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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1905
Page
3
A garbled local item recounts a man defending a fish spearing action against a game warden and a dentist's testimonial about Dodd's Kidney Pills from Ohio dated March 27 special. The page mixes various snippets including agricultural yields, advertisements, and a Washington Star quip, with no clear single narrative.
A physician author urges lay readers to learn home remedies while warning diphtheria needs a skilled doctor. He explains two fatal features: rapid growth blocking the windpipe and dangerous nervous cramping of throat muscles, advising balanced treatment to avoid worsening either aspect.
A medical column reviews home treatments for croup with vinegar or salt rinses, turpentine fumes for desperate cases, and cooling compresses. It also includes club notes with reader questions about boils, hair care, and eczema, plus doctor replies advising shaving regimens, skin care with hazel and glycerine, and dietary tips for a girl with dry scalp.
Fragmented OCR reads as a garbled note on population figures and local scenes. It references a square, various names, and scattered terms like pipes, tests, and places, but the overall meaning is unclear.
Mississippi matters report on levee improvements costing 350000 dollars, county medical association meetings, and experimental station progress. It notes Webster county land assessment, depot fires investigation, Crystal Springs Chautauqua plans, Greenwood street bonds, West Point growth, Wiggin e school bonds, rising cotton receipts, and possible roundhouse move in Tehula. Also mentions Beauvoir Home, China trade orders, and a train accident story.
The Chicago Tribune discusses methods to adjust dresses for different figures, detailing how to raise waistlines, add wadding at armholes, and add cross seams or darts in the lining. It explains widening the chest and moving bones high in side seams, plus shoulder adjustments for short waisted backs and hollow shoulders.
The excerpt discusses weak digestion caused by muscle strength and gastric juice degeneration. It urges outdoor exercise, especially gardening for women, and dietary regulation. It notes small, bland meals, milk or milk with toast, and regular eating. Resting with a hot water bag after meals is advised. A cough remedy favors hot water for soothing irritation and aiding secretion.
Harry Mitchell the New York actor marked his sixty eighth stage anniversary and is described as dean of the profession. Helen Gould sent a complete dinner set of solid silver with gold bed cups to her namesake. Mrs Isabella Beecher Hooker celebrated her eighty third Hartford birthday. The piece also notes a John Jordison in Coalville Ia resigning multiple times with no replacement found.
A spoof message mocks hair restoration claims and nostrums, featuring garbled phrasing about trouble with a strange humor and a joke about cures and quick remedies. It parodies late stage advertisements and quack treatments with fake product names and confusion.
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