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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
3
Two ministers, a Baptist and a Methodist, exchange a joke about Bryan changing faith. The Baptist asserts Bryan is now Baptist and immersed, while the Methodist questions the claim and jokes about his visibility.
An ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal remedy. It urges readers to state personal ailments plainly to trigger claims of cures for tiredness pimples poor health and bad blood. The copy suggests the tonic will provide good blood and health as a natural result.
Rev A A Power of Emporia Kansas reports a severe bilious colic cure after taking Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He helped a neighbor who was sick for a week with no relief from doctors, giving one dose and the neighbor recovered. For sale by H N White.
An advertisement touts De Witt's Little Early Risers as the prompt and pleasant remedy. It is signed by H. N. Whate.
A collage of patent medicine claims touts Ker mon’s Chocolates Laxative Quinine as a one day cold cure for cold in the head and sore throat, plus endorsements for John Harper cigars and 88 Putnam Fadeless Dyes sold by Flat Top Grocery Co. The ad mix hypes quick relief products and humorous notes about century beginnings and popular usage by all ages.
An old advertisement touts Ker motts Chocolates Laxative Quinine as a cold remedy. It claims the product is easy to take like candy and notes children cry for them.
A boastful narrator proclaims a man with a dollar and a half dominates the scene in Coopertown. He savors new wealth, mocks rent, and taunts rivals as he races to pace and laughs at young runners. The piece blends swagger with local pride and street slang.
A public excursion departs Welch and other stations on Wednesday September 5 1900 traveling to Richmond and Norfolk with separate car allocations for white and colored passengers. Return trip leaves Norfolk Friday night September 7 with schedules for Richmond and Norfolk arrivals. Tickets via station agents N and W Ry priced four dollars round trip Welch to Gravam plus one dollar to Norfolk four thirty five from Buefield to Richmond one dollar more to Norfolk. Inquiries to W R Patterson 414 Scott Street Bluefield WV.
Manchester Indiana man recounts nearly fatal lung illness tied to measles exposure that led to consumption. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with a complete cure after hemorrhages and persistent coughing. He would pay $5 a bottle and notes many others have succeeded, with a free trial bottle offered at drugstores.
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