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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement questions whether American women use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as claimed and asks if private correspondence with sick women is confidential. It challenges the existence of many correspondents and asks for proof of cures, ending with an appeal to the suffering but hopeful women.
An old-fashioned campaign touts Cascarets as the natural exercise for bowels. It claims two hours of wood sawing or a ten mile walk as cures, contrasting with pills and castor oil. The ad promotes the Sterling Remedy Company Cascarets in ten-cent boxes, stamped CCC.
The excerpt discusses water as essential for life, noting its universal importance across planets. It explains how temperature limits affect life, with Mars cited as a hypothetical example, and touches on water vapor carrying hydrogen and helium and the role of water as a solvent in Life’s evolution per Professor Lowell.
The advertisement touts Lewis' Single Binder cigars with over nine million sold yearly. It markets a rich mellow tobacco, claims quality equal to top 10c cigars, and urges smokers to request a try from their dealer.
An eminent geologist says deep ore deposits are unlikely and most profitable ores form near the surface via underground waters. He notes deposits seldom repay mining below 3,000 feet with wealth decreasing through successive depths.
The tale recalls an American incident where colored people celebrated Christmas by hanging stockings. One man, lacking stockings, hung trousers instead. In the morning he is asked what he received and replies that he likely got a man since his pants are gone.
A survey of union actions shows sign painters in Minneapolis organizing exchanges with nearby trades assemblies, while Hod Carriers and Building Laborers report 202 branches nationwide. Other items note conventions in New York and Milwaukee, wage talks for sign painters in Boston, a Memphis farmers and unionists exchange plan, and a Jersey City employment bureau for spring cleanup labor.
Editor Devine of the Charities argues police suppression of public meetings is against public policy. He urges reestablishing a modern town hall to discuss grievances openly and warns against granting police excessive authority to break up assemblies amid fears of anarchism.
Archaeologists at Bisya in Central Babylonia report unearthing what may be the earliest indus temple inscription. The discovery includes an inscription surface dated to ancient times, suggesting a significant religious artifact from a long-vanished culture.
A southern newspaper commentator argues a return to farm life amid financial unrest. He cites Western Canada land at 10 to 15 dollars per acre with strong revenue and notes Canadian agents offer details on 160 acre free homesteads reachable by rail.
The passage extols a legendary figure who delivers a verse speech and swiftly overcomes threats. He defeats a boxer, solves a cryptogram, and fends off two rapier attackers, then reflects on his limits in pitching a curved ball. The vignette contrasts ancient greatness with modern frailty.
A humorous exchange praises a magazine story for its novelty. Borus notes the allure lay in its fresh approach with no bridge playing or car riding and a hero who avoids cigaroot smudges. Naggus agrees the novelty mattered most, marking the first such hit.
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for catarrh cure via Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsers Walpin Kinson Marvin vouch for Cheney’s reliability. Cure claimed internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes 75¢ bottle and free testimonials. Take Hall's Pills for constipation. Ends with a suburban home envy riff about neighborhood dogs.
Advertises lemon pie mix “OUR PIE” from D Zerta Food Co Rochester NY. Claims quick simple prep and 10 cent price at grocers. Appeals to readers to try it and tell friends.
Disjointed items touch on a New York bank break in rumor, a coin left behind, a garbled garble of patent medicine claims, and crude imperial area comparisons. Mentions of Garfield Tea Co Brooklyn and Pettit’s Eye Salve appear among scattered ad litter. Egyptian cotton yields noted. druggists of Howard Pros Buffalo are cited.
A Boston Globe note discusses leather ballet shoes with thin soles and no rubber heels or arch supports. Dancers prefer a hard toe box for toe dancers, while general dancers want space between the toes to allow natural joint motion.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Cardinal Wolsey claiming he collided with a roller skater while trying to dodge an automobile. Historians persist in blaming Henry VIII for Wolsey's fate, using a sharply skeptical tone.
An advertisement offers a free powder sample of Allen's Foot-Ease for tired sweating hot or swollen feet. It claims the product eases tight shoes and bunions and is sold by druggists and stores for 25 cents. It also notes minerals Russians view as Siberia's future wealth include gold iron coal manganese copper platinum emeralds topazes asbestos salt and naphtha.
An old advertisement urges buyers to choose genuine California Fig Syrup to obtain benefits. It markets the product as preeminent among syrups and elixirs, sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
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