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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
3
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century ad copy extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to “restore their health.” The garbled text mentions feminine ailments and a remedy as a treatment, with period advertising language urging readers to use the product.
A humorous exchange from the Washington Star features a disappointed statesman claiming republics are ungrateful and Farmer Corntongel remarking that patriot and office seeker are hard to tell, making suspicion understandable.
In the Baltimore American a columnist quips that eyes are windows of the soul, then speculates some people’s eyes appear glassy, offering a tongue in cheek physiological take on human expression.
The General Demand for a known value liquid laxative is met by the California Fig Syrup Co with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The ad touts a gentle, prompt, wholesome remedy preferred by well informed buyers and doctors. Sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
Alberta farmers in Magrath and Spring Coulee report high acre yields with wheat averaging 60 to 85 bushels per acre and oats 22 to 41 bushels. Values range from 19 to 36 dollars per acre, plus hay, beets, and copious tonnage. Reports come from H. Howes, J. F. Haycock, W. S. Bradshaw, and W. L. Thompson with extensive acreage and noted profits.
In this area every woman will be glad to know the grocers carry "OUR PIE" a three variety pie preparation. Each IC vent package makes two pies and is available through D-Zertsa Food Co Rochester N I.
In a fragment, Rivers and Mrs Rivers spar over a baby’s teething. He mutters about wishing, while she retorts that egotism would rise if he were cutting his teeth.
Rivers critiques the national political field naming Brooks as a punchline in a caustic review. He quotes Brooks's quip Calamity's presagenta describing chaps traveling the country foretelling financial disasters.
The article traces Senate and House activity over several days, noting the army appropriation bill totaling 84,757,568 dollars and a proposed 250 thousand dollar 6 thousand acre designation. It covers criticisms by Mann and Young, debates on currency and post office costs, and acts including pensions, taxation on stock sales, peonage investigations, and damages to Manila archbishop property.
A bill by Delegate Cale to establish a territorial government in Alaska is introduced. James Speyer meets the President on business matters but won t discuss details. N B Thistlewood is sworn into Illinois Twenty fifth District Seat succession to Kite George W Smith.
A set of eight attractive post cards in five colors features wild animals in the Washington Park area of Milwaukee. Mailed for twelve cents, payable by coin or stamps, available to adults and children. Address The Evening Wisconsin Company Milwaukee Wis.
Mrs Skimmerhorn hurries her children to play as the father arrives to hear of a safety razor case spill. Blades are scattered on the floor, mixed up, signaling a domestic moment.
A Sri Lankan hunter describes using live babies as bait to attract crocodiles for hunting. He claims mothers rent out their infants for crocodile streams and earn up to two dollars weekly. He notes the practice yields quick catches and defends it as harmless to the babies.
Mrs K M Fisher of Dillsburg Pennsylvania recounts her escape after being bitten on the hand twice by a large copperhead on August 20 1906. With no medical aid nearby she applied Sloan s Liniment which she says killed all pain and saved her life. She is mother of four and praises the tonic remedy.
A fragment recalls a sleeper waking briefly to a single alarm ring, then drifting back to sleep as a train approaches. The brief moment centers on the clock and the sleeper's response.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from J. Chandy & Co of Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional treatment. It promises a $100 reward if cured and urges readers to send for circulars and testimonials along with halts family pills for constipation.
The Rural New Yorker editor hypes Salzer seed lines with claims of high yields including Salzer’s Early Wisconsin and 88 tested parts. Readers urged to mail 100 stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin for the original seed catalog and sample seeds, plus a 14 cent offer. A tangential note mentions Bell telephone weight.
Free sample of Allen's Foot Ease powder for tired sweating aching feet with relief for corns and bunions. Available from Allen's in Le Roy NY and via druggists and shoe stores. Also notes a London smokers and tramways claim, Garford Tea as a laxative, and a fun fact about the Mauretania boiler length.
World wide use claimed for E W. GROVS signature product used to cure a cold in one day. It is priced at 25 cents. A secondary line notes that coal mines globally employ 1,254,000 men.
Prizes are awarded to farmers to reclaim waste lands and convert them to pasture, and to build shelters or stables for cows in high altitude areas. The program highlights that Alpine districts supply about a quarter of the empire's total fodder for cattle and horses.
Appointment promises to cure piles including itching and bleeding in 14 days or money back. Electric elevators planned for New York's tallest structure.
A report notes a substance made from potatoes replacing wood for pencils. The replacement is cheaper and easier to sharpen, affecting factory processes and the quality of writing implements.
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