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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
2
Epworth League gathering slated in San Francisco California from July 18 seeks entries list inquire for paternal information. convention details and schedule to be announced by local chapters.
The piece notes hot weather and frost risk for the paper, reports strong wheat and fruit prospects, and damage to young corn. It mentions college commencement plans and lists several broad political questions. It attacks Republican papers in the district and predicts a political retribution. It ends with a claim that a railroad train cannot beat Watson.
Report notes an ice plant being erected in Dawson City and highlights optimistic outlooks from Alaska on grain yields and large potato crops, alongside claims of vast unharvested forests in North America and a spacious fertile empire west of Lake Winnipeg densely forested with turret trees.
Miss Maud Dickman of Parsons Kansas writes of eight years with severe asthma and multiple recent attacks. After starting Honey and Tar Foleys the writer reports immediate relief and strong survival prospects, praising the remedy from O. N. Marsn & Co.
A serialized travel piece follows a tour through Blue River township and surrounding towns noting thriving farms, mill works, and social events. It blends homely scenes with brief product pitches and local notices including a divorce anecdote and medical ads.
A historical notice lists 93 eighth year graduates receiving common school diplomas in 1901 across multiple townships. Names include Bonnie Whaley, Sue Tompkins, Jessie Tompkins, Chester Jewett, Mabel Richey and many others, distributed among Anderson Center Jackson Noble Orange Posey Richland Ripley Rushville Union Walker Washington townships.
An advertisement touts SNUFFLES the GUARANTEED CATARRH CURE as a safe permanent treatment. It claims prior powders acids and pastes failed to reach the disease and promises quick relief and lasting cure with a one dollar postpaid sale from Edwin B. Giles & Company in Philadelphia.
Help wanted ads seek trustworthy men and women to travel and advertise for an old established company with solid finances. Salaries around 730 to 780 dollars yearly plus cash expenses, no canvassing, references and stamped self-addressed envelopes required. Include address to Manager Caxton Building Chicago. Also notices claim DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures eczema and other ailments. Other ads offer pay for sales with rigs and manure. Several local items mention schools, fairs, and a Kodol Dyspepsia Cure testimonial from H. S. Pitts of Arlington Texas.
W. 8. Whedon of the First National Bank of Winterset Iowa relates a carpenter who suffered diarrhea and was cured after taking Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The carpenter bought a bottle from the local druggist and returned to work after one dose. For sale by O. S. Marsh &
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure cold in one day with no cure no pay. Price 25 cents. B F Monser, druggist at Chetopa Kansas, touts Dr Cadwell's Syrup Pepsin as best seller in his store. The Carthage Drug also advertises similar cures for constipation indigestion headaches and stomach trouble.
The firm C 3now & o offers a free pamphlet explaining United States and foreign patents, costs, and procurement methods, along with trade marks, designs, caveats, infringements, and key patent decisions. Write to A Snow & Co Washington, D C for a copy.
A wealthy woman cured of deafness by Dr Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drama donated 10000 dollars to the Nicholson Institute at 789 Eighth Avenue New York so deaf people unable to afford the Ear Drame may receive them free. Ilina WANTED an active man of good character to deliver and collect in Indiana for a wholesale house with 900 dollars yearly pay.
Old established firm in New Haven Conn seeks men and women to appoint as agents for travel and local work. $900 guaranteed yearly salary plus expenses and extra commissions. Permanent positions with chance for advancement. Write at once to Dept. E Stafford Publicity Co. New Haven Conn.
The page blends medical ads for DeWitt's pills with local notices and crops. Collected items include Os Marsh & Co drug listings, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, Banner Salve, oat crop woes in White County, corn delays from cool weather, a Portsmouth VA man over 90 cured of a facial sore by DeWitt's Witch Hazel. Plus a Greek Chair appointment at Earlham, Rocky Mountain Tea promotion, and a fire at Wayne hotel Fort Wayne causing $20,000 loss.
An advertisement proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures eruptions, fever sores, boils, ulcers, carbuncles and more, with claims of guaranteed cures. Other ads tout Dr Cadwell's Pepsin Syrup, witch hazel salve for piles, and cosmetic tips, noting local drug firms and merchants.
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