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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1890
Page
6
An issued circular from the Dead Letter Office warns that over six million pieces of mail yearly fail to reach addressees due to wrong or unclear addresses poor inclosures and insufficient postage. It details procedures for handling unreturnable items and urges clear sender addresses and proper return instructions to improve delivery.
A satirical meditation argues against the saying a watched kettle never boils. It urges balancing effort to avoid both stagnation and disaster, citing steam, motive power, and the need for prudent regulation. Includes references to Lord Worcester, Marquis of Somerset, and moral kettles as societal symbols.
A fragmented column reflects on women’s intuition versus male judgment about everyday matters and health. It cites Dr. Alice Bennett on Bright's disease indicators, adds a querulous note from Jo Howard about treatment, and includes Mrs. Davis praising Warner’s Safe Cure for kidney hemorrhage after failed medical care.
A sprawling update cites sheep and railway statistics, food and salt consumption across European nations, flood logs, lumber stocks, and profits to arrive at a composite view of global trade and living standards. It includes mis-spelled or garbled phrases but preserves core named entities and numbers.
Fragmented OCR reveals a collage of product pitches and quips from 19th century papers. References to Dr Bull’s Worm Destroyers, Carter’s Little Liver Pills, Hale’s Horehound, Piso’s Cure, and various humorous asides fill the text with patter on health, digestion, and daily woes. Strong entities include Carter’s, Piso, Hale, and Munsey’s Weekly, with scattered mentions of Boston publications and Des Moines.
Musical circles praise a high contralto singer once plagued by a severe bronchial threat caused by Catarrh in the Head. She credits cures from Dr. Eine's Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. For bronchial throat and lung troubles, remedies are recommended, with Sage's Catarrh Remedy for nasal complications.
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