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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1916
Page
7
A marketing blurb touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel. It claims calomel salivates, harms the liver, and harms health, while Liver Tone cures sluggish liver, relieves headaches, and restores vigor by morning with a money back guarantee. It targets druggists and buyers with cheerful testimonials.
The Columbus Dispatch notes poison ivy grows over walls fences and trees. Leaves turn red brown and yellow late in season. Contact causes inflamed blisters and spreads by rubbing. An organized society to battle it faded with the chief promoter's illness. Individual caution urged.
A hired man questions a farmer about raising all poultry and vegetables. Farmer Corntessel answers with a humorous line claiming he grows only enough to provide the illusion of sustenance for summer boarders.
An old newspaper clippings brief mentions a hair dressing product La Creole priced at 1.00 with a bold line about gray hair. It adds a quip on money seeking men and notes Hanford's Balsam for sores. A Maine woman is raising foxes successfully.
An old advertisement promotes Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial for fast relief at 50c and 25c plus a Hanford’s Balsam gall remedy. The copy reflects period medicine pitches and terse product lines.
OC J M recounts a quiet domestic scene where he praises his wife at breakfast only to receive a wry response about his evening return on the regular train. The letter ends with a light remark on how women can be peculiar, leaving the reader amused by the subtlety of the exchange.
Free samples by mail with Book. Cuticura Dept L Boston offers soothing relief for babies with rashes eczema itchiness and chafing. Advertisement notes Cuticura soap bath and light ointment application as calming aid for fretful sleepless infants. Thinks Fish Can Talk Salmon King Brings Worlds View to Penobscot River.
Advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a summer aid to strengthen the elderly and the young against heat. Claims to purify and enrich the blood and build up the system with a 5cc dosage.
Swarms of mosquitoes swept from the marshes and extinguished the Vermilion Bay canal light for three nights. The insects blocked the air vent despite the light keeper's efforts. The pests caused great discomfort in the region.
Trade card style fragment promotes Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh for horses sores and external troubles. Claims ranch men and liverymen recommend it and includes brief dialogue from a period piece featuring Lady of the House and Weary Walter as part of a humorous exchange.
A Greenville Texas Banner editorial argues highways complement railways in fostering town and rural development. It stresses roads reach isolated households, reduce hauling costs, and improve access to churches and schools, boosting citizen usefulness and regional prosperity.
The Progressive Farmer reports widespread enthusiasm for highway improvements across the South with many counties actively upgrading roads. It notes road building is less costly than once thought and that sandy Coastal Plain regions from Virginia to Texas yield durable, well-graded surfaces when properly maintained.
North Dakota Agricultural College editor warns dust from dry roads harms households and travelers. Regular use of a split log drag after rain prevents standing water, firms the roadbed, and reduces dust intrusion, benefiting housewives and market haulers alike.
A fragment advises using lard and kerosene as a cure for scaly leg in poultry and recommends anointing the legs of young birds as a preventive measure even without visible symptoms. The saying an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure is included.
Farmers are urged to install up-to-date water systems providing hot and cold water for baths laundry and kitchens. Proper well casings concrete curbs and sand filter cisterns prevent surface water from polluting wells. Location matters choose high ground away from barnyards and manure pits to avoid seepage.
In crowded urban areas window-box gardens offer a quick link to country life. Vacant-lot gardens are scarce, so residents should plant geraniums, petunias, verbenas, and trailing vines in boxes. Window boxes bring cheer to those who live and work in the city all summer.
The Harvard Hasty Pudding Club seeks two sturdy actors to fill elephant roles for the annual spring show. Original front legs were dismissed for low months. hind legs resigned as well. A blend of athletic skill and comic talent is needed, with individual elephant parts offering stages for ambitious actors. Henry B. Dixey started as hind leg in Evangeline. Poison ivy remedy Hanford's Balm advertised.
A quirky wartime anecdote about an Irish soldier and a French mother’s bargain to spare his life. Also an advertisement touts Plantation Chill Tonic promising chills relief, a noncalomel liver tonic priced at 50 cents.
A brief quotation from the Pittsburgh Post notes that while famous for years, the circle can be squared after a fashion, likening the idea to walking a circle shaped path. It also mentions Hanford's Balsam and a maxim about pluck bringing luck from Henry D. Bowden.
A historical advertisement warns that infant mortality is alarmingly high and credits Castoria with saving lives when used properly. The notice condemns narcotic drops and syrups for children, claims they are poisonous, and asserts Castoria, bearing the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, promotes proper blood circulation and fever relief.
A Yankee traveler recalls a Chicago dinner tale where friends argued over who should pay the bill. He proposed blindfolding the waiter to decide, but he admits the waiter never caught him, leaving him unpaid in the end.
A Nashville Medicine Co advertisement cites a Tennessee couple, with Mr W T Daniels of Hohenwald praising Lung Vita for coughs and consumption. It claims success in cases of asthma whooping cough colds croup and grippe and offers direct order with a $1.75 price and a booklet on request from Room 6 Steger Building Nashville Tennessee.
The Graphic reports a housewife in Oakley shoots chickens with a rifle rather than chopping heads or wringing necks, claiming perfect accuracy. The hero’s name is suppressed by the Graphic as he holds the chicken during the shot. The Kansas City Star notes the remark and adds a quip about the grand jury and nuisances.
An old advertisement urges Renovine as a heart remedy with a bold claim of cure for a weak heart and warning of penalties for delay. It touts a price of 1.50 and asserts dramatic results. The piece ends with a quip about a police grilling a waiter and a cynical line about wealth and poverty.
A brief dialogue shows a wife and husband debating cramped sleeper berths and the idea of flat cars as a possible solution. The exchange highlights a humorous clash over train accommodations and the notion of a flat car.
An old advertisement touts Femenina as a wonder worker for female disorders. It promotes a price of $1.00 and urges readers to seek adv. law suits as a bystander benefit.
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