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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
1
Practical agriculture guidance urging large potato plantings and abundant garden produce. Emphasizes careful farm management, family involvement, humane treatment of workers, proper care of horses cattle pigs and stock, plus stock disease books. Encourages stock protection, painting barns, and choosing productive ground and labor. Exchange.
A Philadelphia jurist known as an unbeliever dies in a town near Philadelphia. At the funeral a Philadelphia gentleman asks a Quaker friend which part of the service has begun. The Quaker replies without a smile, Just opened for the defense.
A New York Evening Journal extract critiques President Roosevelt's Decoration Day remarks linking lynching to actions in the Philippines. The piece argues Southerners defend themselves against invasion while condemning crimes, and accuses critics of sectional bias. It catalogs terms for drunkenness and portrays the press as biased against the South.
The Boston Post recounts a fable where a starving donkey asks a passing fox for help and is advised to call for the strong elephant nearby. The donkey, fearing weakness from vocalizing, refuses and dies. The fox later jokes that the donkey will become a merchant who cannot afford to advertise.
A Vintage list challenges youngsters with curious why questions about animals plants and nature. It asks why a horse eats grass backward and a cow forward why a chimney should be larger at the top or bottom and how ropes unravel or knot. It also ponders grape vine bearing age and why leaves turn before rain.
A Sutton Register report describes a Swede farmer returning from abroad who observed McCormick harvesters priced at 125 locally but 62 at home, and wire nails at 4 here versus 2.75 there. He suspects a steel trust protecting home markets via tariff, signaling concerns about competition and prices.
An editor recalls his wife's severe lung illness and a dramatic recovery after using Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. The ad touts 50¢ and $1.00 bottles and notes trial bottles available. Also includes a comic anecdote about a tailor’s trousers being altered by multiple family members to the editor's breakfast surprise.
D Scott Currin endorses One Minute Cough Cure as a safe immediate remedy for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles. Mothers nationwide testify to its benefits for children with croup noting rapid relief before a doctor can arrive.
Pleasant to take and pitched as a sure cure for grip bronchitis and coughs. The ad references A G Thornton and promotes a child friendly preparation, noting its pleasant taste and claimed effectiveness.
The Queen and Crescent Route offers a round trip fare for tickets sold June 16 to 30 and July 11 to 13 with return by August 15 1902, extended to September 30 1902 by deposit at Joint Agent 600 Gay Street Knoxville Tennessee. The offer aims to promote educational advancement and allow travel to mountain resorts in Tennessee North Carolina and Virginia at low cost.
A promotional piece urges families to buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from A G Thornton. It touts effectiveness for bowel complaints, whooping cough, pneumonia risk, croup prevention, and cites a local editor testimonial from Fair Haven Washington.
Mrs. W. K. Haviland of Armonk New York credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving her daughter from a near fatal bout of whooping cough and bronchitis and its niece from advanced consumption. The medicine is praised as infallible for coughs and colds with trial bottles free and bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
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