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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1903
Page
7
A tribal legend explains caste through a sun created pair and their twelve offspring. Those choosing vegetables become Brahmins, pigs birth the Santals, bullock flesh births the Kols, Larka fighters claim strength, and the remaining couple becomes the Ghasis who live on others’ charity. The Kol view ties to English troops and a shared ancestral pair.
A traveler recounts a beggar episode in Italy where a nimble youth uses patter to press for coins from a noblewoman and her escort. The boy wins two coppers by claiming the girl has two black eyes, the beggar’s wit outmatching the escort’s complaints and the narrator’s reluctance to withhold charity.
A vintage advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poison cancer and numerous skin and bone ailments. It promises sores pimples eruptions swelling and gland issues will heal, with a suggested price of one dollar per large bottle and free sample via Broop Bata Co. Atlanta.
A dated column notes porcelain production employs about 20,000 in the Japan area while quips a dialogue between Bingleton and Wederly about club life and home life, contrasting leisure with domestic impact.
Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren of Fond Du Lac Wisconsin testifies to kidney disorder sufferings and states Dean's Kidney Pills caused general health improvement. He offers to share details in a personal interview. Pills offered by FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents.
Harry Metzel of Boston went to the Mountain Ten hills yesterday with a young beagle. The hound got separated and yelping drew Metzel to a smell open space where the hound was firmly wrapped by a large snake.
Letters from Hattie La Fountain of Galion Ohio and Julia M Brown of Los Angeles California praise Peruna. La Fountain recounts relief from bearing down pains and headaches after using Peruna at her friend’s recommendation and husband’s purchase. Brown touts Peruna as surpassing claimed effects and helping exhausted mothers and catarrh sufferers.
A dramatic tale of a long unemployed cure for a chronic female derangement through Dr. Hartman’s Peruna is promoted as a free home treatment. Letters from Annie Hoban and Mamie Powell tout lasting relief and improved health, with requests to write for gratis advice and prices for cisterns and screens offered by Ho. Lewis & Co. in New Orleans.
The piece notes the Ca lais to Dover ferry as possibly the world’s oldest service, dating back over twenty centuries, having carried Caesar’s galleys to modern turbine steamers. It mentions the breadth of vessels across its history. It also includes advertisements for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and family pills, with testimonials and claims of efficacy. It ends noting Mrs. Leland Stanford’s insurance portfolio exceeding $1,000,000.
Dr. Andrew Wilson argues that flowers exist to support seed production and species propagation. Color, scent, nectar, and flower arrangement attract insects to transfer pollen among flowers, improving cross fertilization and creating a sturdier race.
Frank Munroe of Porter Massachusetts found a wood signet ring near Whitman lake. The ring bears a silver shield in the seal setting with diamond shaped silver insets on both sides.
An advertisement claims Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer cures fits and nervous issues after one day of use with a $2 trial offer. Also promoted are various medicines and health products including Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething and Piso's Cure for Consumption.
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