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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1903
Page
7
An anecdote from a Scottish preaching tour features two Dumfries men and a light peeping through a crack. The sharp remark that Edward Irving is cracked is met with a calm reminder that light often shines through gaps.
A Mo farmer from Trenton describes severe kidney pain from a cold that left him unable to work. After trying many remedies, Dean's Kidney Pills advertised by Foster Milburn Co. eased his backache completely. Free trials offered by mail. box price listed at 3 cents.
Mrs Frances Stafford of New York testifies to the success of Lydia E Pinkham's remedies. Skeptics once doubted the cure claims but years of use by thousands show merit. Leading scientists and physicians now note the great good done for American women.
Portland reports a waterspout or cloudburst destroyed Heppner Oregon Sunday night. Willow creek flood carried boulders and a 20 foot wall of water swept the town, drowning many and burying homes. News reached Portland after dawn. rescue crews mobilized as death toll rose toward 400.
A lengthy list of storms cyclones and floods from May 20 to June 15 detailing fatalities injuries and property losses across multiple states and towns including Indiana Texas Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska and Illinois. The report also covers a discussion by William P Hazen on why perfect counterfeits are never produced and the role of conscience and suspicion in detection.
At Jackson Kentucky a two and a half story hotel owned by B J Ewen was set ablaze Sunday morning. The blaze marks the fourteenth murder in the Hargis Cockrell feud started two and a half years ago. Ewen, his wife and nine children faced danger as guards kept him from the attack. The loss is estimated at 15000 dollars and the family becomes homeless. Ewen had testified against Jett and later received threats offering 5000 to alter his testimony.
The item lists various labor developments including porters in Chicago and tobacco workers in Wheeling seeking nine hour days, coal teamsters in Paterson striking, school teachers in Council Bluffs organizing, and a San Antonio Brewery wage dispute settled amicably. It notes Mexico cotton use and labor in Reading, Brantford’s rapid union growth.
A Sedgwick resident credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his young son of dropsy after doctors said the case was hopeless. He reports swelling and disability vanished in eight days and the boy recovered to health. The note closes with a humorous Nantucket anecdote and travel-rate ads for Boston trips via Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.
A brief quip explains trouble from a man who could not swim and entered a company whose stock was all water. The line uses a pun to illustrate the impractical risk and humorous misfortune of bad investments.
A businessman with modest capital challenges the promoter in a terse exchange about actions to be taken if the investor commits. The dialogue hints at cautious, uncertain negotiation dynamics within a developing deal.
An advertisement asserts permanent relief from fits and nervousness after a single day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. It offers a free $2.00 trial bottle and a treatise from Dr. K H Kline in Philadelphia. Also promotes Mrs. Winslow’s soothing syrup for children, marketing it as softening gums and easing wind colic.
The Norwegian poet Bjornson turned seventy and stories spread about him. One tale recalls a Conservative delegation smashing his windows and then singing the royal song as they left, a moment he says gave him greatest pleasure knowing he was a poet.
A reader recalls a wry quip about healing and clothes from the Chicago Post. The note mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption in Wakita Oklahoma dated April 7. A brief line references rice’s ancient introduction to China by Emperor Chin Nong around 2800 years ago.
Complete External and Internal Treatment offered for skin scalp and blood humours with loss of hair and curls. Claims focus on cures for bad blood scrofula ulcers and infantile skin complaints. Advertises Cuticura Soap Ointment Pills resolvent and promises rapid helpful results worldwide.
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