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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1889
Page
5
Durable Durham notes the Graded School opening with 300 pupils and the Bank of Durham paying a ten percent dividend. Editor travels to Buffalo for Exposition, county business discussed, and local weddings, real estate sales, roads, tobacco trade, and ads dominate the week.
Davis and Gregory of the New Sgeara Warehouse at Osford advertise heavy tobacco shipments from surrounding counties and promise top market prices. They urge farmers to load up and ship, while toutting the New Johnson in Granville for sales. Also: rail fares to Niagara Falls and a pushy pitch for Rawls New York Cash Store offering vast stock and low prices on shoes, hats, and pant goods. Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Sage’s Catarrh Remedy are marketed with guarantees and money-back promises.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a natural laxative and cleansing remedy. It claims easy intake and effectiveness for constipation headaches colds fevers indigestion piles and related issues. The California Fig Syrup Company of San Francisco manufactures it and R Blacknall Son sells it.
In this opinion piece the author touts B B B as a universal cure for humbugs claiming it has never failed and that its promise should count for those seeking a cure. The tone criticizes skepticism about remedies while praising this remedy as a supposed solution.
The best salve in the world for cuts sores boils and skin troubles promises to cure piles with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by R Blacknall & Co in Durham.
A boastful ad claims Electric Bitters cure digestive woes and liver kidney and stomach diseases. It says the remedy is affordable at 50 cents or one dollar per bottle and guarantees good digestion if used as directed by R Blackwall & Son druggists.
R Blacknall & Sun, Druggists, claim long time sales of Dr King’s New Discovery, Dr King’s New Life Pills, Bucklen’s Amnica Salve and Electric Bitters. They guarantee results and offer refunds if customers are not satisfied, citing universal popularity and merit.
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