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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1899
Page
3
Vivid pasted text shows Katy a homeless figure urged to Kansas and Chicago amid references to Kipling, a switch engine, and a neighborhood tale. The piece blends literary excerpts with stray lines about a wheelmen’s examination and a Detroit Free Press gift motif.
A Washington Star piece presents a titled scene where a cautious elder grants a son leeway while stressing prudence and clear understanding. The dialogue touches on family dynamics, modest expenses, and domestic matters, followed by brief quips from the Indianapolis Journal and Chicago Daily News reflecting light social banter.
Mississippi Matters presents a collage of state finances and debt, local appointments, and civic updates. It covers bond issues, tax structures, and warrants, plus Confederate reunion plans in New Albany and political shifts, including Longino resigning as chancellor to pursue the governorship.
Women suffer from monthly weakness and loss of beauty. Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Mass offers guidance and a vegetable compound. Letters from readers describe relief from painful periods and nervousness after following the advice.
A testimonial from Lewin praising Peruio as a reliable treatment for catarrh. The letter claims Peruio stops nose and throat waste by supplying purified blood plasma with removed corpuscles. It invites readers to request a free catarrh book from The Te-val-mt Drag Manufacturing Co, Columbus, Ohio.
In the U S Circuit Court Judge Adams ruled for Centaur Co New York in an injunction suit against Samuel W Estinger St Louis over use of Castoria a medicine that resembled the plaintiff remedy The court held imitators rob the public and granted the preliminary injunction while damages await final hearing Attorneys Seddon Blair St Louis F P H Scott Chicago for complainants and Michael Kineady for defendant The Centaur bottle bears Charles H Fletcher signature while Pitcher's Baby Castoria appears on the rival label Crimin al proceedings and arrests may follow
A jumble of anecdotes, jokes, medical ads, train notices, and small items. Includes humorous dialogue about a Jones party, a medical pitch for ear cure, Allen's Foot-Kase promotion, and brief quips about travel, Lent, and social scenes. Multiple named persons and places appear in scattered items.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as the supreme kidney remedy. It emphasizes kidney function, warns against laxatives, lists symptoms of kidney trouble, and offers free sample bottles and an accompanying health book to newspaper readers. It cites Dr Kilmer's reputation and invites readers to mail for a sample.
A snippet warns about politeness to the unworthy and jokes on fools. It also advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a cold cure in one day with a 25 cent price and a refund guarantee if ineffective. The text resembles a vintage ad with cheesy quips.
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