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Newspaper

Decatur Weekly News

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1900

Page

3

Land of the Sky Asheville described as healthful resort

The article extols Asheville North Carolina as a dry healthful climate and a premier mountain resort. It notes the city is the highest east of Denver with about 12 000 inhabitants and wealthy residents including George Vanderbuilt at a multimillion dollar estate. It invites readers to contact Southern Railway agents or C A Benseover in Chattanooga for descriptive matters.

North Carolina Land of the Asheville Denver City Swannanoa George W. Vanderpilt Ashville Asheville and Vicinity Southern Railway C. A. Benseover Chattanooga, Tenn

Court schedules for circuit chancery and county calendars

Circuit court begins the first Monday of March and September with two week terms. Chancery court starts the second Monday after the fourth Monday in February and August and the first Monday in June, each term one week. County court meets on the third Monday each month. Probate court and Commissioners' court dates follow specified second Mondays in certain months.

Chancery Court County Court Probate Court Commissioners’ Court

Eskimo Responds On Trade And Diet In Boxing Tale

The dialogue features a puzzled observer asking about pugilists in a cold nation and their feed. The educated Eskimo answers with a calm claim that train oil sustains the fighters. The passage blends cultural curiosity with a stock humorous exchange.

Try A Change Inspire Kindness In Daily Life

The Atchison Globe urges trying a change from mean talk to kindness. It notes many unhappiness arises from harsh remarks and actions, and suggests cheerful speech and small acts of kindness as daily missionary work to spread goodwill.

P.a

How Mr Lincoln Won His Wife Story Told by Lewis

A reminiscence recounts how Abraham Lincoln wooed Mary Todd, from her beauty to his humble rise. The tale notes Lincoln’s marriage at Globe Hotel, their thrifty life, and his use of funds from a railroad case to add a second story to their home before Lincoln moved to Washington.

Mr. Lincoln Pontry Lincoln Eld Sie Abraham Lincoln Globe Washington Thomas Lewis Leslie’s Weekly

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure All Ailments

In a village street exchange, lawyer Bartholomew Livingstone questions the Reverend Archibald Windham about illness. Windham praises Hood's Sarsaparilla for curing indigestion and restoring health, claiming it helped his wife and others, as they continue their walk.

Bartholomew + Livingstone Archibald Windham Hood Phi

Reform in Operation and a Requested Marriage

A man pleads for marriage from Lucy Harkalong amid a tense exchange about romantic intentions. He asserts his interest has been repeatedly signaled, while she interrupts to declare her refusal. The scene concludes with a quip about the Society for the Suppression of Useless Noises.

Lucy Harkalong

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Purified Blood and Appetite

Advertisement asserts impure blood and poor appetite signify need for Hood's Sarsaparilla and urges immediate use. It frames the remedy as a cure for general weakness and bodily impurity.

Hood

Happy thanks for Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound

A letter from Mus. Ep. Exz in Linger Devine Texas credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with ending nine years of illness from prolapsus of the womb. The writer reports improved health after pregnancy and says she now has a healthy baby girl and can work again.

Pinkham Lydia FE Linger Devine Tex

Wonderfully Strengthened By Lydia E Pinkham Remedies

Mrs Eine Schneider reports strong improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound blood Purifier and Liver Pills. She says prior to use she felt faint and near death but now feels revitalized and free of those symptoms. Public notice of testimonial seeks to share product effectiveness.

Lydia E. Pinkham Mrs. Eine Schneider Helen Ave Letroithlica

Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills Promote Health

The article extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the simple solution for health through digestion and pure blood. It claims cures for scrofula salt rheum catarrh dyspepsia rheumatism and other diseases in thousands of cases and recommends Hood's Pills as a popular family cathartic.

Hood

Old Flintlock Gun Found In Tennessee Creek

In a Big Nance creek dig last Thursday Mr. W. G Goodwin discovered an old flint and steel musket. The weapon shows heavy wear with a bent barrel and broken ramrod, likely resting a century. The article ponders its origin from Seminole era or frontier conflicts and hopes to learn the tale behind the relic.

Goodwin Big Nance Jackson Florida Tennesawe Valley Tennessee Courtland Gaterprise

One Minute Cough Cure Praised by Newark Father

Wm. Orr of Newark Ohio says the One Minute Cough Cure kept his family safe at home and saved his little boy during pneumonia. The remedy is claimed to cure coughs and lung diseases, is pleasant to take and harmless with immediate relief.

Wm. Orr Newark

Summer Resorts Reachable by Southern Railway

A notice touts summer resorts accessible via Southern Railway offering sea side and mountain retreats. It lists Asheville Hot Springs Hale Springs Roan Mountain Tate Springs Lookout Mountain and other East Tennessee Western North Carolina and Georgia destinations with low travel rates. A folder titled Summer Homes and Treats describes about one third of available resorts and rates.

Southern Railway Asheville N. C Hot Springs Hale Springs Tenn Roan Mountain Tei. Mone Sano Huntevil'e Ala Lithia Springs Ga.j

Pointed Paragraphs and Daily Cate Reflections

A satirical meditation on marriage money and judgment. It contrasts polished manners with polished boots and laments the vanity of fixed purpose. It warns against marrying before one can calmly hear a baby crying without regrettable words in print.

Cate Tyne

Will Not Suffer So Again For Fifty Times Its Price

A liveryman in Wargettstown Pennsylvania reports severe stomach pains and rapid recovery after using Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from Miller Curdy's drug store. He claims one dose fixed him and vows not to endure similar suffering again, noting it is the finest stomach remedy he has used and will be available through O B Cartwright.

Miller & Curdy’s Chamberlain's G. H. Wilson Liveryman Wargettstown Washington County Pennyslvania O. B. Cartwright

Boys Clash Over Knot Hole With Sarcastic Retort

The struggle between two boys for a knot hole in the fence around the baseball park ends when the stronger pushes the other aside and occupies the hole. The weaker boy quips that the other was struck in the neck before, and asks what is in the neck. Rubber.

Nather

Surgeon patient exchange over leg operation and bill

An exchange between a surgeon and patient about refusing treatment and warnings of severity. The patient asks for the bill for a previous operation while insisting they can endure more now.

Reward of Merit Delighted Friend Mabel Impresses Professor

A mutual improvement society meeting featured an essay on Maternal Influence by Miss Marie. Professor McGoozle praised its maturity and eloquence, noting fine sensibility and warm-hearted sympathy in such a young author. Miss Marie remarks that she made a killing with the performance.

Mabel Mutual Improvement Society McGoozle Marie

Land of the Sky Asheville described as premier resort region

In Western North Carolina near the Blue Ridge and Alleghanies lies Asheville, famed for its climate and scenery in the valley of the French Broad. The narrative extols Asheville as a beautiful healthful pleasure destination with convenient schedules and low Southern Railway rates.

North Carolina Blue Ridge Alleghanies Asheyilie America Asheville Southern Railway

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Promoted for Piles and Skin Ailments

The notice urges purchasing DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the original cure for piles and skin diseases. It warns against counterfeit products that may be dangerous.

DeWitt

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