The scarecrow of disease and the cure all claim
A garbled ad column extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for lung troubles and consumption myths. It includes testimonials, warns against tainted substitutes, and promotes the Common Sense Medical Adviser offered for 21 or 31 stamps, with local business notices and prices for meat and services.
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Medicies
Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Common Sense
R. V Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Fragmented Advice and Local Notices From a Small-Town Press
A jumble of aphorisms and ads appears, urging trust in home services, selling livestock and job work, and praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It includes consumer tips, a cautionary tale about small-town finances, and a local phone-in repair nudge, all tied to everyday life in a rural community.
Bexar County Republicans Oppose Local Option Prohibition
The Bexar County Republican convention in San Antonio on the 26th passed a platform denouncing sumptuary laws and local option. They urge repeal, defend personal liberty, and criticize local option as class legislation harming municipal independence and overall state prosperity.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Alamo
Democratic Party
Dr Harter's Iron Tonic Endorsed by Medical Men
The ad promotes Dr Harter's Iron Tonic as a dual builder and purifier for blood. It claims poor and impure blood ruin health and vitality and that the tonic has been effective for nearly fifty years, endorsed by thousands of doctors who have not found a substitute.
Dr Harter's Iron Tonic Promises Blood Purity and Health
An ad claims Dr Harter's Iron Tonic guards against impure blood and related ills including rheumatism gout and anemia. It cites a Detroit testimonial from January 1901 describing recovery after three bottles and endorses the tonic as a superior blood purifier. Margarite F Yeazell of 64 Second Ave is named in the letter.
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Detroit
Mich
Harter
Margarite F. Yeazell
Second Ave
Take Care of the Stomach Kodol Digestive Aid Ad
An advertisement extols Kodol as a stomach purifying reconstructive tonic that cures digestion and dyspepsia. It cites Rev J H Holladay of Holladay Mississippi praising Kodol as the best remedy and claims it saves lives when physicians give up. The copy ends with a quip about church members needing alarm clocks in pews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
J. H. Holladay
Holladay, Miss
Wenis Thomas & Moore
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Fast Relief
A weathered note touts a cold remedy for summer colds and bronchial issues, claiming rapid action to break up a siege of coughs and throat troubles. It praises the product’s safety and reliability, noting popularity among readers and a claim that many capable men fail to seize national questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas & Moore
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