28 Apr 1909
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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1909
Page
1
Edgefield News 1909 reports local items including Dr W D Onutts attending the State Medical Association in Sumterville Miss Lillian Fitzmaurice visiting from Columbia and various community updates such as corn contest entrants, millinery displays, and a noted 16 to 4 high school baseball win by the 8 C C 1 team.
A brief aphorism notes relief comes from food when hunger wanes and burdens ease, suggesting nourishment or shared meals restore appetite and lighten troubles.
Edgefield Mercantile Co. notes a farmer’s trick with a famed hen that laid a goose egg after a porcelain egg and then a whitewashed football was placed in the nest. The final egg bore the inscription I’m no ostrich but I’ve done my best.
A teacher asks for a sentence using the word anecdote and Johnny writes a joke about a rabbit with four legs and one anecdote. The snippet mentions carriage items, poultry tonics, and Pratt's Poultry Food with a five‑pound bucket of roast coffee flavor offered by B. Timmons.
Dr J G Tompkins and W W Adams discuss a Cuba trip while Havanna is praised for cleanliness. The Orangeburg Times notes mayoral results and upcoming ward election, plus marriage, fishing gig, Elocutionist Annie Clisby visiting Edgefield, and Great Western Life Insurance reps in town. Edgefield Mercantile promotes goods and supplies at Penn & Holstein.
J. R. Tompkins expresses gratitude for the backing received in his mayoral race and pledges to discharge his duties to benefit the town to the best of his ability.
Mr. Bingham of Princeville Illinois refused amputation saying hed rather die. Doctors warned gangrene would claim eight toes but Bucklens Arnica Salve cured him. The ad touts its cure for eczema fever sores boils burns and piles and lists local sellers.
A Springfield North Carolina merchant relives doctors declaring his son hopeless with consumption. Dr Kings New Discovery supposedly cured him in three weeks, praised as infallible for coughs and colds and safe for desperate lung diseases with guarantees and trial bottles offered by W E Lynch Co.
N H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont writes that Dr King s New Life Pills have served his family for years as a reliable medicine for chills constipation biliousness and sick headache sold by W E Lynch Co at 25 cents successors to G L Penn & Son.
Notice to stock raisers announces that Monte Carlo the black horse will stand this season at Powell's shop behind the courthouse. The owner offers a Frazier road cart to the owner of the best calf sired by Monte Carlo at the County Fair and another cart as a prize at the 1910 Fair. J. E. Mors.
Tamworth Pigs For Sale presents livestock offering while local store promotes Golden Rio coffee quality and Easter clothing ahead of the season. J Rubenstein advertises in the same notice.
Ice cream made from choicest crushed fruits and fresh cream served up-to-date style can be had day or night at Watson and Rearden's. The Boston Transcript notes the versatile treat as a local indulgence and temporary relief from daily concerns.
Spring offers a chance to replace worn matting with a fresh display. Call us to view our beautiful assortment and select mats for your floors.
A large shipment of buggy harness and a full assortment of carriage and wagon harness will be arriving soon. The seller notes they buy in large quantities and pass benefits to their patrons.
A regional warning on river dangers cites careless boatmen and warns of ripples and current. The ad promotes Electric Bitters for backache and kidney issues, claiming a Belk Tennessee resident was cured. Bottles sold for 50 cents at W E Lynch & Co. and GL Penn & Son successors.
A testimonial ad promotes Doan's kidney pills as a cure for backache caused by sick kidneys. Mrs. J E Stallings of Aiken South Carolina reports relief from back pain, rheumatism and fatigue after using the product. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York is sole US agent and price is 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
An advertisement extols the comfort of Blue Ribbon bed springs claiming no rival product can match its quality. The copy invites readers to try a trial, asserting superiority and satisfaction.
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