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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR passage touts medical claims and quotations from high authorities to support a product. The text references fluid removal and an optimistic view of catarrh treatment but provides no verifiable data or sourcing.
A telephone exchange of ideas shows how time management enables heavy workloads. The snippet features a professor explaining methods to use spare moments efficiently. The speaker notes an illustrated weekly paper project and ends with a humorous quip about omitting good byes on calls.
An unreliable notice touts Fazo Ointment claiming cure for itching and bleeding piles within 14 days with money back guarantee. It notes 32 000 beggars thriving in Vienna against ordinary workers and mentions a notorious beggar family hosting a ball and concert at a local hotel.
Mrs. Kate Keim of New York reports three children suffered eczema for five months. After seeking relief at a dispensary with little success, they improved within weeks after using Cuticora Soap and Cuticora Ointment. The account appears in a 1906 feature.
A demented man threatened to blow up the Merchants National Bank of Omaha after demanding $3,000 from Vice President Luther Drake. He displayed a bottle claimed to contain nitroglycerin and warned against any movement. Drake defused tension by prompting breakfast, then detectives surrounded the suspect and seized the bottle.
About 200000 pupils regularly save in school savings banks across the nation. Founded by J H Thiry of Long Island 22 years ago, the program deposits small weekly sums, with interest on larger balances. From 1008 schools in 22 states, total savings reached 5 485 514 dollars, with nearly 1 million still in with 177 972 depositors.
National Prohibition speakers plan efforts to push Louisiana into the prohibition column. A California farmer, Joseph Piraino, was attacked by three Italians, robbed of 165 dollars, and dumped into the Sacramento River before escaping and seeking hospital care. Jacob Schilb of Minneapolis won custody of his 10 year old daughter on the condition he reside in Los Angeles and gain the child’s affection. Rev. BR Campbell of City Temple founded a new religious outer teaching described as a new theology.
The article notes a social law in Japan limiting dress by age. It describes young women wearing bright kimonos and elders choosing sober colors as they age toward seventy. It highlights the paradox that many women seek to grow old and shed festive attire for plain black.
Mrs Thomas Dunn of Columbus Ohio reports a decade of backache and exhaustion from housework with nerve strain and headaches. She credits Dean’s Kidney Pills for quick relief and a permanent cure and endorses the product available for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A philosophical board member says a man is like a gold mine and one must explore him deeply to know his depths. Another board member counters with skepticism about trusting men, reflecting a wary outlook.
The onlookers from the great show gather by the track after a railroad crash. The bearded lady, injured, laments losing her only means of livelihood while the living skeleton checks on her. She says she escaped but at a high cost and that she had a very close shave.
The Italian ministry of public instruction proposes rebuilding the Baths of Caracalla to match historic descriptions and restore public use as in ancient times. The project would cost millions of dollars, while marble and statuary from the baths have been removed to decorate churches and aristocratic homes in Rome.
An odd ad promotes chocolate pie made from "OUR-PIE" ingredients with a playful boast about increasing desire to eat more. It lists a mysterious 2 Dr Wren 10 sentence phrasing and mentions D-Zerta Food Co. Rochester New York. The note also claims bananas ripen by electricity and that artificial light mimics sunlight.
The article extols Gar field Tea as a health booster that purifies the blood and aids digestion. It notes reading by the glow of several Jamaican fireflies as a curious trait accompanying the tea usage.
A compact notice item from a historical page highlights a local event. It names authorities and a date in a small public record format, reflecting typical newspaper brief notices.
The passage extols a laxative remedy claiming it eases internal organs without debilitating after effects and without needing dosage increases. It asserts immediate action, medical approval, and freedom from objectionable substances, urging readers to obtain the product from leading druggists.
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