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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
3
A wartime diary fragment recounts marching to cars, flirtatious chat with a girl, guard threats, and plans to bathe at a summer resort. Hank and Jack exchange jokes about Old Glory, baths, and lice as Truex hoists a clothing “trophy” and reflects on danger and resilience amid captivity.
A dramatic first person account follows Hank and Jack as they attempt an escape aboard a moving train toward North Carolina. Guards threaten, bullets zip past, and the deserters face harsh weather, mud, and a grim fate as they await transfer to rebel lines.
Ad copy extols Benson's Plaster as a universal remedy for coughs colds pains and aches claiming fast comfort and mobility. It touts powerful effects on rheumatic limbs and warns to seek the genuine product from Genborg Johnson Mfg Chemists with orders by mail.
The text claims people can gain a pound daily by taking an ounce of Scott's Emulsion. It asserts the emulsion starts digestion so the body absorbs ordinary food, enabling weight gain. It describes flesh as necessary for health and suggests gains come from this product.
Cascarets have become the largest selling liver or bowel medicine in the world within five years. Over ten million boxes sold yearly testifying to their merit. If not benefited after a fair trial, money back guarantee. Tablets stamped C C C priced 10 25 or 50 cents per box. A box provides a full month’s treatment.
The article promotes the Den ver and Rio Grande lines known as The Scenic Line of the World and The Great Salt Lake Route with two Rocky Mountain crossings between Denver and Ogden. It details main line routes via Royal Gorge Tennessee Pass and Canyon of the Grand River plus a Marshall Pass Black Canon route, enables outward and return on separate paths, and notes three fast trains to the Pacific Coast with through sleepers between Chicago St Louis Denver and San Francisco plus dining cars. It offers free illustrated prospectuses from S K Hooper G P and T A Denver.
A. M. Ake of Wood, Indiana recalls years of severe lung hemorrhages. After trying several physicians with no relief, he began Foley's Honey and Tar and his lungs grew sound again. He recommends it for advanced lung trouble.
A widely mailed promotion promises a free trial package of a remarkable remedy to men suffering nervous weakness and related conditions. The State Medical Institute in Fort Wayne Indiana invites letters to Room H Elektron Building requesting the free sample, asserting ease of home treatment and no publicity.
A Leesville Indiana man 18 miles from home endured death's agonies from asthma as his family prayed he would live. He rode to obtain Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He reports instant relief and eventual cure. bottles guaranteed with a money back option. Trial bottles free at Lee Allen's drug store.
M T Lynch editor of the Phillipsburg Daily Post extols Foley's Honey and Tar describing it as the best medicine for coughs and colds his family has used, praising it highly and recommending it with strong approval from Geo D Cook.
The Iowa Central Railway offers special summer excursion fares from all points to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Ogden and Hot Springs Deadwood Lead and Custer in the Black Hills for round trips with a final ticket limit of October 31 1902. Two fare options apply with dates June 22 to 24 July 1 to 13 August 1 to 14 23 24 30 and 31 and September 1 to 10 for less than one way fare. and June 1 to 21 35 to 30 July 14 to 31 August 15 to 22 25 to 29 and September 11 to 15 for one fare plus 2. Stopovers allowed. For details contact local agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
An advertisement extols Kodol as a stomach cleanser and tonic that purports to cure stomach troubles and improve digestion. It features testimonials from Rev. J.H. Holladay of Holladay Mississippi and J.P. Buckner, urging readers to take it after meals and crediting it with saving lives.
Foley's Kidney Cure claims to make diseased kidneys function to eliminate poisons from the blood. Geo. D. Cook.
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