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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
7
An appeal touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative for aged readers with digestive troubles. It claims free trial bottles upon request and notes government vetted purity, with refunds on full bottles if unsatisfactory. The ad invites letters to Dr Caldwell at Monticello, Illinois.
In Rum Alley Dr. Herman L During Philadelphia City Mission head and longtime advocate for the poor shares observations from his work and a striking anecdote. He recounts a dialogue between two young girls in Rum Alley about kindness and a nurse’s kiss during a hospital stay.
Physicians and nurses favor Kemp's Balsam as the best cough remedy for years. It is widely trusted to cure coughs and remains a staple with well informed people. If Kemp's Balsam fails, experts say, uncertainty follows. 25c at druggists and dealers. Where They Don't Mossle Em. Suburbanite quips on tardy letter carrier and stovepipe dot garments as humor from Chicago Tribune.
A regular ad copy stating Lane's Pleasant Tablets relieve colds and grip as a laxative remedy. It claims wide stock among druggists and dealers and promises quicker relief than others. The ad urges immediate ordering with a 25 cent box price and sample request.
Sam Held the Gredge stage seance features Mrs Kersmith in attendance. Her first husband expresses desire to convene with her. She says she does not wish to engage and notes his life insurance had lapsed when she attempted collection.
An old catalog style ad lists Allen's Feet-Ease powder for sore feet and shoe easing, Pettit's Eye Salve touted for 190 years of eye cures, and a sample mailing offer from Allen & Olmsted. It also includes brief quips and a Chicago Tribune comic snippet about a census joke.
Thirty years ago James C. Lee fell from a scaffold in Washington DC and suffered severe back pain. After trying plasters and electric belts, Sloan's Liniment rubbed on and taken helped him work again at sixty seven, and he praises the remedy highly.
New York immigration commissioner Robert Watchorn at Ellis Island recalls an elderly immigrant from Bonsall Derbyshire. The man claims Bonsall has “a hundred and seventy marble bridges,” with kings and princes buried in its churchyard and a single street riverfront bridged by Derbyshire marble slabs.
A 100 dollar reward offer is attached to Hall's Catarrh Cure asserting it cures catarrh at all stages. Claims state the medicine is constitutional and cures by internal action with testimonials available on request. Ad promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists Toledo based Cheney & Co as makers.
Witty dialogue centers on a man suing a subditarium for injuring his affections by curing him of drink. The comic exchange questions why the treatment prompts a damages claim. Lou jokes the man seeks redress for alienating his affections from booze.
A fragmentary column describes a giant donning a seven league booth and notes he wears a Sox, then ventures to a termin bat. The Chicago Tribune reference hints at origins of trouble involving a man and a girlfriend amid odd dialogue.
unclear fragmentary text about a person and a new girl with references to Rosley and Rawler. no verifiable event or details present.
A promotional notice extols right living and timing in medicine use. It asserts ordinary conditions may be helped by a simple remedy and touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the genuine, preferred laxative manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
Substantial progress in tariff bill work with finance committee amendments upheld by the Senate. Discussion centers on wholesale retail price disparities and protectionism. Iron ore duty set at 25 cents per ton by the Senate amid party divisions. House earlier favored 40 cents. Tobacco duty debated amid anti trust criticism. Porto Rico act amendment deferred. House sessions sparse with tariff and insular affairs focus.
The Montevideo Minnesota roller mill and elevator housing 8000 bushels of wheat burned causing an estimated damage of 60 000 dollars. The shah of Persia dismissed his premier and war minister appointing his uncle Narbes Saltaneh to those posts. A Rome discovery of a jewel case valued at 16 000 dollars linked to Princess von Buelow of Berlin. Announcement at the University of California Roosevelt to give his first public speech on returning from Africa.
Melbourne Iowa resident Mrs Clara Watermann says years of female troubles inflammation and bearing down pains kept her from work. She credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and notes she has influenced many friends to use it.
A Chicago Tribune line recalls the nickname Iron Duke for Wellington and a quip about not becoming a bronze sculpture. The piece notes the enduring image of Wellington as a hard ruler versus a steel king idea, reflecting on public memory of his era.
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