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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1902
Page
4
An advertisement touts Cham berlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as a superior laboring aid for constipation biliousness and indigestion claiming they move the bowels improve appetite and cleanse stomach and liver. It cites testimonials from DrO B Cartwr ight and Cuy. G W Atkinson and D B Morrow endorsing the product.
An elderly resident praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a two month cough and recommends it, noting the medicine’s cure. The endorsement is given voluntarily to help others try the remedy sold by Dr O B Cantwright. The piece also comments on politics, cynicism, and a cynical quip about heart games.
A Missouri editor humorously praises wives with lines about their care and saving money in a Meridian Press item. The piece blends wordplay on art and signature items with light domestic wit.
Clean costumes and handsome scenery promise a bright show with ringing applause. The performance on Friday January 2 features a standout orchestra whose value alone justifies the admission price.
A historical ad emphasizes the stomach as the health center, linking digestion to cures for diseased organs and the blood. It touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a temperance medicine to nourish the blood and digestive organs, free of alcohol.
A mixed ad blurb touts One Minute Cough Cure for coughs colds flu pneumonia and throat lung issues. It claims stomach liver relief and lungs strengthen with praise from Madison Georgia and Winchester Indiana. Also mentions Dr King’s New Life Pills curing a wife’s illness and recommends 25 cents at drug stores.
The first assistant postmaster general notes expenses for next year will exceed 81 million dollars, far above prior postal service outlays. A near 1 million dollar predicted deficit is cited, with self sufficiency projected in a subsequent year. Reports for 1902 show 8,723 failures in nine months totaling over 113 million dollars in liabilities compared with 8,144 failures in the prior period.
A brief editorial from the Washington Ia Democrat laments that some eloquent speakers have exhausted their substantive content leaving little new to offer. It notes a gap between rhetoric and meaningful ideas in public discourse.
This old advertisement touts Thedford's Black Draught as a universal remedy for common ailments from constipation to fever. It claims liver regulation, digestion aid, kidney stimulation, and purging of foul bowels, with 25 cent and one dollar packages from Chattanooga Medicine Company.
The Brooklyn Eagle recalls a Danville statesman story about Joe Cannon rising to his feet in Congress to deliver a long speech. He began with a pompous line, and a mocking heckle shouted by a partisan Democrat caused laughter, forcing him to sit down.
Mrs S H Newsom of Decatur Alabama credits Electric Bitters with ending years of agony from indigestion and stomach troubles. She reports significant weight gain and improved health after using the medicine. The ad promises a guaranteed cure for digestion and liver and kidney issues, available at Dr G B Cartwright's drug store for 50 cents.
A compact meditation on luck and money in business. It contrasts fleeting love with cash back in deals and notes that failure can seem like a form of success. It ends by hinting that fortune’s pull is not fate alone.
Advertisement extols Arnica Salve as best for cuts burns boils and skin eruptions. Mentions Dr O B Cartwright drug store and asserts a final settlement notice in Morgan County Probate Court for estate of minor M E McClellan with guardian J T Crow filing accounts and scheduling December 29 1902 for settlement before Judge Wm K E Skeggs.
Rome physician Santo de Sanctis uses a pointed instrument to probe sleepers and records curves of sleep depth. Findings show certain times when waking is easier and suggest aligning morning rise with the natural minimum of each sleeper’s sleep depth.
George Andrews Jr. a 17 year old Topsfield youth was forced up a spruce tree by five enraged moose, three bulls with large antlers, while his father searched nearby after killing a buck. The boy clung to his rifle as the herd surrounded the tree until rescue arrived.
A story recounts a severe lung illness in Homer West Point and how Dr Hinges New Lifecovers for Consumption cured the patient after physicians doubted improvement. The testimonial claims full recovery and life saving effects for coughs colds and lung troubles. Trial bottles offered free.
By writ of Fieri Facias the Morgan County Alabama Circuit Court has authorized a sale of Seelye & Co and H A Seelye assets. Public auction will occur December 8 1902 at Seelye & Co storehouse New Creator Alabama with items including paint oil 35 gallons boxes chairs oil tanks and related goods. James H. Wiggins Sheriff Morgan County Alabama.
In probate court Morgan County Alabama on November 24 1902 guardian J M Minor presents annual settlement of the estate of William T Minor a minor with oath and vouchers filed for inspection The court sets December 22 1902 for examination and auditing and orders three weekly notices by publication in the Decatur News inviting interested parties to appear and show cause why the account should not be stated and allowed.
In Morgan county Alabama probate court the hearing for the last will of J W Sloan Jr appears after Geo Webb filed the instrument for probate. The court sets December 15 1902 for testimony on due execution and requires public notice by weekly publication in Mecatur News.
An advertisement promises Vinci will restore energy for older people improving strength lameness and mood. It asserts a guaranteed effect with immediate benefit and offers mail order bottles at 8100 per bottle via Druggist O B Cartwright.
Mrs Mary L Melendy MD PhD of Chicago recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for persistent children's coughs and bronchial afflictions. She notes it is now narcotic and rarely misused, praising its safety and universal relief for colds and coughs. Distributed by Dr O B Cartwright doses in salons.
A Liverpool Post natural history note recounts cases of animals enduring long fasts. A fox terrier trapped in a rabbit burrow survived 28 days without food or water. a cat pressed in a cupboard lasted 18 days. sheep buried in snow for 27 days survived with small moisture, though not frozen solid.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure promising a $100 reward for cure failures and lists testimonials. In probate court Morgan County Alabama judge Wm E Skeggs orders December 15 1902 for examination of guardian James H Wiggins account for Edith C Johnson minor with public notice in Decatur News for three weeks.
John Nassano aged 22 shot and killed his father 60 at their Little Rock home with a buckshot loaded shotgun. No witnesses. Nassano claimed intoxication fueled his act and later questioned others’ involvement. He surrendered to police after initial resistance and was jailed. The victim was described as a good citizen troubled by his son’s drinking.
Thirty years ago chemists knew about about two dozen explosive compounds. Now researchers identify more than 1,000 distinct compounds, reflecting rapid growth in the field and new safety and detection challenges.
AJ Snell of Summer Hill NY feared stomach pains would ruin a party. A lady friend suggested Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He bought a bottle and reports two doses cured him and let him enjoy the event. Sold by Kt. O. B. Cartwright.
Londoners drink less than seven gallons of milk per person per year. The port of London is governed by 56 authorities. London records show 1,000 deaths with 237 in winter and 226 in summer. Cemetery area equates to one acre per 1,709 people. About 900,000 Londoners live two to a room and 26,000 live six or more in a room.
A Norcross Georgia reader reports Potanic Blood Balm curing blood poison, eczema, carbuncles, and skin ulcers. The advertisement features testimonials from Subert Ward of Maxeys and Geo A Williams of Roxbury praising skin healing and renewed vitality, with a free sample offer and $1 bottle price.
Trains Nos. 41 35 11 carry Pullman sleeping cars Chattanooga to Memphis, Nos 8 and 15 between Chattanooga and Charleston. All trains run daily. Officials list include A Desaussure and Shipley with several Memphis and Washington affiliations. A note mentions Prickly Ash Bitters for digestion.
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