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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
7
The article traces the rise of patent medicines from old time household remedies once made by families with almanacs and doctors. It notes Peruna as a former home remedy by Mennonites, later marketed publicly by Dr Hartman who expanded sales and built a manufactory. Peruna is endorsed for coughs colds and similar ailments.
A collage of old advertisement phrases and testimonials mentions Gromo Quinine, Brown's Bronchial Treatments, and Dean's Kidney Pills with customer praise. It notes a Helena Montana resident praising kidney remedy and lists Voster Milburne Co Buffalo NY as seller. Also includes generic admonitions and a line about preparing for tomorrow's problems.
Cattle at the National Stock Yards in East St Louis reached the highest price since 1902, with native steers from Mexico selling for 7.15. Short national receipts, borrowing bottlenecks last autumn and winter, and widespread market shortages across Kansas City Omaha St Joseph and Chicago drive the meat price surge. Analysts predict little price relief until Oklahoma grass cattle appear in early summer. In Alabama a Southern Cotton Association speech denounces cotton price slaughter and links poverty to national market forces.
Charles Wickliffe, a member of a feared Cherokee outlaws gang, was shot dead by his brother Thomas at the Wickliffe home in the Spavinaw Hills, Cherokee Nation, following a family dispute. Curran denies Tremont and Gulf Railway purchase by Queen and Crescent Railroad.
Edward C. Parker, assistant in horticulture at the Minnesota School of Agriculture, accepted a post to found an agricultural experiment station at Mukden Manchuria and will depart for Manchuria in June.
Judge Calhoun of Austin district court rendered a judgment ousting the Western Union Telegraph Company from Texas and assessing back franchise tax fees totaling one million dollars.
King Victor Emanuel held a private audience with J. Pierpont Morgan and discussed American affairs. The monarch showed keen interest in the approaching U.S. presidential campaign.
Lauderdale county president S B Johns calls a meeting of fruit and vegetable growers at Curve just north of Henning Tennessee on the first Saturday in April. Also Paris claims damages from Nice carnival committee for caricaturing Enrico Toselli husband of the ex crown princess of Saxony on a carnival car.
A $12,000 roll wrapped in a neat parcel lay on the counsel table in Part V of the Supreme Court for over an hour. Lawyer Francis J. Wellman regained the money after leaving for luncheon and returning to find it on the table half an hour later.
A light remark on married life notes that a bride feeling no homesickness after six weeks suggests she married the right man. The quip centers on family ties and happiness in a new union.
An easy at home experiment shows if white lead is pure by melting on charcoal with a blowpipe to form metallic globules. Pure lead yields shiny beads, adulterated lead leaves residue. The National Lead Company offers a free blowpipe kit and booklet for testing paint purity, urging buying Dutch Boy marked white lead and pure linseed oil.
In a Baltimore American report a State’s attorney asserts the difficulty of obtaining positive evidence against railroad officials for the editing charges. A mild young man offers a singular positive clue, claiming he saw one official fishing with a hook, supplying a curious alibi.
Government inquiry finds small chicory additions to coffee improve flavor and reduce nervous effects. Analysis shows no harmful substances. endorsements cite appetite, digestion, and liver stimulation. France and Germany use chicory as a harmless infant remedy and beverage enhancer. Individual choice should guide use, moderation advised.
In a item from Brooklyn Life, Mrs. Baker recalls a note from her old school friend Mrs. Jones who hints she is just beginning to live. Miss Ann Teek asks if she is widowed or divorced, prompting reflections on relationships.
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for females and has cured thousands of women troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcers, fibroid tumors, irregularities, pains, backache, bearing down, flatulency, indigestion, dizziness, or nervous prostration. Mrs Pinkham invites all sick women to write for advice. Address Lynn, Mass.
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