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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
7
The Well-Informed world seeks a pleasant efficient liquid laxative with known wholesome components. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted gentle, prompt remedy. Buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists, fifty cents per bottle.
The first recorded cost in 1863 was 3681 dollars. The volumes for 1907 are projected to cost 70808 dollars.
A century’s best grass promises three crops yearly with reports of a Iowa farmer selling 3800 dollars worth of seed on 100 acres and 300 tons of hay. The ad catalog touts seeds and tonnage, urging readers to send for seed samples and promising added freebies. Also includes medical ads and moral snippets typical of an early 20th century newspaper.
A fragmentary 1890s era newspaper excerpt discusses Morris Sellers Largey’s venture into New York theater and notes on theatrical investment. It includes satirical quips about slave freedom stories, restaurant success by various ethnic groups, and brief ad-like snippets about health cures and public notices.
A Newark Delaware man describes seven years of hand eczema and failure of many remedies before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Soap his hands were perfectly cured. Report cites W H Dean as the claimant dated March 28 1907.
An irritable merchant bedridden by typhoid envisions a modest meal as he recovers. A nurse serves tapioca the next day, with the doctor noting restraint in all acts. The tale echoes Harper’s Weekly wit on appetite and the ethics of wealth and honest gain.
The season's first definite news on Bermuda lilies reports the Bermudian bringing about 10 000 boxes of blossoms on its April 17 arrival. Last year’s crop failed partly due to blight and early Easter. Wholesale florists met the ship at the dock to mark the supply.
Chattanooga plans a prominent opening banquet for Hotel Patten the citys new million dollar hostelry. Ex Gov James K Vardaman of Mississippi Clark Howell editor of the Atlanta Constitution and other notable Southern figures will attend and respond to toasts at the April 1 event.
E. B. Littrell, a local young man, was jailed on a peace warrant after allegedly pursuing Miss Bernice High. When she refused marriage, he allegedly sent a threatening letter promising to kill her if she did not decide within a set time.
Flora Whiston, the young woman arrested for perjury after testifying in the Hitchcock trial, was released on five thousand dollars bail. Her testimony helped Hitchcock gain acquittal by refuting her earlier grand jury statements. Florence Lindley fatally wounded in Marietta incident by fourteen year old Mallory Leard. Lindley sought police during a disturbance.
The public service committee reports February rail road accidents in New York totaled 3951 with twenty six deaths. Among 2157 injured, 1219 were passengers. January figures show 2500 injured and 44 killed.
Reports from Moscow say Count Leo Tolstoi is fainting and unconscious for a time, weakened by influenza and his condition causes alarm.
In Chicago the fresh eggs sold at fifteen cents a dozen in the wholesale market, the lowest price in five years. The article notes a past peak of eighteen cents a dozen in 1903, when the record was set.
Blanchard Thorp was taken to a Shreveport hospital with dangerous wounds. A second person is reported dead. Richard Proctor Mose Hill and John Bellas were arrested following a pistol battle at a Black plantation dance near Dixie.
Andrew Johnson known as Black Sport was executed by hanging in Fulton county jail Atlanta Georgia He was convicted of murdering policeman C A Hank on December 6 in Atlanta The case reflects capital punishment in the era and the citys crime response involving a Black defendant.
From Conroe Texas comes a report of an attempted assault on a young white woman, Miss Yelverton. A sheriff’s party found two Black men shot at the scene, with one killed, as investigations proceed into the incident and the assailant’s identity remains uncertain.
An article notes steady demand by European emigrants for chicory to improve coffee flavor and neutralize its harmful effects. It states chicory blends with coffee create a restaurant quality beverage, historically used by Europeans in America, and now common in packaged coffees. A short anecdote follows about a widow and a judge remarking on a dead husband.
A testimonial style notice promoting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. Includes patient letters from Maggie Gilmer and Josephine Hall praising restored health and fertility. States the product has aided thousands and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham. Dated Lynn Mass. Facts for sick women.
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