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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
3
Patient recounts long battle with vague stomach weakness and dizziness. An advertisement touts an 1008 page medical guide and a tonic said to restore appetite, strength, and flesh, urging readers to write for the pamphlet at 663 Main St. Sugar, N. N.
The London Telegraph reports a banqueting scene with Monsieur Fallieres in Agen. A two-franc piece allegedly drops from his pocket and reappears as he orchestrates a practical joke for the waiter. He explains the trick as a mix up between copper coppers and real silver.
Mrs. Mary Metzger of Sweetwater Oklahoma describes severe eczema with relentless itching that spread over her body to the point of scratching until bleeding. After using Cuticura Remedies as directed she found marked relief and now recommends them, June 28, 1905.
A humorous clipping features a playwright critiquing a comedy for lack of laughs and the author promising fixes with inserted expletives. It also promotes Wabash railroad excursions to Boston with dates May 31 to June 9 and extended return to July 15 1900, plus details for Chicago agents. A brief quip about an elephant farm in Virginia adds local light humor.
A Brooklyn Life caption presents a domestic exchange as a daughter resists expense cuts while claiming to have done her best to secure more funds from her father. The father insists on reducing expenditures, highlighting household budgeting friction and generational attitudes toward money.
A light exchange between spectators over a commentator remark follows a race as one speaker jokes about an empty stomach and walking long distances while the other recalls a recent attempt that left them feeling worse, prompting quiet laughter.
Hiram Bobbs arrives late to his office and discovers a knotted handkerchief, recalling Marthy's instruction to get his shoes sol ed. He visits a cobbler to learn the soles were already finished only half an hour ago, leaving him puzzled about the delay.
San Francisco opens a summer school for refugees in Golden Gate Park with seventeen tents, 600 pupils enrolled and a projected 1500, using park spaces for classes and nature based lessons. Separate note on bank panic easing and hospital earthquake death toll details follow in the same brief.
The report alleges a Russian military court condemned Lieutenant General Stoessel of Port Arthur and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff, for surrendering to Japan during the Battle of the Sea of Japan and the Port Arthur actions, with David Bonowitz of Columbus, Ohio, referencing the tale.
From St. Petersburg comes a report that General Stoessel has been condemned to die for surrendering Port Arthur. The warning suggests he will be sent to an obscure station in Russia and later found dead, a doomed man likely to be killed by the Russian government after disappearing from public notice.
W H Stuart American vice consul at Batoum was shot and killed at his country place. A British subject and leading ship broker, he had faced threats amid revolutionary unrest. The assassin fled and officials fear lack of protection or complicity amid Batoum’s turmoil.
West Virginian merchant W L Jackson of Parsersburg says decades of kidney trouble and night urination ended after using Deans Kidney Pills. He reports lasting relief eight years, noting renewed health despite age. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In Holland births marriages and deaths are shown by windmills rather than newspaper entries. A marriage miller halts mail with the wheel slanted and sails unfurled. Births show a slanting wheel with steeper angle and two top sails. A miller’s death leaves sails furled and the wheel turned to an upright cross until after the funeral.
An old classified style notice offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure failure and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from Walding Kinnan and Marvin. It claims internal action on mucous surfaces and references Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
L L EF Petrie of Clarksville Ark becomes mayor after a one day campaign. Admiral Schley plans Baltimore as permanent home. French ambassador Jusserand boosts Washington prestige as ora tor. Boston mayor aims publicity bureau. Vice President Fairbanks taller than Senate son Frederick. Secretary Root to circumnavigate South America. Senator Gorman once a Douglas page at 13. Viscount de Alte Portuguese envoy leads a reclusive life in Washington and rarely socializes with colleagues.
Within the first twenty four hours after the opening of the new Night and Day bank at Fifth avenue and Forty four street New York about 1 000 000 had been deposited.
A coalition of Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant groups in New York, building on an interchurch conference, led a Monday night meeting to press for the public school schedule to allow students to leave early on Wednesdays for religious instruction at their respective churches.
The article urges working girls to seek Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. Miss Abby F Barrows of Nelsonville shares her success with the remedies, describing relief from nervousness back pain and irregular periods. It notes Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to sick women.
A reflective piece argues inner forces shape character and actions. It urges individuals to reveal hidden strength and pursue meaningful deeds, contrasting surface behavior with deeper potential. The excerpt cites personal responsibility as a sacred birthright and cites broader moral exhortation.
Limited time offer valid for ten cents in stamps to receive a full size package of Borax and a free 7x14 color souvenir picture. Include name address dealer's name to Pacific Coast Borax Co Chicago Illinois for delivery by return mail and a 32 page booklet with 1000 household uses.
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