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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
7
The excerpt contrasts a London Opinion gag about avoiding a break with a line where a daughter introduces old friends Mr and Mrs Jones to her father. A Houston Chronicle quip notes Taft conducting a front porch campaign and asks if he was too wide for the rear platform.
A stern visaged man with steel-gray whiskers pauses near City Hall on a Saturday noon stroll in Cleveland. He picks up a dead sparrow, recalls childhood funerals, and places the bird on a ledge to keep it from being run over, then hurries on.
One of the essentials of happy homes is information on health and good living. The item highlighted is Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, an ethical remedy praised by physicians and the Well Informed of the World as a wholesome family laxative. Buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product from leading druggists.
A Boston Herald excerpt notes Mme Henry Letellier’s directoire gown causing a Paris sensation with a right side slit revealing artful design. It recalls early 1800s American dress history with chemise gowns and uneven hemlines, referencing Miss Patterson of Baltimore and ministers' wives in New England wearing scant, low necked gowns.
A New York man reports relief from chronic indigestion after trying Grape-Nuts and cream, eggs, toast, Postum, and fruit. Within two weeks his stomach acidity disappeared and appetite for lunch returned, signaling improved health, with the testimonial attributed to Postum Co. and tied to The Road to Wellville.
John W. Richardson, a young Norfolk farmer of Lambert Point, shot and killed his sister-in-law Miss Josephine Cromwell and his father-in-law Beverly Cromwell after domestic troubles. He then killed the Cromwell horse and took his own life upon returning to the yard, ending a violent spree.
The exchange centers on Miss Jones defending her shift in creed after attending a Methodist tea meeting. She cites the sultany cake and the am sangwidges as factors that influenced her. The vignette appears in the London Opinion.
A Brentwood mother recalls severe eczema on her daughter from chest to head. After two doctors with little relief, Curetta Soap Ointment and Pills ended the eruption in three quarters of finishing. The testimony ends with a date and place: March 8 1907 Brentwood Essex England.
New York reports Andrew Carnegie contributed 20000 dollars to the Republican national committee campaign fund. Timothy L. Woodruff, state chairman, also noted Mrs. Russell Sage gave 1000 dollars. He said no other large gifts, though many small sums arrive from various sources. George R. Sheldon declined to discuss, promising a post election list of contributions.
In Little Rock Arkansas a long feud over the 10 year old Charlie Clay ends with R E Clay shooting Dan Holliday, his brother in law. Holliday wounds Clay with a knife before Clay shoots Holliday in the head. One man dies and another wounded in a violent dispute linked to a family feud.
Athens Alabama reports a preacher named Livingston killed Andrew Jackson, a Lauderdale County resident, after years of mutual dislike. Livingston was found wandering barefoot in the woods, escaped again, and is believed to be mentally unbalanced.
Engineer Frank Kelly of Mobile was killed when Engine No. 122 and six freight cars plunged through an open drawbridge into the Tombigbee River near Jackson Alabama aboard the Southern railroad. The fireman escaped and Kelly’s body was not recovered.
The Ward Line steamer Monterey, arrived Monday, had a fire in its hold at Havana that was extinguished. Cargo loss is estimated at 50000 dollars covered by insurance. The vessel, not damaged, sailed for Vera Cruz.
Salvatore Latina, 22, a New York barber, was convicted for throwing a bomb in general session court. He received a prison term of nine to ten years, the maximum penalty.
Earthquakes in southwest Russia sparked serious panic among occupants of public buildings with many injured while fleeing. No fatalities reported.
The Chicago Federation of Labor plans to rally labor leaders to oppose Speaker Joseph G Cannon. Fifty labor speakers will address crowds in Danville, Kankakee, and nearby areas during the final campaign weeks.
A trimmed clippet from a 19th or early 20th century page presents a humorous trade line for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children teething gums and an arcade style dialogue about a woman's scream as a weapon of defense.
Mrs. Sallie French of Pancannla Indian Territory details seven years of female troubles and debilitating nerve issues. After consulting Mrs. Pinkham and using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports being strong and well, crediting the treatment for her recovery.
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a 30 year standard cure for female ailments including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors period pains backache nervous prostration and indigestion. It invites women to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free confidential advice based on her experience.
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