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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1920
Page
3
Neighborhood calendars list Tuesday through Friday bridge clubs and society meetings at local churches and halls. The report also covers social visits, theater at Decatur High School, and updates on residents visiting or traveling to Memphis Florence and Nashville along with several Elopement notices and wedding announcements.
The ad promotes 8S. S. S. as a cure for catarrh, claiming sprays and douches fail and promising to address the disease at the blood source. It offers free medical advice and directs readers to the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
Personal notes record C. R. Daniels returning from Atlanta on Saturday. H. Wilds leaving on a business trip to Anniston. O. C. Hollinsworth, L and N Railroad lumber inspector, spending the weekend in Albany. James Beard of Memphis visits Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Dunnavant on Moulton Street West.
Born to Mr and Mrs J O Wind ham a son John Ormand. Born to Mr and Mrs Elmer Bus sery a daughter Jane Lucille. Born to Mr and Mrs Herman M Safley a fine boy on May 1. Card of thanks to express gratitude for kindness and flowers after the loss of father and husband. Signed by Mrs T C Dunnavent C A Dunnavent W E Dunnavent F C Dunnavent and Mrs Otto Carter.
An old medical advertisement urges readers tired in body and mind to try Pepto Mangan not sleep but a tonic for blood. It claims many cases of anemia and fatigue improve as iron and other properties replenish blood and restore vigor with physician endorsement and availability in liquid or tablet form.
A Kellogg's advertisement touts Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil sold in labelled laboratory filled bottles. It emphasizes the same healing properties as the traditional oil but with no nauseating taste and notes availability at druggists in 85 cents and 65 cents sizes.
Offensive breath and morning discomfort prompt Calotabs as the nausealess calomel tablet. One bedtime dose with water claims awakening renewed energy and appetite. Manufacturer guarantees refund if not delighted. sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents at drug stores.
J H Wall of the Anniston Cooperage Co credits Dreco with curing his awful backache and bilious trouble after trying many medicines. He reports improved kidney function and digestion, and plans to continue using Dreco to regain full health. The remedy, made from root and herb extracts, is said to act on liver kidneys and bladder. Albany Drug Co, in Deca, distributes it.
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