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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1902
Page
9
A dialogue between McLean and Old Cormack centers on distinguishing a mistake from a blunder. Cormack argues the two differ, using a swapping umbrella example to illustrate. McLean concedes there is a difference after hearing the analogy.
John A. Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin, the world’s largest seed potato grower, announced that president Henry A Salzer bought 21000 more acres of prime potato land. The move signals continued expansion for miles and miles of potatoes to come.
A note states that white pine weighs 34.02 pounds per cubic foot when green and 29.56 pounds per cubic foot when seasoned. The figures provide a moisture content reference for wood density calculations used in lumber grading and construction planning.
Sponge fisheries along Florida's coast have reached the limit with annual sales around 600,000 dollars and prices up to 2 40 a pound. Sixty schooners ply the trade, supporting many coastal towns as sponge fishing reaches high perfection. The deep water harvest yields large bath sponges from fifty feet down, located with a water glass and cut loose by a blade on a long pole.
A verse in the Washington Star imagines a world reordered by restraint and moderation. The speaker laments extreme beliefs and harsh fate, dreaming of a gentler earth with less heat and cold, less regret and more mirth, though fearing others would call it slow. The poem closes with a playful note on perception.
Marshfield Missouri January 20 J F King reports twenty years of lame back and kidney disease misery. After trying doctors and remedies he began Dodd's Kidney Pills with almost immediate improvement and seven months of renewed comfort. He urges others with kidney issues to try the pills.
A short dialogue notes Cupid’s persistence as a man plans to propose again tomorrow in Chicago.
An 1901 testimonial notes Fred Hermann of 200 Box Avenue Buffalo New York reports cure from a terrible cough after using Piso s Cure for Consumption. The item includes a dated customer note and an abrupt remark on white settlement and Native tattooing in early relations with Indians.
A testimonial touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. The letter claims broad endorsement, urges sick women to write for advice, and cites Lynn Mass as the address for contact and refunds a $5000 forfeit for genuineness.
Rosthern July 8 1900 Frank Pedley superintendent of Immigration receives a letter from new Saskatchewan settlers in township 43 range 6 who came from Springfield Bonhomme County South Dakota in spring 1809. They report excellent crops this year wheat about twenty bushels per acre oats barley potatoes and root crops all good and say the country offers quick start for poor men and better prospects than Dakota. The signers are John H Schultz H A Goshen Ss Gors B H Dirks C D Unry P Unry A Ratzlief all from South Dakota U S A.
A young man claimed to magnetize a cane and make it stand unsupported. He demonstrated by placing the cane between his knees and moving his knees while a hidden wire extended, supporting the cane so it appeared rooted. He disclosed the deception, revealing a nearly invisible wire attached to his trousers near the knees.
Recognized as a Specific. Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treatment by Ely's Cream Balm. It is received through the nostrils, cleanses and heals the surface. Test by mail for 10 cents a trial size. 50-cent size also mailed or kept by the pharmacist. Immediate relief and a cure follow. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. A drying remedy should not be used on diseased membranes.
The Old Codger quips that Shakespeare overstates seven ages of man, arguing there are only two periods before and after marriage. He says men spend the first period impressing the lady with devilish charm and the second trying to prove he is not.
The Missouri Pacific Ry and Iron Mountain Route offer greatly reduced season rates to Hot Springs Arkansas El Paso Galveston and other Gulf of Mexico and California resorts. For illustrated booklets rates and further information write Bissell Wilson J P A 111 Adams Street Chicago.
Southern Railway high class service south from Cincinnati to New Orleans and Florida points. Free printed matter available. W C Rinearson G P A Cincinnati.
A fragment from New York Weekly captures a tense scene as a character pleads for peace with a furious father. The anxious Adorer asks about the father's reaction while Sweet Girl recalls his terrible anger and urges appeasement to calm the confrontation.
Through Pullman sleeping cars to St Augustine from Chicago Cleveland Detroit Pittsburg Cincinnati. Three trains daily from Cincinnati south. W A Beckler N P A 113 Adams street Chicago.
Fragmented item shows a comic aside about theater heat in Chicago News South then a real estate line advertising lands along the Queen and Crescent Route priced at 3 to 5 dollars per acre with mentions of schools churches and cheap living. Also references genealogical antiquarians and dye products.
A Philadelphia woman once said to possess Paderewski tears in a locket. Punch carried the poem in London and a New York paper claims Miss Grey as the heroine. She says she obtained the tear at a Philadelphia dinner where raw onions caused the pianist to cry.
The text describes Russia's firearm system where every purchase requires a local permit, the buyer's name and weapon number are recorded, and any disposal must be reported to authorities. If the weapon is used in a crime or protest, the last recorded possessor is held responsible.
The article explains deafness stems from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It claims nine of ten deafness cases are catarrhal and offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, plus free circulars. It mentions live oak density figures.
An advertisement touts a permanent cure for fits and nervousness after one day’s use of Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle offer from Dr R H Kline Ltd. A separate note promotes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children to ease teething pain and wind colic with a two cent bottle price.
Ex Senator John M Thurston of Omaha writes to The Peruna Medicine Co praising Peruna as a permanent systemic cure for catarrh. The piece notes catarrh as a national issue discussed by senators and congressmen and claims Peruna’s endorsement by leading statesmen. It highlights Dr Hartman’s forty year development of Peruna and invites readers to request testimonials.
A farmer calls a small boy to share news about his apples while the boy resists learning more. The scene captures a casual rural exchange with a rustic tone and local color.
Mother Gray nurses at the Children s Home New York advertise Sweet Powders to cure feverishness bad stomach teeth ing disorders move and regulate bowels destroy worms tout 80000 testimonials at druggists 2d sample mailed free Allen S Olmstead LeRoy NY recommends Mrs Austin s Pan Cake Flour as buckwheat alternative
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