San Juan harbor on November 15 with no damage evident. A wireless advisory to Washington from the Revenue Cutter Service also confirms the Nourmahal is safe in San Juan.
Minneapolis woman asks publication of her letter praising the remedy for female troubles. Mrs John G Moldan of North Minneapolis cites relief from pain and weakness after using the product for three months. The testimonial urges others to seek Mrs Pinkham's confidential guidance from Lynn Massachusetts.
A Norwegian watch-boy sits in a wooden sentry-box on stilts above a fjord, alert for schools of fish to warn farmers when harvest should move from land to sea. Farmers trust his signal to drop nets and launch boats, a practice linked to similar sentinel boxes once used by Mediterranean fishermen and linked to Viking-era ideas.
A brief exchange on separation follows with one confirming the separation and another revealing that the husband died, implying the end of the marriage through death rather than divorce or estrangement.
A Memphis wife recounts her invalid husband improving after stopping coffee and using Postum instead. She notes weight gain, resolved stomach and heart trouble, and praises boiling Postum fifteen minutes. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville and claims ongoing reader letters are genuine and true.
The London Standard confirms Herbert Gladstone will be governor general of South Africa. It notes the liberal executive committee of Gladstone’s constituency has asked T. E. Harvey to stand as the liberal candidate in the forthcoming election.
A group is accused of hacking eight people to death with an ax at a farmhouse in Bogulslawitsch Germany near the Russian frontier. Victims include farmer Wasielsewski his wife five children and father in law. Suspects are believed to have crossed the frontier.
A noted physician's formula claims to cure colds quickly. Mix half pint whiskey, two ounces glycerine, and half ounce Concentrated pine compound. shake bottle and take a teaspoon to tablespoon every four hours. Pine compound comes only in half ounce air tight bottles labeled Concentrated.
A clipped editorial exchange notes alleged petty pilfering by hotel staff with remarks from the Birmingham Age-Herald Boston Transcript and Chicago Tribune. It cites claimed souvenirs and a conductor blamed, accusing women of keeping nickels while denying broader wrongdoing.
A famous man mistakes a visitor for a rising pugilist, then learns the athlete lives next door. The exchange underscores an unexpected encounter that hints at future potential in boxing.
A dated medical pitch asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and that constitutional remedies can cure it, offering $100 for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It notes 19 million German passbooks and $3.213 billion in deposits.
An old fashioned cold cure ad urges readers to try Allen's Long Balsam for hoarseness coughing and congestion. It claims bottles are sold by druggists at 25 cents and 1.00 dollar, noting the world confuses reputation with character.
A host and hostess endured two late guests and kept patient until 11 12 and 1 oclock. At last the husband quipped in a dry tone to his wife that they should go to bed as their guests might want to depart.
Dialogue between Johnny and Tommy imagines facing a great white approaching in deep water. Johnny asks what to do if endangered by a shark. Tommy suggests a brief prayer then swift swimming as a quick response.
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