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Newspaper
Aiken Recorder
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1890
Page
19
The News and Courier announces low campaign rates for daily and weekly editions to reach every Democratic voter in South Carolina. The offer includes discounts for bundles of daily and weekly subscriptions and aims to ensure voters are informed on campaign issues.
An advertisement offers a $100 reward for any catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot treat. It lists the guarantors F J Cheney and company and endorsements from West & Tawway, Kinnan & Marvin, Toledo wholesale druggists. The cure is advertised as an internal remedy costing 75 cents per bottle and claims to affect the blood and mucous surfaces.
Cures listed include bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Piles cure guaranteed with money back. Price 2 cents per box. Sold by W J Piatt.
A Georgia farmer discovers that sprinkling a mixture of salt and water over cabbages crowds out worms common to the region. The method aims to protect crops at the latitude, offering a simple solution for growers facing worm damage.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Electric Bitters as a nerve tonic to restore appetite digestion and liver and kidney function. It promises nervous system relief and urges trying a bottle at W J Platt's Drug Store with price included.
A testimonial style ad promotes Dr. King's New Discovery as a trusted remedy for coughs colds and chest throat illnesses. It claims lasting benefit after a single trial and offers money back guarantees with free trial bottles at Platts Drugstore.
The passage claims bananas are highly productive per area, noting a cluster of 160 to 180 pods weighing 60 to 80 pounds. It cites Hum Bolt stating 120 square yards can yield 4,000 pounds of fruit versus 30 pounds of wheat or 80 pounds of potatoes in the same space.
Dr King’s Royal Germetuer touted by Rev Hawthorne and Rev Sam P Jones as a great remedy. Thousands test its virtues in Atlanta with fifty gallons daily. Claims cure all diseases and build up from the first dose. Price $1.50 per bottle makes one gallon. Directions and certificates available by mail from Germetuer Co Atlanta. Check and express C O D options offered.
Conflicting chatter from unnamed sources about a possible capital punishment outcome involving a person referred to as Tom Wool folk. The text is unclear and fragmented, with stray terms like gal ve and hiatal. no verifiable details or formal charges are presented.
The advertisement promotes Swaynes Ointment for piles with symptoms of moisture intense itching and night exacerbation. It claims to stop itching heal ulceration and remove tumors, available from druggists or by mail for 3 cents from Dr. Swayne and Son Philadelphia.
Mr. J. Morris of the Gardi brick yard in Jesup Georgia reports a single watermelon vine that appeared last spring grew over a large ground area and produced thirty one watermelons weighing a total of 466 pounds from one plant remarkable for its size and yield.
An Atlanta syndicate plans a magnificent hotel in Headu ras to rival Florida as a winter resort with Major Frank Warren in charge and Sam Venaile named president of the company.
The Augusta Chronicle reports census figures showing slower growth of the negro population than whites across several states. Virginia’s black belt towns decline, North Carolina shows decline in negro counties due to southwest exodus, Mississippi hill regions fall while Yazoo swamp areas rise, and Louisiana districts split between white gains and stagnant or mixed changes.
C K Henderson promotes a Black Draught flavored dyspepsia remedy and touts a lineup of premium clothing and footwear including Stein, Bloch & Co, Hammerslaugh Bros, Strause Bros High Art, Hanau, Heizar, Burt's, Clement & Hall, Zeigler's, claiming total control of stock and a great town reputation.
The Augusta Brewing Co. asserts it produces the most palatable and wholesome beer in the region and advises drinkers to choose it exclusively for quality.
Fernoline Balsam is described as a health giving product derived from the yellow pine tree, promoted as a remedy in the period. The short fragment notes the tree as a source and hints at perceived health benefits.
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