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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
3
An old advert claims hair loss stems from starvation and promises Ayers Hair Vigor strengthens roots, stops shedding, and nourishes hair to remain thick and long. It also supposedly prevents gray hair with a dollar price per bottle.
A fragmented ad promises quick delivery with prepaid charges and an express service. It invites readers to send $1.00 and request a book on the air, mentioning J C Avex Co of Lowell Massachusetts.
A detective from Scotland Yard inspects a militia regiment to identify a malefactor. He stops at the rear rank and points out the veteran who, though humbly tagged, is praised by all as the regiment’s pattern soldier. The detective replies he knows all the others but not him.
A Philadelphia Press quote features a king of beasts venting that listeners are not impressed by his adventures while a diplomatic hyena interjects that his stories are great but the king is a Hon.
A night routine with CUTICURA SOAP and CUTICURA emollients, using old kid gloves with finger ends cut off for air exposure. Claims red rough chapped hands, dry fissured itching feverish palms and shapeless nails improve rapidly when physicians fail.
A vivid advert touts Dr. Greene's Nervura as the world’s great spring medicine. It claims to purify blood, strengthen nerves, aid digestion, and energize organs during winter-to-summer changes, with testimonials like Gustave Lelbach of Jersey City attesting to relief from headaches, insomnia, and dyspepsia after using multiple bottles. It cites Dr. Greene of New York City as the prescribing physician and offers consultation free.
A West Side merchant woke by a gate bell heard street yelling and a claim his store burned for a bid to pasting bills. Five men shouted and urged, while an old Scottish woman, in court, clung to the poker as the weapon in a welfare dispute, ending with her point proven.
Fragmented OCR yields garbled references to names places and medical terms. The readable bits mention proportions of facial features and a renewal for a children related item with nonsensical digits and stray phrases. Contained text shows no coherent event or report to summarize.
The Gaekwar of Baroda possesses four artillery pieces with two gold and two silver guns. The gold guns, weighing 400 pounds each and hollow except for a steel lining, were crafted from 1874 by Lakha’s artisan team over five years and mounted on carved silver-over-wood carriages. They traveled to Bombay in 1876 to salute the Prince of Wales, the only time they left Baroda State.
A promotional health column extols Grain-O as a barley and grain based drink that mimics coffee in taste but lacks its downsides. It suggests Grain-O aids digestion, steadies nerves, aids sleep, and is affordable for children and adults. Advert claims: 15 and 25 cents per package and wide grocer availability.
A historical snippet notes Lane's Family Medicine claims daily bowel movement support and health benefits, including gentle action on liver and kidneys, headache relief, with prices listed at 25 and 60 cents. A separate quip references a professor of languages and publication terms. The Argentine Republic offers land to Japan for 20,000 immigrants.
A historic sailing voyage from New York to San Francisco took ninety seven days and left twenty four barrels of dust swept from decks. Even with careful deck washing a steady accumulation occurs aboard ships, surpassing steamers. Cork, wood, and vegetable fiber fragments appear in the sea dust, prompting questions about the dust’s origin.
A fragmentary quote contrasts vows of eternity with a spouse's delay, noting responses about revenge and waiting. The text references life and a gate of heaven, suggesting a moral or reflective aside amid casual dialogue.
A collage of humor and medical ads dominated by Halls Catarrh Cure claims. Also includes jokes about North Dakota thrashers, Kemp’s Balsam for grip, Piso’s Cure for consumption, and a factoid on sea salt and world rail tonnage.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Neverfail headache stops and a sample package priced at 10 cents. The copy markets Hage Siegen Compaxr of Chicago Illinois for coughs colds and grippe like symptoms. It hints at agents and profits for sellers and names generic distributors.
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