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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
2
Archer shares tobacco and hospitality with Sacobie Bear, a talkative Micmac trapper. A fox skin bears Archer’s name written by Sacobie in charcoal on its hide, a Christmas present that moves Archer. Poor Sacobie misses bacon but is welcomed, while arctic dawns unfold with quiet beauty.
The speaker laments winter’s hold and looks to the departure from the north. He muses on bare fields and frosty winds while recalling bustling year end tasks. He vows to bring cheer to his girls and boys as he speeds toward Christmas joys.
Archer, a tired but sentimental trapper, shelters Micmac Sacobie Bear at his Big Rattle camp on Christmas Eve. Sacobie arrives starved after a long trek from Fox Harbor. Archer feeds him bacon and tea, offering warmth over the cold forest and the distant roar of Stone Arrow Falls.
Archer travels with Sacobie Bear and trades tobacco tea flour and fish for goods. Archer later discovers Sacobie Bear has stolen his rifle and pack during the night in a dawn cabin scene. Sacobie Bear’s glowed red pack and a stray rose motif linger as the theft unfolds before dawn.
Miss Frances Gardner of Chicago writes praising Dean's Kidney Pills after years of kidney issues and $100 wasted on remedies, claiming five boxes cured her. The article notes a Maine company forming to make paper from cotton stalks, with potential tonnage and value gains for the South. It also touts Dr. Pierce medicines and their glyceric extract origins, with full ingredient lists on each bottle wrapper.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt parrots a physician arguing that ground oyster shells serve as a tonic for frail bones. He claims oyster shell powder supplies lime and minerals, strengthens bone, boosts appetite, and improves teeth, comparing its use to hens producing strong eggs.
A 1905 letter from Omas M. Rossiter of East Orange New Jersey describes a long battle with eczema since 1994. After costly failed hospital treatment the writer reports complete recovery following Cuticura Ointment and Soap use and urges others to try the remedies for a permanent cure.
The Merchants' Club hires Mr. D. H. Burnham to draft a Chicago redevelopment plan modeled on Wash., Manila, and San Francisco. It will be prepared after consulting a Merchants Club committee and an advisory board of park boards art institute engineers and architects drainage board and other civic bodies. An initial $25,000 is subscribed for preliminary expenses by business leaders.
Daft Danny Ireland, stenographer at the National Association of Stenographers convention in Atlantic City, rejects rash action. He cites prudence in governing a large body and recalls a tale of Peebles testing ice with a ladies first quip from a Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt.
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