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Newspaper
Aiken Recorder
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1895
Page
1
Timely warning from Walter Baker & Co. of Dorchester Massachusetts about a flood of counterfeit cocoa and chocolate imitations. The firm claims long standing as oldest and largest pure chocolate makers on the continent and urges consumers to demand genuine Walter Baker & Co. products without chemicals used in manufacturing.
The column lists misc items and prices for goods at the Aiken market such as oats potatoes and beans with vendors like W. J. Platt. It also advertises a medical remedy for kidney and urinary issues and mentions sales of goods and services in a quick markets brief style.
A long OCR fragment from Monticello Florida dated January 21 1500 describes health claims for malaria cures and kidney medicines, listing various patent remedies and testimonials. It mentions Hood's Sarsaparilla Platt's medicines and others, with advertising language and references to local merchants and doctors. The text also covers social notices, railroad and Exposition news, town buildings and residents, and a brief note on private school openings.
A commission invites designs for two monuments at Shiloh battlefield to honor valor on the Bouts Gap line. One smaller statue praises specific brigades, the larger bears the Soule erablem inscription. Designs with cost estimates are to be sent to Gen. C. T. Walker, 3 Broad Street, Charleston, by November 12, 1805, with total costs projected between 49000 and 12000 dollars.
An incomplete OCR line references a toy trade involving Arie Arcornre and a phrase about every toy tosube ferite. Details are unclear due to damaged text and lack of context.
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