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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
16
England reports Sir Oliver Lodge and Dr. Alexander Muir head have developed a new wireless telegraphy system. The coherer, a small steel disk touching mercury through oil, is the key feature and no decoherer is used. Kelvin-Muirhead siphon recorder processes signals nearly as good as submarine lines.
A humorous exchange features Johnny Bum pernickle asking about experience and Pa explaining the term as knowledge gained after it is too late to use it. The dialogue carries a folksy, old timem tone.
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot Ease a powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet cures corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Allen's Foot Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all draggistes and shoe stores 25c Sample mailed free Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A short exchange features a parson saying life is trials and a lawyer agreeing. A separate note touts PUTNAM FACELESS DYES promising quick dyeing within half an hour. The fragment mentions a race horse clearing twenty to twenty four feet at each bound with garbled trailing text.
Trade reports from BR. G. Dun & Co. describe better weather spurring activity in apparel and construction while wholesalers stay cautious. Rail gains continue, fuel supplies rise, steel demand grows, and European needs promise a new prosperity cycle with higher wheat exports to Europe.
Chicago and multiple cities report wholesale price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep plus grain futures. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and include locations like Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo Buffalo New York with varied No. 2 grades and candid per bushel figures.
A promotional letter claims catarrh of the pelvic organs causes infertility and that Peruna cures it. The letter from Mrs. L. M. Griffith of Arco Idaho says she was barren for 30 years but became a healthy mother after using the medicine. The narrative ties ancient and modern views of motherhood to the product’s effectiveness.
Letters from users claim Peruna and Mana Na restore strength after illness and even after childbirth. Mrs L M Griffith says a bottle of Peruna cured her la grippe and boosted her energy beyond youth. Mrs E B Thomas recounts recovery from illness and a healthy 10 pound baby boy after taking Peruna and Manalin. The notice invites readers to write to Dr Hartman for free advice.
A well dressed young woman in a drug store browses the city directory to pick a pretty name for her baby. An impatient crowd gathers as she methodically scans all surnames, ending with a polite confession of her search for a truly lovely baby name.
Chief Millikin notes a lithe man in the box is a professor of mathematics. Inspector Casey asks if he is an acquaintance. Millikin says he never saw him before and questions how Millikin knows him.
The passage mentions a professional mathematician as a chief, judges Presiding over costs, a defendant unable to raise funds quickly, a painterly note about autographs, and Cowper’s hymn popular hymnody. It also notes spelt growing wild on Mesopotamian plains.
Testimonies from St. Louis Aspen Junction Taylorville and West Branc a areas praise Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain urinary issues and relief after free samples. Several users report rapid improvement including reduced urination frequency and restored sleep.
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