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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
2
In a morning visit, a university professor named Goodkind tries to purchase 575 Bumblethorpe Avenue from a city real estate owner, claiming to want better neighbors and intending to raise rent, while the owner resists the sale.
A notorious Leadville cobbler bragged he tricked investors by salting a yard pit with ore to sell for 2500 dollars. After a drinking spree, buyers learned of the fraud and sank a shaft deeper discovering a carbonate vein. The mine eventually yielded about 1 million dollars.
In a medical advertisement W H Long promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as the solution to constipation and related discomforts. The copy casts the tired anxious speaker as unable to compete with a healthier rival and promises relief by taking the pills.
Reverend William Atkins a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher from Jackson County Alabama earned $300 for tracking to a hiding place and capturing James Whitecotton who is under indictment in San Jacinto County Texas for murder
A 19th century style notice touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for the menopausal transition. It describes hot flashes faintness and nervous distress and claims the product builds the nervous system and helps women pass the change triumphantly with personal testimonial from Mrs Jennie Noble of Germantown Pennsylvania.
Sufferers of female troubles face hopelessness but are urged to try Bradfield's Female Regulator. The ad claims the formula aids irregular menses Leucorrhea nervousness headaches and backaches using herbs and vegetables. A dollar bottle is advertised with free booklet from the Bradfield Regulator Co Atlanta GA.
A Milwaukee book collector of Wisconsin history travels to New Jersey recovering a rare 1830s publication Notes on the Wisconsin Territory. Only three copies exist. one in Cedar Rapids, one in St. Paul, and the third formerly in Minnesota now in Milwaukee.
The article notes the Prince of Wales receives £136,000 annually from the duchy of Cornwall and Parliament. It cites £60,000 a year from birth, £40,000 a year from Marlborough House after marriage, a near doubling in 1889, and a special grant of £36,000 annually starting then, paid quarterly.
An advertisement touts Cousins Honey of Tar as a safe swift remedy for bronchial ailments priced at 25 and 50 cents. It credits O B Cartwright with the product and mentions yeast related branding.
The note jokingly defines a fixed star as one who gets his salary regularly, referencing Philadelphia and a playful misreading of words. It reads like a light exchange on language and pay.
The St Joseph Missouri city council weighing a plan to raise the license cost for bill posters from 50 to 500 dollars to curb wall and fence poster clutter and improve city orderly appearance.
A bonfire on the Capitol Grounds Monday afternoon burned the old bonds from a recent issue. The event was supervised by the Governor, Auditor, Attorney General and Treasurer and drew a curious crowd. Spectators heard the remark that the state “has money to burn” as the bonds were destroyed and fragments of paper billowed into the air.
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