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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
7
A fragmented notice describes Munyon Remedy offerings from Camp Philadelphia. It mentions a generous gift and a small almanac with articles such as Be a Cipher and The Power of Love, plus illustrated birth meaning and weather forecasts for various regions.
A 1913 testimonial from Harry Junke describes a severe left arm burn healing after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He reports initial pain and ulcers, sleep loss, and rapid improvement with bandaged ointment treatment, urging early use to avoid suffering. The ad promotes free samples with a postal Skin Book from Cuticura Dept. L, Boston.
The Washington Star-like note warns constipation causes diseases and promotes Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a laxative and cathartic remedy. It quips on wealth and marriage intrigues while contrasting persistence of stories with lengthier narratives and bemused opinions on romance and friendship.
Gilfadden hurries to cross a lake with a glass globe of eight goldfish. A crowded deck, splashes, and an angry berther test his care. The fragile aquarium shatters at last as the voyage ends with seven goldfish dead and 60 cents of loss.
A stark meditation on love as a consuming force that turns inward, warning that affection can devour the very beings it seeks to unite and leave nothing but residue of desire and ruin.
Mr W D Smith of Michel Kentucky aged 77, a farmer, credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring his back strength and curing kidney trouble after years of suffering. He states motion of the bladder improved and uses the remedy to prevent backache. He permits publication and requests his picture be used. Buffalo company advertises 50c boxes and free household hints.
Henry Watterson recounts a dinner party tale about a city editor who kept a turkey that caused a dispute. A letter arrived asking the editor to state in the next issue what caused the turkey to die, a humorous prompt from readers.
In a Washington Star segment the envy of a man named Briggins surfaces as he resents any elevation above his family, threatening meals with tension and jealousy over the baby’s place at the high chair. A controversial ad for Castoria appears in the surrounding text.
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