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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
7
A reader details dramatic relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Compound, avoiding surgery. The ad asserts the remedy cures displacements inflammation ulcers fibroids and related symptoms and invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
The Laurel Nebraska editor praised Canada on law and order during a Western Canada visit. He notes strict enforcement, prohibition era controls on liquor, church and school prominence, and wheat yields described as high. An upcoming dinner in Boston will discuss policy and land offers. The piece contrasts Canadian governance with British ties and suggests fertile wheat fields drawing strong enthusiasm.
Mrs Enos Shearer of Centralia recounts a dramatic recovery after doctors abandoned her. She attributes strength returning and sleep improving to Dash Kidney Pills, while noting prior confinement in bed for four months with widespread swelling and fatigue. The article also notes the Southern Pacific Railroad purchased land in San Francisco for a $2500000 hospital project.
Advertised claim asserts piles can be cured in two weeks using Pazo ointment. The text mentions acne like symptoms and mentions bleeding and strength of treatment in a promotional frame.
The article reviews ongoing Senate and House items from the last session including proposed interstate commerce amendments, anti trust reforms, Philippine duty plans, and a postal savings bank. It notes the March 4 start of a new presidency and that main work will be annual appropriation bills, with limited other action possible. It also covers stamps redesign, naval paint choices, postal rules, railroad passes, and remarks from Ambassador Takahira to President Roosevelt.
A Chicago Tribune note explains Morse's telegraph alphabet where long dashes reflected his struggle with the code. The item contrasts with catarrh cures and advertises Hall’s Catarrh Core and Hall's Family Pills with promises and pricing.
A Chicago Tribune item notes a door to door encounter where a man asks for Snoodle and the homeowner confirms the name. The visitor admits he lost a $5 bet that no one with that name would answer to it and turns away.
A collection of brief items recounts Kipling mistaken for India by a London mirror incident, Uncle Hank's parlor car ride and broom brush, a cold cure ad urging Laxative Bromoid Quinine tablets, the Venice bridge length and arches, and smokers rating Lewis' Single Binder 5c cigars against 10¢ cigars.
Oscar Hammerstein discusses evaluating opera hopefuls for vocal health and talent. He recalls a past incident where a pianist mocked a tenor aspirant by joking about singing between the piano keys, prompting reflection on audition rigor and the value of early throat checks.
James J. Smith of Durmid Virginia recalls his daughter’s severe eczema from birth. With doctors giving up, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment were used and the child recovered, now nearly three with no signs of the illness. The notice cites dates October 14 and 22, 1906.
Mrs. Humphry Ward speaking at a New York ladies luncheon denounced marriages where a woman weds a degraded man to uplift him. She told an anecdote of a dissipated friend who announces marriage to a “sweet girl” and warns she would be dragged down to his level.
A vintage advertisement extols a natural laxative mainly for its pleasant action and lack of after effects. It promotes the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Co. as free from objectionable substances and recommended by physicians, available through leading druggists.
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