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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
3
A fragment menu of guidance urges private disclosure to a family physician, promising confidences and decades of correspondence with sick women. The text touts letters from grateful patients as evidence of the adviser’s knowledge and effectiveness.
An 1907 testimonial praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for resolving organic disorders and nervous headaches in young women. The ad claims decades of success treating displacements, inflammation, ulcers, fibroids, irregularities, and related symptoms with a plant based remedy. It also cites Cuticura ointment for eczema and notes on sheep population growth in New South Wales.
Fragmentary notes reference Mire wishes and remedies for inflammation and wind colic with a mention of a cents bottle. A Chicago edge resturant line with a fare for a square meal is cited, plus a quip about thawing a departed girl and a London railway conductor funeral piece featuring a railway ticket token.
Reports show wage reductions for cotton spinners in Lancashire and new union fronts in Melrose and Toronto. The Ohio State Federation meets in Dayton in October while Powell Duffryn mines near Wales face closure after a 6,000 worker strike. Ferocious union growth continues in Stereotypers Electrotypers with 3,500 members. Discussions cover conventions in San Jose Yonkers and Clarksburg, with labor parties urged in Canada and Britain. Unemployment worsens in Glasgow as autumn nears.
RK Keene’s fillies Maskette and Wedding Bells finished first and second in the Spinaway at Saratoga. At Detroit a team member was arrested during a Sunday game to test an anti baseball ordinance. In Poughkeepsie the Grand Circuit opened with the Eel winning the first heat in 2024. King James won the mile at Saratoga in 1 38, fastest mile of the meet.
A vast forest fire sweep across Minnesota Wisconsin and Ontario sends a pall over Milwaukee and Chicago for two days. Refugees crowd the lakeshore as Duluth naval reserves rescue settlers and animals aboard the Gopher. Rail lines fight the blaze with fire trains while relief drives raise $45000 for victims and the fire zone stretches across towns and mining camps with total losses estimated up to 15000000 dollars.
In a Calcutta jail a group of imprisoned revolutionists killed a fellow inmate who had betrayed their plot to assassinate high officials and ignite a broad rebellion. The incident underscores tensions within the jail during revolutionary activity in India.
Milford Maine resident Sylvanus Verrill recounts chronic kidney trouble and paralysis after injury. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring function, enabling walking on crutches then full recovery. advertises 50 cents a box by Foster Millburn Co Buffalo NY. Nearby piece closes with a humorous tale of a blind man's gold hoard and a political club event in New York.
A woman recalls years of indigestion and near-starvation from overwork and irregular meals. She credits Grape-Nuts with restoring appetite and health, allowing her to eat normally again, and notes the product became a staple in her diet. The letter is presented as a genuine customer testimonial from Postum Co.
A strained conversation at a social gathering centers on a man named Mr. Jypes described as a blood boiler for provocative magazine stories about corporate cruelty. The piece cuts to a magazine advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease, praising its feet relief benefits and promising samples by mail from Le Roy, New York.
A humorous dialogue on graft contrasts campaign posters with office holders. The sketch features Bones and Interlocutor debating political integrity while a famous tenor Prof. Nicholin de Slott performs a ballad. An eye salve advertisement by Allen or Howard Bros. Buffalo rounds out the page.
Mrs Lapsling laments a failing postal payment, saying she wishes her husband had sent a post office order instead of a check. She contemplates going to the bank to repudiated the check to access funds.
In a light exchange a woman recalls her husband never misses a kiss farewell. The other quips about his business as a sailor of airships. A random fact notes that a large office elevator averages about 20 miles per hour.
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