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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1908
Page
7
The United States annually leads global output in multiple crops and products. It produces more corn, wheat, barley, cotton, tobacco, flaxseed, hops, oilcake, rosin, and spirits of turpentine than all other nations combined, with large share margins cited for each commodity.
The article reports a severe Asiatic cholera outbreak in St Petersburg with rising cases and fears of spread. It notes harsher strains, quarantine actions by Germany Austria Sweden and other nations, and a Philippine crisis response order. It also covers Maxim silent gun tests and various brief items on social reconstruction, Farman on aeroplanes, and a father reuniting with his Iowa family.
The Toledo Blade argues forest fires stem from careless white settlers who ignore spark prevention and dry conditions. It contrasts with Indigenous vigilance, noting fires end with rain yet leave monuments to criminal carelessness and risk to trees, farms, and towns built in forests.
An editorial by Gompers, approved by the federation, argues injunctions protect property rights only and must not curb personal rights or replace legal remedies or jury trials. It condemns labor disputes as judicial legislation used by money power against innocent workers.
A jumble of endorsements touts Peruna for catarrh relief with claims from a Washington DC contact and Fred L. Hebard of Kansas City. The memo references diverse topics from a lamp post to a man revealing a missing leg, ending with a quip about a stranger asking for his line.
An 1890s medicine ad claims F A Rippy of Gallatin Tennessee was plagued by kidney disease and gravel for fifteen years. After taking four boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills he reports rapid improvement and no relapse. The ad lists Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as seller at 50 cents a box. It also mentions Pettit's Eye Rave and a quip about a professor on a windy day sensing danger.
One of the Essentials of happy homes is information on health and good living. Among trusted products, the Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is praised as an ethical remedy approved by physicians and well informed buyers. Buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
A self styled George Arnold is arraigned for stealing a ride to Dagupan on a train and a Manila restaurant waiting joke unfolds before Judge Low. The piece shifts to a Leap Year tale where a bachelor asks a young woman to wed, but she declines noting age would still be too young.
A mother reports persistent facial eczema on her baby from age one month to three months. After three months with another doctor, Cuticura products cured the condition, leaving the face smooth. Additional anecdote about a weathered crash victim seeking in barter payment to a surgeon.
A campaign orator, after an auto accident left him with one arm and part of the other, asks if he can still lead a speaking tour. The manager quips that calculus of bones decides the stump’s usefulness, while the exchange hints at the grim costs of peace and war.
A courtroom exchange features a defendant admitting to taking a watch after a street encounter over its time. The judge weighs the case as the prisoner defends the act as a mistaken purchase of time. A second anecdote recalls a traveler’s near vacation, with suitcases returned after costs.
Smokers judge Lewis' Single Binder Se cigar on par with the best 10¢ cigars. The envelope, invented in 1683, faced long disfavor before rising use.
A Pathfinder column reflects on the shawl as a once common male garment from the 1860s through its decline. It notes Lincoln favored a large Scotch shawl worn lengthwise, its practicality and heritage, and contrasts past use with today where shawls survive mainly for travel or ocean trips. The piece remarks the shawl’s versatility and period charm versus modern compact coats.
The text cites a Chicago Tribune quip that American colonists had declared governments derive power from consent of the governed, mocking it as absurd. It recalls King George III’s laughter and orders to deploy troops to suppress the rebellion.
Innocent Lobelia is confronted by Mr. Mc Swat who demands details of her use of a safety razor. Mrs McSwat denies wrongdoing with indignation and a hint of a limp. The piece notes a Chinese trend as colored papers for house decoration become common.
A Iowa woman writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life after years of severe female ailments and costly treatments. She credits following advice, using the product, and regaining perfect health, urging other women to seek Pinkham's guidance and try the remedy.
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