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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1900
Page
7
Mrs A Boydston of Atchison Kansas reports hair loss a year ago and says using Ayer s Hair Vigor stopped shedding and promoted rapid growth to a length of 45 inches thick hair. The statement dates to July 25 1899.
An advertisement claims hair loss stems from starvation and promotes Ayer's Hair Vigor as feeding the hair roots. It promises stopping shedding, restoring health and color, with a dollar price per bottle and availability at all druggists.
Indiana Populists nominate state ticket at Indianapolis convention with Burkhart Waller Car michael and others. An iron foundry will be added to Waggoner plow plant at Vernon. Fifty Wayne County families plan moving to North Dakota. Various accidents and crimes reported including a streetcar worker crushed, a man stabbed, and a poisoned candy warning. Bank organized in Winamac. gas case in Grant Circuit Court. counterfeit silver dollars circulat.
Franklin Fyles recalls first night anecdotes from The Theater and Its People in Ladies' Home Journal. Laura Don turned a misread role into burlesque with exaggerated speech, delighting an audience while John T. Raymond played the comical lover. Fanny Davenport’s Cleopatra scene also stalled as a queen’s battle tale went unwritten.
A new steering method using a secondary wave on wireless telegraph principles is claimed perfected. It could render torpedo boats near infallible in naval warfare and is compared to Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for reliability in curing ailments.
Libby McNeill Libby offers ready to serve luncheon meats and quick table options. The Chicago house promotes its superior meats and a free booklet How to Make Good Things to Eat upon request.
Grocers offer Grain-O, a grain based beverage claimed to replace coffee. Officials say children may drink it safely and buyers are told it costs 5c or 25c per package. The ad asserts Grain-O has mocha like color and is easy on the stomach.
Local doctors claim deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube caused by catarrh. They promise to cure nine cases out of ten with Hall's Catarrh Cure and offer 100 dollars for any deafness case from catarrh they cannot cure. Produced by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio and sold by druggists for 75 cents.
A humorous exchange notes duplicity and wit. The Chicago Times Herald quotes a remark about imitation. The T. M. Roberts Supply House in Minneapolis advertises seeds at a low price and an included high grade knife with purchase, urging readers to mention the paper. The piece also notes the game river chub is related to the German carp.
Salzer promotes low prices on potatoes and seeds with massive output claims and catalogs via John A. Balzer Seed Co. Listings tout price per barrel at $1.20 and up and invite requests for catalogs. Separately offerings mention Cure-alls and tonics with claims of quick relief and free samples.
A Boston advertisement offers a free sealed copy of Know Thyself to male readers who mail the paper notice and 6 cents for postage to the Peabody Medical Institute at 4 Bulfinch Street, Boston. The offer cites the institute as New England’s oldest medical institution.
An ad praises Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared, costs about 14, and is sold by grocers at 15c to 250.
A humorous squib weighs in on reincarnation and personal transformation with playful insults and wordplay, contrasting Bray and Funnell Monotonous as targets of a mock philosophical exchange. The piece lampoons belief in transmigration and the idea of becoming another animal.
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine as a daily bowel mover for health. It claims gentle effects on the liver and kidneys and cites cures for sick headaches with prices of 25 and 50 cents.
During the last two years 41 375 men have been killed in battle. VITALITY low debilitated or exhausted cured by Dr Klines Invigorating Tonic free 1 trial Battle containing 2 weeks treatment. Dr Klines Institute 81 Arch Street Philadelphia Founded 1811. Central Passenger Association Mileage Tickets are accepted for passage on all trains of the Nickel Plate Road.
A promotional health ad touts bowel regularity as the key to longevity. It claims constipation causes most illnesses and that Cascarets candy cathartic cleanses the body, improves digestion, and prevents disease, urging readers to try the product and request free samples.
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