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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1899
Page
3
Reprint ad touts Dr Dyar and Betts 8y Dyars promising permanent cures for piles rectal conditions and venereal diseases with painless treatment under a published guarantee. Claims thousands cured and offers free examination by letter or call with hopes of saving future suffering and extending life.
A Washington letter outlines the Six Companies as a Canton based labor and trade syndicate. It explains their control of Chinese labor, the use of highbinders as local executive officers, and their role in immigration, commerce, and community governance among Chinese colonies abroad.
American forces pushed five miles in three and a half hours and reached six miles by two o clock with Angeles chosen as northern base instead of San Fernando where a garrison of 300 men is stationed. Casualties run 36 to 40. Rebel forces around Caloocan and Calulut reported heavy losses with 150 Filipinos killed in one engagement and 300 wounded in another.
A Pioneer Press dispatch from Ada Minnesota reports a severe hailstorm causing estimated losses of two million bushels of wheat across about 251000 acres. Cass and Traill counties sustain heavy damage, with about 56 percent of crops in some areas ruined. The storm spread from Evie and Galesburg west to the Red River and crossed into Dakota before reaching Minnesota.
Greenwich residents believe Rev Dr Walter Manning Barrows of Greenwich died partly due to intense criticism over his role in performing Perry Belmont and Mel Sloane marriage rituals. Dr. Barrows, described as highly sensitive, suffered insomnia and diminished vitality from the controversy.
News briefs detail a devastating cyclone across Puerto Rico with Ponce and nearby towns hit hard. Reports cite hundreds dead or missing, widespread flooding, thirst, and ruined towns such as Humacao Guayama Cayey Arroyo and Guayanilla. U.S. forces in San Juan and relief efforts mobilize with ships carrying rice and beans to feed the destitute.
Farmers' Voice urges delaying chick hatching to avoid heat stress. Hatch second week August and pull chicks by September 1 to ensure sturdy growth and later laying. Despite reports of poor hatches, plan to continue hatching through October 1 using warm poultry house. late-hatched birds may win winter prizes at shows.
Homestead advises disinfecting poultry buildings in warm weather. Use whitewash liberally inside ceilings nests roosts and floors to banish odors and disease germs. Sprinkle a copper sulfate solution in yards to kill odor and germs as a cheap, effective remedy.
In Kate summer fowls are often persistently broody when their services in the hatching line are not desired.
An illustrated note discusses a coop with a light top and slabs around the perimeter held by narrow strips to deter brooding by scratching the soil. It cites Gen Cassius Clay on farming mastery, intelligence, and maintaining land quality while boosting beef pork and mutton yields. It also urges hog care to improve future prices and pig growth despite market lows.
The article surveys famed polyglots from Pico della Mirandola to Gottlieb Leitner and Sir John Bowring, noting mastery ranges from ten to fifty languages. It highlights Burritt the learned blacksmith, Promtel, J J Sealiger, Claude Truret, James Crichton, and Malan, plus examples of rapid language acquisition and preaching in diverse tongues. It also includes humorous clipping anecdotes about boiled water and a piano, reflecting a miscellany of quotations.
An article promotes Syaur or Fios from the Caurronsta Fie Lyxur Co as an excellent combination for gentle but prompt relief from constipation. It touts medicinal plant ingredients, a refreshing taste, and urges buyers to ensure they receive the full company name to avoid imitations.
A garbled OCR composite mentions trains, a Pottsburgh notation, public notices, and miscellaneous items. It includes brief references to the Pottsburgh Thepatoh, Seam Work and Exeretee, and a stray advertisement for T. Shuptrine medicine, with scattered quotes from newspapers and a few product notices.
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