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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
7
Society notes reveal shifts in cane and umbrella styles as manufacturers report demand for ordered silver mounted canes and rough wood handles. The piece also mentions no longer decorating umbrellas with initials, calling out distinct tastes among men and women, and ends with a humorous exchange about a pneumatic tire.
A seasoned testimonial from Mrs J E Finn extols Peruna as a rejuvenating tonic after years of illness. The piece links catarrh to female diseases and urges Peruna as a cure. It also profiles Dr Sven Hedin’s Asiatic explorations and notes shifts in lawyers fees and ethics in a Philadelphia Record discussion.
A Philadelphia Bulletin piece notes two children near a candy shop buy a penny’s worth of sweets. the older boy ends with six sticks and calls it a mistake. The story plays on childlike logic and penny economics.
Gentle wisdom on gentleness virtue and self critique. It advises that true greatness shows in kindness and in examining one’s own faults before criticizing others. It warns that culture without sense harms fools and that forgiveness requires forgetting.
In June 1902 the White House grounds glow under moonlight as Charles F. McKim discusses architecture with the author. The scene recalls Versailles with music by a marime band and fountains while the president and guests cluster on the portico. Moore notes no comparable modern house surpasses the White House in its class.
A Liverpool consul Nathaniel Hawthorne questions a penniless American returnee, proving his birthplace Exeter New Hampshire and the town's best apples before granting a passage home. The tale from Youth's Companion highlights Hawthorne's humane judgment and welcome.
The Big Tree stump Sequoi gigantea stands near Calaveras, with lumbermen buying land and planning a railroad to haul timber. Unless state intervention occurs, these seven thousand ancient giants may vanish, as the world’s last colossal sequoias face exploitation and loss.
W J Hill of Concord North Carolina prominent hardware dealer and justice of the peace praises Dean s Kidney Pills as an effective remedy for backache and kidney disorders. He reports improved health and offers a free trial by mail with bottles available through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY price 50 cents.
In a near future plan the almoners of Christ's Hospital London will remove human remains interred within the precincts. A crowd of royals nobles monks and commoners rests there once a Gray Friars burial site, with Isabella of France and her husband Edward II's heart present. Ghosts of Richard II favorites and Dame Alice Hungerford are said to haunt the cloisters. Also a wry exchange on a man who whistles and swears.
Mrs Laura L Beemer of Crown Point Indiana reports two years of severe abdominal pains resolved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits three bottles with restoring health and blood, recommending the tonic to other women and praising its perceived effectiveness. The testimonial notes free, helpful advice from Mrs Pinkham.
Joseph Jefferson kept a drunk servant who drank wine from the cellar. He tried to fire him for truth telling, but the man admitted his drunkenness and there was no discharge. Jefferson ultimately admitted he could not fire the honest man. The exchange ends with a playful jab about Eve and Adam and aging actors.
An advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm promises to cure blood and skin diseases including eczema ulcers scrofula and cancer. It urges readers to write for free samples and confidential medical advice and lists Atlanta Georgia as the return address.
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