13 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
1
A girl with the fiery name Independence Day endures daily ridicule at a country school. She resents the name given by her mother, faces teasing from classmates, and confides in her mother about the long held grievance.
The narrative follows Mrs. Day recounting her daughter Pen Independence Day born after her father, James Day, died at Gettysburg on July 3 1863. Pen grows into a self reliant woman inspired by memory, with the name Independence Day shaping her life in India and amid Civil War history. It also notes alfalfa’s touted value and a Kansas Nebraska discovery, plus a 60th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs J T Smith in Ohio.
An old ad claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay. The price listed is 25 cents.
Mrs Belva A Lockwood former presidential bidder endorses Peruna noting it aids cold catarrh and nervous debility with no adverse effects. The Santiago Campaign mentions catarrh as a national curse and Peruna as a systemic cure. readers urged to request a free book from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus O.
The anecdotes recount Cushman K. Davis as a top US lawyer who doubled as a shrewd advocate. He recalls securing a million dollar judgment then cutting it by 750,000 and charging a $50,000 fee which the client ultimately paid, claiming the bill justified by decades of skill.
A Tennessee man credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his wife who suffered a severe lung illness. The ad claims the remedy cures coughs colds bronchitis asthma and all throat and lung diseases and offers 60c and 1.00 prices at J B Stalcup's drug store with trial bottles free.
Sufferer H Robinson of Hillsborough Ireland says corns caused severe pain until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured them. Banner Salve advertised as best for piles and skin diseases, made from a skin specialist prescription. J B Stalcup claims cure.
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