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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
3
A garbled historical clipping includes personal reminiscences and medical claims for Dodd's Kidney Pills and Hall's Cough Cure, plus quirky anecdotes about Woolgrowers, poetry versus prose, and a Wu Ting-fang anecdote at a White House reception.
The piece surveys literacy gains in Europe and the United States from 1810 to the late 19th century, noting Germany and the U S lagging progress while France leads. It discusses whether the rise of schooling reduces crime, citing Mulhall and Lombroso and noting mixed evidence on violent versus theft crimes.
Seattle leads American cities in rapid growth with 2,500 new dwellings for over 13,000 residents in ten months. Building permits exceed $3,000,000, and with current pace Seattle’s population could reach 200,000 by 1910, up from 80,671 in 1900.
A 19th century warning warns housekeepers against cheap baking powders and new brands sold by grocers and peddlers. It cautions that alum and phosphate powders may harm health, notes seizures of mint and sulphuric acid mixtures in New York, and urges buying tartar cream of tartar based powders from reputable brands while avoiding testers at doors.
A fragment describes a young man offering a birthday memento and a fair party’s interest in fashionable engagement rings. The text shifts to a whimsical poem about a Knight and a failed challenge, followed by an odd ad-style note for Mrs. F.C. at 114 Hall Street Parkersburg West Virginia dated April 16, 1901. It mentions a battery powered five person wheeled chair and misc inferable ads or sketches, with broken lines and unrelated phrases.
In the page 35 fragment Peruna is urged as a constant household remedy for catarrhal ailments, with parents from Missouri and St. Louis praising the tonic for a range of illnesses. Letters claim a child’s complete recovery after Peruna use and endorse keeping the remedy on hand for prevention and cure.
A Chicago reader touts Peruna as a cure and preventive for childhood colds, croup, bronchitis, and rheumatism, claiming it kept his family healthy for years. The ad urges immediate use for a child with cold symptoms and invites readers to write Dr. Hartman for free medical guidance.
An anecdote recalls Nelson meeting Benjamin West at an entertainment before sailing again. West praises a print of Death of Wolfe, Nelson asks why no more like it. West replies subjects are exhausted, prompting Nelson to joke about future scenes and text dates. Mixed in: travel ads and a pancake note.
A clerk cites a customer letter accusing swindlers and selling worthless medicine for 60 cents a bottle. The manufacturer urges striking out insult phrases and printing the rest with other testimonials, as reported by the Philadelphia Press.
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