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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
3
An old advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound asking if it helps sick women and whether letters from a million correspondents prove its cures. The item also notes women’s personal experience and confessional letters, plus a literary quip about an old play.
Mrs David Brown of Locke Arkansas describes a years long battle with eczema on her ankles. After two doctors failed to help she tried Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills and saw her condition clear after three uses. She reports no flare ups in the year since treatment.
A collage of 19th century style lines features domestic mercy with a dog, a sales pitch for Allen's Foot-Ease foot powder, a small court scene about a $30 fine for vagrancy, a Chicago Tribune quote about appeal, and Brooklyn altar society accounts for night police and flowers.
Browning's earnings near ten thousand annually and German fishers yielding 315000 tons valued at two million mark a strong early 20th century economic snapshot. Mentions Missouri marketing eggs totaling 107155608 dozen worth over sixteen million, postal routes across Sahara on camels, and charity eateries offering full courses for seven cents. Also notes Miss Josephine Schain crafting a law focused booklet on Lawn Affecting Women and Children in Minnesota and Harpignies art sales linking to 14000 to 20000 figures.
A would be assassin, a minor palace official, stabbed Sultan Abdul Hamid in Constantinople. A coat of mati saved the ruler, and guards fought to protect him as the palace erupted in alarm. The attacker carried gold suggesting bribery, with flight gear ready. Local danger and history of threats surround Abdul Hamid.
A new metal named monel made at Sudbury works by Canadian Copper Co is cheaper than nickel and claims equal ductile strength and other qualities. It arises from nickel steel research by F H Clergue and Sjostedt and may lower refining costs. Also noted is Professor Bock of Hesse linking telegraph wire humming to local weather forecasts with twice daily observations for short term predictions.
Opera singer Emelie Gardner was attacked by a large female bull terrier at her Seagate cottage on Coney Island. In the basement pantry she fought off the dog, losing part of her left arm and two fingers from her right hand before hospital care at Coney Island Hospital.
The Hamburg balloon of the Ham burg Aeronautical Society crashed during a landing attempt at Lübeck. Mexico claims it has captured the two main instigators of a northern revolt. Correspondence between Nicaragua and Guatemala reveals strained relations over wheat.
A colorful exchange from the Atlanta Constitution features Brother Dickey imagining heaven as a giant watermelon patch tied to the Fourth of July, while Brother Williams urges enthusiasm and progress.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quotation notes a loud speaker described as a married man who enjoys neither liberty nor equality. The brief quip contrasts public rhetoric with personal restraint in a period commentary.
A dialogue frames a joke about Blinker running over his mother in law, delaying attention to the sports section. The exchange prompts the reader to seek the sporting news later in the paper.
A New York woman credits Postum and Grape Nuts with a 20 pound weight gain and renewed energy after ten years of stomach and liver trouble. She describes improved digestion, ability to work full days, and a return to normal meals, noting faster recovery and vitality. The Postum Company promotes the letter as a genuine testimonial.
A satirical roundup notes extreme and absurd beauty advice. It mocks drastic measures like amputating limbs to remove hair, the idea that powder can influence husbands, nitroglycerin removing freckles, and adding large amounts of rose oil to baths, all presented as ridiculous “tips” from the Toledo Blade.
Levi P Brockway of Anoka Minnesota says he was hospitalized for five months and discharged as incurable with six months to live. He credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with restoring health, noting improved kidney secretions and eyesight after use. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sells the product.
The text mentions Windliow's Bocramys Binoy claimed to reduce inflammation cure wind colic and relieve pain. It also notes the Ceylon pearl fishing season lasts three to four weeks producing 22 million oysters and Australia exports 24 million rabbit skins annually at a cost of about 325000 dollars.
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