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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1899
Page
3
The John M Smyth Co of Chicago promises reliability and fair dealing after thirty years in business. It offers an illustrated catalogue with prices on household articles including a combination bookcase for 13.05, presented as a sample of many useful items.
A lively exchange swaps French accented phrases for a playful guess about a young lady’s name. The chorus suggests Beatrice, with comic mishearings of Crushed Cereal and Crushed Rice as possible titles, then a final admission of the correct name.
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, and costs about the same. The card notes it is sold by grocers and contrasts it with tea or coffee for kids.
A claim that the oldest dictionary in the world is the Chinese lexicon compiled by Pacut-she, dating to a thousand years before Christ, is noted as the belief. The report presents the assertion without verification.
A testimonial from C. L. Baker of Philadelphia dated December 8, 1893, asserts Piso’s Cure for Consumption reduced doctor bills and improved health, highlighting a personal savings outcome from the remedy.
Article warns that sleep deprivation harms health and urges using Casearets Candy Cathartic as a mild vegetable laxative to restore sleep and digestion. It promotes the product's liver stimulation, blood purification, and bowel regulation with a nationwide mail order offer. Includes prices and address details for Sterling Remedy Co.
A Chicago Record quip frames a dispute over controlling production and byproducts. The joke envisions a trust to regulate peanut shells, highlighting tensions around governance and distribution of natural resources in a light satirical tone.
The piece critiques reliance on new non-sinking boats for safety and promotes Tostetter's Stomach Bitters as a life preserver, claiming it cures dyspepsia indigestion and stomach troubles and serves as an excellent tonic.
A comedian uses a huge red handkerchief to mask his face while the orchestra professor asks the trouble and Perey jokes that hay fever “pays” by marrying a grass widow. The audience responds with a thunderous ovation from the gallery.
The article honors David C. Cook of Chicago for twenty five years as editor publisher of Sunday school literature. It notes launches in 1875, new titles including The New Century Sunday School Teacher's Monthly and the Young People's Weekly with a large circulation. It praises his non sectarian religious stories for youth, illustrated pages, and an offer of premium upon subscription before January 1.
A theatrical office scene is described with the bookkeeper kissing the typewriter and the office boy reacting to a whispered claim about copying. An unrelated medical warning advises avoiding mercury preparations for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. with cautions about genuine products and doctor prescriptions.
A quirky line by a janitor philosopher questions when the first Deweys appear on police dockets while noting a larger shareholder base in the United Kingdom. The remark contrasts with a calculation showing UK shareholders outnumber railway workers by about 40,000.
Grocer customers are urged to try Grain-O the new grain drink that can replace coffee. It supposedly carries the rich brown color of mocha yet is grain based and gentle on the stomach. Available in 14 and 25 cent package sizes at all grocers.
The report highlights Lady Sarah Wilson nursing wounded soldiers in Kimberley amid South African hostilities and notes her links to the Marlborough family. It also covers John Paul Jones’ unknown Paris tomb, rail and grain market monopolies, Sir Edmund Monson’s Paris diplomacy, college fraternity hazing, a $70,000 donation to Southwestern Presbyterian University, a poisoning incident in Eminence Kentucky, a Cincinnati murder, and Oklahoma’s bid for immediate statehood.
The ad copy touts Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and promises full refund if it fails. It notes Grove's signature on each box and a quip about memory. Also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with gum softening and wind colic relief at two cents per bottle.
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