Greetings of the New Year and thanks for patronage
A fragment thanks readers for their patronage during 1901 and wishes them well for the new year. The wording is incomplete but conveys appreciation and a seasonal greeting.
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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
6
A fragment thanks readers for their patronage during 1901 and wishes them well for the new year. The wording is incomplete but conveys appreciation and a seasonal greeting.
The article details the Louisiana Purchase Exposition catalog divisions with 144 groups and 107 classes across 15 departments, notes 200 acre building floor space and 1000 acre site, and cites $15 million plus $1 million state and other funds. It invites applications to obtain the exposition rules from the director of Exhibits. It also includes unrelated ad copy and a George D. Prentice quotation about destiny and beauty.
Servia faces a marriage banking crisis as youth rush to join the thrift scheme promising a marriage premium. Small deposits spur desires for wedlock, leading to premature and unhappy unions. Government weighs abolishing the books as the root of the problem.
The ad-trumpeted salve is hailed as the world’s best healer for cuts burns sores and skin eruptions. It promises a perfect cure for piles sold for 26 cents a box at Thomas and Moore’s drug store.
A historical note states gas was first used as a street light in Baltimore in 1816. The rest offers unrelated ad style lines about piles remedies and a quip on ingenuity.
A newspaper blurb touts Electric Bitters as a cure for backache headache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizziness. Claiming a Peters on woman aged 73 was cured of kidney trouble and back pain, the ad says the remedy also aids digestion and health. A note notes crude oil as a cough remedy found in Cleburne.
This ad claims Dr King’s New Discovery cures coughs colds and throat and lung diseases at home. It promises quick relief with a first dose and guarantees every bottle, offered with a free trial at Moore’s drug store and priced at cents and 1.00.
A note offering pamphlets for California travel and home seeking. Titles include YOS CALIFORNIA AND BACK, A CLIMATIC MIRACLE IN CALIFORNIA, GRAND CANYON OF ARIZONA, and a call to request free pamphlets by sending postage. Galveston.
James Prendergast, a merchant from Amaio Bay Jamaica reports his daughter fought a severe cold with chest pains and a bad cough. After using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for two days she recovered and attended school. He claims seven years of use without failure and credits the remedy with warding off pneumonia. Sold by Thomas & Moore druggists.
W Williamson of Amherst Virginia says he suffered lumbago for over a year until Chamberlains Pain Balm gave complete relief after other remedies failed. The testimonial appears in an ad credited to Thomas Moore druggists and notes a local woodworker named Jim Coleman.
A reader from Decatur Illinois reports illness labeled Brights Disease vanished after using Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. He credits the remedy with restoring appetite and stomach comfort and says he has recommended it to many. Sold by Thomas & Moore.
A set of harness from Boyles emphasizes durable, well kept gear. Dealers in harness and horse goods value quality that looks good and lasts, and this shop guarantees its harness to be the best in the market.
Schlitz beer fills the title good cheer as a wholesome beverage. It is offered by F. A. Black's in cases or bottles at 121-2c, by the case for 12.56, with home delivery.
Five acquaintances debate world streets at Grand Central, claiming the best and the shortest. They compare Pennsylvania Avenue, Main Street, Rue Bleue, Rua do Ouvidor, and a composite Broadway Pennsylvania avenue path, amid scattered punchlines about urban routes.
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