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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
8
A collage of quick jokes and ads from a historic newspaper page. Bits include a banker and depositor quip about the cashier’s absence, a mock reward claim for catarrh, a Toledo drug firm promotion, medication claims for coughs and piles, and quick miscellany on smoking reform and political candidness.
In 1884 a baby suffered severe eczema until Cuticura was used and the child recovered completely. Years later the grandfather also endured a virulent eczema throughout winter until Cuticura remedies produced immediate improvement and final cure. Louisville Kentucky reader M W LaRue cites dates in 1907.
A Los Angeles woman real estate agent completed the largest land sale by a female in California to date, reportedly nearly a quarter of a million dollars. She notes many female clients and says women often move quickly to the point though lack executing deeds. critics say they overdetail and quit after delays.
A railroad worker describes constant indigestion for five years and starving diets. After trying various remedies, he uses Grape-Nuts and reports appetite, energy, seven pound gain, and no recurrence of indigestion in a week. His wife also begins using it, linking the product to better health.
Dr. G. M. Gould discusses left handedness as a root to psychology, neurology and psychiatry. He argues the right side dominance shapes engineering, medieval warfare, education and social stigma, noting millions globally are left-handed and unfairly treated.
A collage of curiosities notes ants in South America building a three mile tunnel, New York needing 1000 more cars on rafl ways, Lincolnshire's vast farms, public school attendance, mahogany housing in Honduras, a peanut protein claim, a failed North Gosforth church auction, Neuchatel court time limits, a Siam coinage law draft, Fifth Avenue crowds, and Medici medicine symbols.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat correspondent describes Norman peasants in France as frugal eaters and practical about food. Breakfast is thin bean soup, bread and bacon. noon meals are simple pancakes and potatoes. supper is more substantial with cider or wine. The piece notes peasant ingenuity in affordable sustenance, cider drink, snuff use, and festive weddings where large feasts contrast with overall frugality.
A farmer named Corntes defends locomotives praising their fidelity to the track. He rejects general indignation toward railways, saying a locomotive deserves credit for staying on rails rather than zigzagging like automobiles. Washington Star is cited.
Purify These and You Will Be Safe From Contagion Disinfecting the Preventative Borax a Simple Safe and Sure Method How to keep homes clean sweet and free from germ influences is a question There is no occasion for alarm it is always well to be fore armed on the theory that An Ounce of Prevention Is Better Than a Pound of Cure and no ounce of prevention has yet been discovered that is more simple more direct and more effective yet harmless to the human system than Sors x Borax has been known and used for generations as a purifier and preventive against epidemic influences originating from uncleanly conditions resulting from unsanitary sinks and drains and when used as a hot solution in the proportion of two tablespoonfuls to a gallon of hot water flushed through the offending locations removes every trace of disease germs and renders the pipes clean and wholesome Borax in addition to its hygienic qualities is a household necessity and can be used for numberless domestic purposes It softens the water makes linen dazzling white will cleanse every article in the kitchen or dining room and be it bright will prevent moths soften and whiten the skin remove dandruff and cleanse the scalp and for cleansing and sterilizing babys milk bottle and nipple has no equal Borax unlike every old and disinfectant is absolsess to the system and is economical and can be any druggist or grocery book in colors called the Book will be sent free to or 20 Mule Team Borax with Bein Co New York Men who habit take the world easy usually prevent a great many others doing the same thing.
Neighborly help rises when a man’s fame fades yet true hospitality may hinge on a wife’s kitchen. Also features witty quips on Laxative Bromo Quinine and a humor strip exchange about compass points and prospecting jokes.
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