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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
6
A New York Tribune overview explains electric motors in trolley cars, detailing the armature, electromagnets, and the field gap. It clarifies how current energizes coils, causes repulsion and rotation, and contrasts motors with dynamos, including overhead power, rails return, and controller throttling.
In a village, Rev Edward Hall writes two letters by mistake and frets over a love confession to Miss Ida Jones. Ida awaits a rendezvous, while Miss Mary Jones, scarred yet kind, also receives a letter. A misdirected note leads to comic embarrassment, then truth as Hall explains the mix up and reveals his true affection for Ida.
An early exploration of magnetism notes how magnetic poles attract and repel opposite kinds. Danish scientist Oersted, in 1819, discovered repulsion effects using a parallel wire with a magnetic needle. A current-carrying wire gains magnetic qualities, demonstrated by a drawing from Thompson and a simple experiment with iron filings on a glass plate.
A London Globe note surveys two Horace Smiths. One wrote a book titled Rejected Addresses, the other later declined suffragette speeches. The remark hints at heredity as a possible explanation for their divergent paths.
A fragment citing Henry Rutherford Eliot from The Century. The excerpt urges laughter to cope with stress and warns against turning tragedies into deeper woes. It references fights, rights, rifles, work, and drinks as hurdles to sanity, urging resilience through humor.
A historical profile credits the inventor of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a pioneering figure in women’s medicinal remedies. The piece outlines the creation's enduring influence on health products and women’s self care through the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A historical newspaper fragment advertising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praising its cures of female ailments and related health claims. Also brief mentions of Dr Rhine's Nerve Restorer and a stray note about gramophones in British India with a quoted consul general. The OCR shows garbled phrases and inconsistent capitalization throughout.
A Chicago News quote notes that even the most negative person could delight in his blessings if not consumed by constant grumbling about anticipated troubles. The line reflects a bright stoic sentiment amid daily dissatisfaction.
An old patent medicine advertisement promises a cure for colds in one day using a laxative tablet. It cites a math-filled claim about corn crop value and lists Woolford's Sanitary Motion as the remedy sold by druggists with mail orders through De E. Detchon Med. Co. in Crawfordsville Indiana. It also notes sailors suffer rheumatism more than others.
The London Onlooker condemns submarines as cowardly weapons designed to strike below the belt and warns they are grave dangers to sailors, reflecting public ire over their use and ethics in naval warfare.
Patient recounts decade-long battle with widespread scaly eruptions and itching. After trying arsenic salves and painful baths with little relief, three boxes of Cuticura allegedly cured him, ending years of torment and hair loss.
Capt J W Hogan former Indianola postmaster now in Austin Texas says years of kidney trouble caused pains in loins hips and shoulders plus headaches neuralgia and night sweats. After trying many climates and medicines he used Dean's Kidney Pills and recovered health and vision. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N C. A woman isn’t necessarily smart because she says things that smart.
A historical reader inquires about the safety of Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription noting it contains no alcohol narcotics or habit forming drugs. The article claims leading medical authorities support its ingredients and methods.
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