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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
3
An old fashioned reliance on roots and herbs is praised as nature’s cure for women's ills. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is presented as the standard remedy after decades of use. Bertha Muff of Louisiana, Missouri shares her account of twelve years of illness healed following Pinkham's guidance and product.
A family reports eczema on the wife’s face cleared for four years after using Cuticura. The husband attributes improved hair growth to Cuticura Soap and Ointment. They used the products on their baby to soothe heat and promote healthy hair, noting rapid drying. Mr H B Springmire of Iowa City cites dates July 16, 1905 and September 16, 1906 as testimonials.
A quip about a man who profits from naming patent medicines in Latin and Greek terms. An ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease and Allen's Foot-Base for foot comfort with a Le Roy New York address. A pun ends with a line about dialect versus reform spelling in manuscript feedback.
The article notes John Quincy Adams disclaims the full name J. Quincy Adams to avoid confusion. It reports Missouri’s egg production at 107,155,658 dozen and revenue exceeding 16 million dollars. Including live poultry, dressed poultry, and feathers, poultry products total nearly 40 million dollars for the year.
Senate debates long on naval program with Mr Hale and Senator Beveridge urging four battleships. House passes pay rise for customs officials and bills on sundry civil and pension programs. Roosevelt's naval bill ultimately fails in Senate while House fights filibuster and pushes conference on naval appropriation.
The Senate confirms David Jayne Hill as ambassador to Germany Spencer F Eddy as minister to the Argentine Republic and Arthur M Beaupre as minister to the Netherlands A House committee joint resolution donates the first forty six star flag to Oklahoma placed in custody of the Oklahoma Historical Society over the capitol today.
An ad extols Sloan's Liniment for neuralgia and sciatica with claims of immediate relief and nerve sedative effects. A testimonial from J P Hubbard of Marietta South Carolina praises its use for head and jaw neuralgia and other ailments, attesting lasting relief and household reliance.
Marion Ky resident Nesbitt writes of chronic kidney trouble and edema with a paralyzed right side who, after using Deans Kidney Pills for three months, recovered and returned to work. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo sells the 50 cent boxes.
A Western town editor jokes about a relief request from a refined man in need of money who cannot reveal his name. A Methodist minister recounts another rebuff to aid, illustrating charity's challenges. The exchange, amid irony and humor, underscores helpers' frustrations with discreet pleas for assistance.
A testimonial letter describes coffee withdrawal leading to improved health. Multiple women claim reduced heart and stomach distress, headaches, and dyspepsia after switching to Postum Food Coffee. The writer cites long-term W C T U leadership and urges others to try Postum, inviting readers to read The Road to Wellville.
A fragment referencing Rienzi’s stage exit and a public printing of his speech appears alongside an 1880s style health ad. The text includes a theatrical anecdote about the audience calling for the hook and Rienzi being removed from the stage, then shifts to a sworn statement by Frank J. Cheney claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh with a reward for cures that fail, and notes the product is sold by druggists with accompanying patent medicines.
The dialogue notes comic Bard’s claim of contributing to foreign papers and promoting OUR-PIE pie mix from D-Zerta Food Co. Rochester NY. It also cites Southern California ostrich farming with a $750,000 investment and $100,000 annual feather output.
If you have common sore eyes or blurred vision you need Pettit's Eye Salve. The ad notes it is sold by Howard Bros Buffalo NY. It also mentions asparagus as one of the oldest known food plants.
Ellen Terry recounts a Birmingham visit to see Henry Irving in ISTS and praises the performance as perfection. She reflects on shared artistic understanding and the special impact of fellow actors in the audience. She recalls feeling the presence of Eleanora Duse when she performed for Terry and the reverse.
Quotations from Reckle sneas and Greasy Grimes imagine wealth fantasies, contrasting a marble palace with sixty rooms lined in gold leaf and the idea of calling it a bungalow, capturing a colorful street banter tone.
A new set of eight postcards features Ringling Bros. Menagerie animals. The Evening Wisconsin Co offers special dealer prices and mail orders from Milwaukee, inviting collectors and dealers to profit by selling to the public.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt a doctor notes Japanese aims to increase stature and lengthen legs while a professor adds that the Mikado is “pulling their legs” for a bigger navy. The dialogue mocks imperial ambitions with dry wit.
A playful exchange notes Mr Stockyman has large feet and wears a man's size hat, with Archie and Miss Capsicum reacting to the observation in a casual, humorous tone.
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