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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
3
A collage of vintage ad snippets and short sayings. Notable items include claims about cures and remedies such as Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Medicine and Dean’s Kidney Pills, plus miniature quips on slander self control and charity. The piece weaves together product pitches with light social maxims and domestic tips.
A city mission case describes a young woman with severe scabies and illness, treated with Cuticura products, improving to seek work within five weeks. The piece also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Borax as cleaners and disinfectants, touting their health benefits.
A Texas storm wrecked a western Fort Worth circus tent trapping a canvasman who died. Two lions escaped and prowled the town for an hour causing panic. The circus losses are estimated at $12,000 as extensive flood damage disrupts rail travel across Grayson to Tom Green counties.
Information from San Francisco confirms Maud Allen, the Palace theater danseuse who captivated London, is Maud Durant of San Francisco. She is the sister of Theodore Durant, hanged for the Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams murder thirteen years ago. A letter to a Polytechnic School friend reveals her identity.
Toledo reporters note 200000 idle miners in the central competitive district will return to work next Monday after a scale committee agreement was ratified by joint miners and operators. The convention adjourned with mutual good will and satisfaction with the results of the conference.
Hot Springs Ark superintendent Boardman says he allowed a student Hugh Smith, son of Constable Smith, to be whipped as truancy penalty rather than remain after school. The incident followed his arrest for administering corporal punishment, with the student choosing the whipping to attend ball games.
Henry Smith a 22 year old farmer was shot and killed at R A Morrison’s home after a dispute over hogs Morrison about 50 with a family. Smith was unmarried. The altercation began when Morrison had seized some of Smith’s hogs.
Rome reports that an Italian squadron will stage a demonstration in Turkish waters after Turkey objected to Italian post offices in Turkish territory. The action is stated not to be linked to the Tripoli situation.
The Cri de Paris asserts that Mme Anna Gould formerly married to Count Boni de Castellane has wed Prince Helice de Sagan, her cousin in Paris society.
A scow crossing Battle river in flood conditions overturned leaving nine workers in the water. Four men drowned with rescue efforts continuing as authorities investigate the incident and the river remains swollen by freshets.
Seneca Kan. James Lally charged with murder burned to death in jail fire. Sheriff found him unconscious and carried him out. He is believed to have set fire to his bed during a personal crisis in his cell. Lally was awaiting trial for killing Herbert Jordan, a newspaperman and former secretary to ex Gov Bailey.
Bristol Virginia Chief of Police Sam Keller woke from a midnight dream that state prisoners in the Bristol city jail planned to escape. He rushed to the jail and heard the hinge-cutting noise through a keyhole, stopping a planned mass breakout.
Officials refuse to name themselves but admit American Tobacco Company plans dissolution abroad and domestically. Attorneys in Washington advise the move to avoid Sherman anti trust liability.
A tornado swept the Southern section of Spartanburg County South Carolina killing a black man and seriously injuring his wife at West Springs. Several houses were destroyed and many others damaged near the Union county line. Glenn Springs also reported damage as the storm tracked about fifteen miles wide.
Alice Graham aged 18, of Elizabethtown, Ill, dressed to return home when she stepped before a mirror and shot herself in the left breast, dying instantly. Report says she was despondent over being separated from friends at school in Louisville, Ky, and was considered exceptionally handsome.
In Mukden an assault by a Japanese postman and others on a native servant of the American consul general prompted assurances from Baron Hayashi that any Japanese official found at fault will receive full reparation. In New York Hosmer B. Parsons, Wells Fargo vice president and bank president, died in Brooklyn after fifty years with the company.
Reports from Georgia and other cotton states indicate a concerted movement by the Farmers' Union to practically enforce curtailment of the coming crop. The Delta region is excluded from these plans.
Deputy Sheriffs Matt Starwich and John Liner led a exhausted posse through snow near Stampede Pass in Seattle Washington to trap and arrest Servian bandits Mike Petrige and John Bosavick without firing a shot.
St Petersburg reports the Admiralty has ordered four 900 ton torpedo boats from England. The vessels will feature turbine engines and are to join the Russian fleet under this modernization plan.
Rio Janeiro reports Brazil signs contract with the Northwest Brazil Railway to extend lines toward the Bolivian frontier. The accord aims to improve regional mobility and trade by linking coastal facilities with inland routes, expanding rail access across frontier zones.
Ricardo Arias resigns as Secretary of Foreign Relations to pursue the presidency. He cites candidacy as the reason for leaving the post.
Tokio M. Sakatani former Japanese Finance Minister has departed for a tour of the United States on the steamship Kaga, a voyage marking his return to public life.
Elam Kincaid of Fayetteville now at Sespe California has been paid 106 for a 1862 trip from Fayetteville to Des Moines Iowa. He served as a first lieutenant in a Federal regiment and the treasury warrant bears a date 46 years later, labeled travel pay and travel subsistence.
An ornate sign on the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company building in Lynn Massachusetts invites public inspection of the lab and business. The ad questions whether Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is purely herbal and asks if letters from over a million women prove cures. It urges doubters to prove claims while praising the trust of women who have found health through the product.
A Roman reporter describes Gabriele d Annunzio s extensive wardrobe tied to his play The Ship. He reportedly owns 72 shirts 144 pairs of socks 48 street gloves 24 white gloves 8 umbrellas many violet and others 20 dozen handkerchiefs 150 scarves and neckties 10 house jackets and 6 pairs of slippers along with numerous coats trousers and shoes. The piece notes his serious attention to new supplies to maintain a flawless stylistic control.
Dr Chatham of 118 Cherry St Vicksburg Mississippi seeks backers to finance a system allowing any family member to fill teeth. He plans to offer half of a third interest to one or two partners and then sell state and county privileges, claiming returning profits and a lasting business model.
A department head can mark up extraordinary bargains single handed and alone, even though ordinary deals may require two people to reach an agreement. The remark highlights the power of one leader in shaping notable deals.
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