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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1905
Page
4
Items mention April Lippincott's Rheumatic Pains Quickly Relieved and Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a relief for rheumatism. The ad asserts dramatic pain relief and includes testimonials and a druggist guarantee.
A collage of vendor pitches and comic mishearings shows patent medicines like Dr King’s New Life Pills and Bucklin’s Armion Salve touted as cures for stomach ailments and injuries. Anecdotes reference overheard conversations, a mischievous exam paper error, and a poker death quip preserved in newspaper whimsy.
A free box of Dr. Moffett’s Teething Powders TEETHINA will be mailed to any mother who writes Dr O J Moffett St Louis Missouri with her druggist’s name if they do not stock it. TEETHINA aids digestion regulates bowels counters heat effects and eases teething. Taragon claims Russians trust the bayonet and Japs the award in a humorous quip from Woman’s Home Companion. A stay of execution was granted by the U S Court of Appeals Cincinnati for Mrs Chadwick and her attorney plan to file the appeal in May.
A historical advertorial jumble touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for toothaches and skin diseases, endorses H C Miller druggist Owensboro KY, and cites various cures. It mixes patent medicine claims with whiskey ads and public notices, mentioning Dr Woods syrup and Chamberlains Cough Remedy along with local business names.
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for a deafness case caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It asserts deafness results from Eustachian tube inflammation and promotes Hall's remedy and Hall's Family Pills as best, with circulars promised.
By the Tonte Route the pills act as a tonic not drastic They cure headache constipation biliousness Early Risers are small easy to take and act Mack Hamilton hotel clerk Valley City North Dakota says two bottles cured constipation Sold by H Miller druggist
A Johnson City master machinist, B. W. Watson, testifies to his family’s improvement after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He notes his sick boy regained strength during a full box treatment and says they continue the regime. Pills are sold by Patton Drug Co. and Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y. Take the Dean's name and avoid substitutes.
Southwest bound round trips from Memphis on the Cotton Belt at one fare plus 2.00 with 21 day return limit. Two trains daily connect Texarkana Shreveport Greenville Dallas Fort Worth Corsicana and Waco. Parlor cars on day trains sleepers on nights and through service to Texas. Write H. H. Serrey D P A Chattanooga Tenn for timetable and literature.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot Bane powder for foot ailments sold nationwide. The Union Pacific offers low excursion fares from Missouri River terminals to numerous Kansas Nebraska Wyoming Colorado and other points with specific sale dates and special round trip pricing for homeseekers partnered with J H Lorurer in St Louis.
The notice describes Pullman sleeper service linking Asheville to St Louis and New York with through cars to Harriman and Knoxville. It mentions connections from Knoxville to Nashville and Washington, and from Salisbury to Salisbury and other southern points, detailing sleeper arrangements and route numbers.
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