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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1899
Page
3
The advertisement claims cures for piles, asserting mercury based remedies eradicate disease of blood and skin. It states guaranteed relief and invites readers to consult Drs Betts Betts and Dyar in the United States.
From Pasadena letters a sensational account traces John D Lee as a central figure in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. It asserts Lee fled Grand Canyon valleys, hid with Yava and Lupas tribes, and later survived under the name Major John Doyle Lee before capture in 1874 and execution for the massacre.
A young couple chats about marriage, money, and independence amid reminders of steady jobs and travel. A traveling man’s wife, she says, seems content yet hints at nagging and the lure of money, while a dry goods clerk recounts workplace tension and a theater confrontation over overtime. The scene ends as a train stops and the pair part.
A two column fragment discusses insomnia remedies recommending brisk physical activity 40 to 50 times to relieve brain congestion followed by hot milk before bed. It then shifts to fashion trends including hydrangea azalea blooms wallflowers primroses wheel roses and elaborate hat designs with flowers. The garbled text ends with a stray quoted line about someone reading aloud.
The article chronicles the death of Richard Parks Rand, a long-serving Kentucky congressman, and details his life from birth in 1855 through his education and political career. It also covers battlefield monument planning in Illinois, global wheat crop estimates, regional killings and lynchings, and naval veteran Admiral Pierce Crosby’s death, plus shipping losses near Vancouver and other scattered items from Washington to London.
Farmers debate the timing of hay harvest. Storer notes immature grasses cause laxative, weakening effects on working horses until after sweating in the mow. By October hay is fit if ripe. young grass like rowen remains unsuitable for active horses. Western farmers’ experience uncertain, Farmers’ Review reports.
An Ohio farmer describes a simple home built flour scoop. Stand a tomato can on a hot stove until the open end drops off, cut out the sides, and affix a broom handle with nails for an improvised scoop.
The Western Plowman argues that fewer acres well cultivated yield higher profits than large, loosely tended tracts. The author envisions future farms shrinking in size, with compact operations producing greater wheat and corn yields and reducing labor, comparing favorably to English farming methods.
Practical notes from Western Plowman and American 6 Pay Back advise on forage crops, soil moisture, and crop timing. Guidance covers beets greens, clover pasturing, sugar corn spacing, weed control by frequent cutting, and seed depth. It also emphasizes warmth for chicks and fowl health with dry, warm housing during disease.
A list defines mining terms such as plume pan of panning and tailings with notes on ore processing. A Sedalia widow and a Camden County farmer met at Versailles seeking marriage. dispute over $100 for attire led to the wedding being called off.
A fragmented column cites a Hyde Park man who argues loudly about trivial matters on a tram. An observed passenger recalls a quarrel over the Dreyfus trial and a French word, highlighting the irritant nature of presumptuous know-it-alls. The note shifts to ads and miscellany about trains, remedies, and jokes from various papers.
The passage mixes a Detroit Journal note on a Paris trial and remarks on a famous “Hoater” stomach remedy. It references photographs, a Crom Trail mention, and various quotes about time and health products. The text reads as a noisy collage of clipped ads, notices, and touted cures without a single coherent event.
An advertisement extols Stavr or Fires a laxative syrup by California Fig Syrup Co. It claims pleasant taste, quick relief from colds headaches fevers constipation, and highlights absorption through kidneys liver and bowels. It warns to buy only with the company full name to avoid imitations, listing San Francisco Louisville and New York offices and price six cents per bottle.
A fragmentary advertisement-like text recounts testimonials about a medicinal compound and liver pills. It cites a woman who claims recovery from womb ulceration after two months and other women noting relief from pregnancy-related issues, back pain, and nervous symptoms.
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