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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
8
A collection of compact adages reflecting on human nature and social quirks. The musings joke about wit, memory, appearances, honesty, and irony, contrasting private faults with public perception through brief, pointed lines. A light editorial mood pervades the excerpt.
The piece surveys extravagant gowns predicted for society's latest flaring trends. It notes top dressmakers forecast gowns in s satin, tulle, and silver threads, including flower frocks named narcissus and jewel dresses. It cites emerald, coral, and violet accents and references Parisian couture houses and royal orders as influence.
A historic note on tobacco tastes in Britain cites the pipe’s decline across classes and professions. Writers and workers alike increasingly favor cigarettes, with pipes dying out during work hours and cigars shrinking in use due to cost and convenience.
Ambition fuels progress but false measures of rank such as birth or wealth mislead. True rank rests on individual achievement, not lineage or fortune, as illustrated by Washington and Franklin. In perilous times, merit and service rise above titles in shaping character and leadership.
A humorous look at testaments and family dynamics. The piece parodies bequests to daughters and sons as social incentives, showing how a will reading could produce awkward scenes and fond, if contrived, affection among relatives.
An old newspaper promotion touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder issues claiming it prevents scalding urination overcoming frequent night urges and supports vital organs it is sold in fifty cent and one dollar bottles with a free sample and book offered by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY note the ad urges readers to mention this paper and to remember the product name on every bottle
The general store is a highly lucrative yet little understood business in country towns. Across the United States about 2440 such stores exist with commercial men valuing them at $1,000 or more. Westward expansion hosts many openings for ambitious men to enter and prosper in this resilient trade.
A metropolitan paper notes that the latest style in New York is for men to tilt their derby or stiff hat toward the right ear and press it down on the head. The look, seen on downtown streets, seems odd yet popular among those who aim to appear fashionable, even when seen on theater-goers.
Chile expands imports and promotes flax ramie and henequen while undertaking major city reconstruction in Valparaiso. Government spending nears 2.82 million US gold in public works as rail and harbor projects ease congestion. Chile’s Salar Grande salt mine holds vast reserves. other deposits are several times larger.
A collection of wild and dubious claims across science and daily life. It notes condors surviving forty days, Dutch leading coffee drinkers, soap in puff paste, Philadelphia’s long streets, Morocco’s policing tip, varied animal temperatures, storm signs from crow activity, Daudet’s work tempo, Tartar and Chinese voices, Norway’s long day, anti prohibition views of Bishop Satterlee, Jewish colonial stance, literacy in Europe, milk as extinguishing agent, and radium heat from surface to deep underground.
Philadelphia dominates shoe manufacturing with forty one factories and a daily capacity of 20 100 finished pairs. Brooklyn and New York trail but produce far less. Nine firms operate at 13 100 daily, focusing on high grade ladies shoes. others mostly make women and miss shoes. Some small shops produce extra fine shoes costing 10 to 20 dollars. Major firms sell 4 to 10 dollar pairs, with most at 5 6 or 7 dollars. One company makes dolls shoes exclusively and two make clog shoes for dancing. Philadelphia also supplies virtually all morocco and kid leather in the country, sourcing skins from global suppliers.
Train No 2 will run daily between Ashland and Kankanauna instead of daily except Sunday, leaving Ashland at 6 50 a m for Mercer Manitowish Lac du Flambeau Woodruff Tomahawk Lake Rhinelander and Antigo Sunday service to Antigo at 2 05 p m then Ironwood Hurley and Ashland reaching 740 p m promoting easy weekend access to lakes and summer resorts ticket information via C and N W Ry ticket agents
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine writes that Jr. King's New Discovery saved his life after years of using it for coughs and colds. The remedy has stood at the head of throat and lung treatments for nearly forty years and is sold by FP. B. Jones Drug Store with a 50 cent to dollar price and a free trial bottle.
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