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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
7
A reader questions Peruna as a catarrh remedy arguing for proof from the United States Dispensatory. The piece cites hydrastis canadensis and corydalis as ingredients and notes their described actions. It also shares Hungarian village reform data before ending with a meditation on risk and competition.
A Denver woman, Mrs A Gregory of 2355 Lawrence St, credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after six years of female troubles and an unsuccessful operation. The ad touts the remedy for backache, bearing down pains, and periodic pains, urging other sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
The readable text mentions Mineral Water, a hotel in Mississippi, and connections to a Wells train line. It references addresses and places like Coonore and Bolton, with mentions of Hacks connecting with trains at a Wells location in Mississippi.
Georgia flood reports show 70 dead with 18 within Augusta city limits. Congaree river back- flooding Kingsville Junction. Kingsville nine feet submerged. Property losses around two and a half million dollars, plus crop and livestock damage. rail lines and bridges damaged. War Dept. to send officer for immediate aid. Columbus GA calls for citizen relief meeting.
In Omaha the fresh meat market shows a price tumble with South Omaha packers reporting a further cut planned next week. Sirloin steaks drop to 15 cents a pound from 20 to 25, ribs to 45 cents from 18, pork chops to 12 cents from 15, and other meat grades fall accordingly. Volume in packing houses has risen about ten percent as grass-fed cattle from the ranges flood the market.
Mrs Anna Rowe of Duluth received nearly five hundred marriage offers while waiting to file for a homestead in the Fond du Lac Reservation opening September 15. An error in St Paul and Duluth papers had claimed she was unmarried. Her husband shares in the attention and keeps the place for her.
The Atlanta area and Georgia along with the Carolinas woke to unusually cold air as temperatures plunged near the frost point. The chilly conditions risk worsening conditions for residents left homeless by last week’s floods.
A cloudburst on the Cimarron river floods Folsom New Mexico washing away homes and reported fifteen drownings. Eleven bodies recovered. Ten miles of track and twelve bridges on the Colorado and Southern Railway destroyed.
Montreal mother recounts using Cuticura Soap and Ointment to heal eczema on her three children and a newborn with neck folds. claims complete cure after several uses. May 21, 1907.
Mrs Mary E H Rouge of Cambridge New York credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing years of back and hip pains weak health and disordered kidney secretions after a bad fall five years earlier. She reports rapid relief and now excellent health. Sold by dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as ethical, widely approved family laxatives. It urges buying the genuine product manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
The article recalls Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia, mother to the Czar, visiting England, and recounts the romance era that led Princess Dagmar of Denmark to marry Grand Duke Alexander III. It notes Dagmar’s earlier engagement to the Czarevitch and the dramatic 1863 Nice accident of Nicholas, whose dying request connected the pair.
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