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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
7
The Boston boy answers his father’s question about his whereabouts by saying he was in the library. The exchange turns on the father’s worry about reading material and the boy’s claim that the caution was to protect his youth from neglecting classics like Plato and Euripides.
Tess-So Mises Ghidie plans marriage after a challenging past. The Philadelphia Press notes she once led men on playful chase and now says she is on her last lap toward settling down.
Mrs. J. B. Flanigan of Carmi suffered fifteen years from Dropsy and could not wear shoes. After six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills, five used, she was restored to health. Mr. Flanigan and druggist Mr. Dale praise the remedy and its life changing result in White County.
In a Philadelphia Press quip a couple argues over a stubborn window blind. The wife's struggle, swearing, and Whitty’s quips capture a domestic scene with humor as the blind repeatedly rejects easy operation.
Grain-O, made from pure selected grain, is pitched as a coffee substitute free of coffee’s downsides. Advert says it aids digestion, calms nerves, and helps sleep while tasting like coffee, costs about 4 to 5 cents per cup and is suitable for children and adults.
A fragment recalls a man named Bobbs who writes about gas issues in Baltimore American. The text questions his identity while noting Dobbs looks respectable, leaving the question of who Bobbs really is unresolved.
This old ad promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to relieve aching burning feet and to make tight or new shoes feel comfortable. It claims to cure corns, bunions, swollen or hot feet and excess sweating. Available at druggists and shoe stores. Sample request addressed to Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy New York.
A tattered fragment from Maple Street Norwich New York records a strange plea for food and a boast about Piso's Cure for Consumption. The note mentions Mrs Thos Robbins and a curious barter request from February 19 1200 with odd references to The Literal Mind and The Barber of Reville.
The article extols Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound as a solution for women's ailments. It cites Mrs Chappell of Grant Park IL publishing a portrait and endorses Pinkham's free advice, claiming it cured ovarian inflammation and supported countless U S women over 25 years.
The piece notes scarce park space for boys in the District of Columbia and the limits on youth recreation. It criticizes President access to rail travel and the government’s furnishing of White House goods while workers and food are government funded. It also surveys Supreme Court decisions on insular cases and implied effects on the Philippines, tariff debates, and a Navy department head money award related to Manila Bay. Admiral Cervera warns Madrid of Spain’s potential disintegration and naval future.
In Chicago a banker and promoter Dowie proclaimed himself Elijah the prophet and the embodiment of Elijah in a large auditorium crowd. He denounced the press and ecclesiastical figures, urged donations, and claimed a divine restoration of all things. Many attendees left while some stood in support.
James A Herne, renowned actor and playwright, died in New York after a two month illness from pneumonia following a relapse from grip. Born 1840 in West Troy he rose from a grocery clerk to fame with Belasco aid on Hearts of Oak and later Shore Acres Sag Harbor and Griffith Davenport. He died at his New York home. cremation planned.
News notes floods render about 500 persons destitute in Elizabeth and Watauga Tennessee towns. Also reports Texas chartered nearly 400 well companies in three months and Gen Alger rumored ill in Carlsbad Germany after leaving for war service.
An Advocate-Democrat editor and several readers from Crawfordsville Paragould and Washington report rapid improvement with Peruna for systemic catarrh. They credit the remedy with complete relief after trying doctors and other approaches. Readers are urged to write to Dr. Hartman for free advice.
A father predicts his son Thomas will head a great corporation and earn at least a million a year. The tale contrasts his claim with Thomas’s skill at persuading boys to fish while others dig for worms. Grain-O is pitched as a coffee substitute for children, promoting health and savings.
A Pittsburg Dispatch reader notes a charm of deception as a suitor explains debt arose from love for Elizabeth. The old man questions the match while the fellow admits romantic motive and financial trouble. The brief quip signals a humorous domestic dilemma.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 76 cents. It warns against overtaxing memory with a claim that Mother Nature will issue an injunction and promotes Winnston's soothing syrup for teething pain at 25 cents a bottle.
A travelogue extols Western Canada as a hunter and fisher heaven. It describes duck, snipe, elk, moose and deer spots, open water marshes, prairie air, and rugged scenery, inviting readers to settlement ads run by Canadian Government agents.
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