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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1914
Page
3
Peter Radford and the National Farmers Union argue that millions of women laboring in southern fields face bondage-like conditions. They urge wage reform and mediation to end low pay and grueling hours, urging Congress to address the plight of farm and factory workers alike.
Over production and crop mortgage push farmers into ruinous competition. The remedy lies in organization and cooperation in marketing to stabilize prices and livelihoods.
A reflective line about aging and youth contrasts enduring wisdom with youthful ambition. It notes that successful farming requires deep work while lazy habits yield little. The adage frames diligence as key to long term outcomes.
Quote emphasizes soil as a man’s bank account and warns it can be exhausted by withdrawal, implying any change by tenants should improve rather than worsen farming conditions.
Legume growing retards soil depletion and enhances fertility. Education is mental development, not memory stuffing. Digest what you read.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a restorative for women suffering backache headaches irregularities and related ailments. It frames women's health as a test of national civilization and urges wives to seek relief to regain health vigor and cheer.
A historical ad copy urges readers to improve health through Favorite Prescription with full ingredient listing. It invites consulting Dr Pierce for women’s diseases by letter, promising private and confidential correspondence from Invalids Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
A French physician links liver health to disposition and happiness. The ad claims most ills stem from a disordered or inactive liver and promotes Carswell's Liver Aid, a vegetable remedy sold with a money back guarantee at 50 cents per large bottle, available via Owl Drug Company in Decatur and New Decatur.
Mrs Laura Bratcher of Read Kentucky credits Cardus oats tonic with restoring her health after months of illness and failed medical treatment. She says eleven bottles revived her strength, increased her weight, and helped her resume daily work. The ad promises Cardus for women and offers plain wrapper packaging from druggists.
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