Debt and Obligation Reflections in Moral Charge
A terse moral reflection urging payment of debts to enable debtors to pay back. It condemns shirking obligations as cowardly theft and challenges the reader to consider its ethical implications.
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1903
Page
3
A terse moral reflection urging payment of debts to enable debtors to pay back. It condemns shirking obligations as cowardly theft and challenges the reader to consider its ethical implications.
An ad claims LeQuinn of Cavendish VI was robbed by chronic constipation, and after using Dr King’s New Life Pills his health was restored. The promotion guarantees a cure at 25 cents through Edgar Matthews’ drug store. The ad ends with a note about the German emperor’s daughter as an unrelated remark.
Confessional notice from Rev. Jrom S. Cox of Wake Ark reports twelve years of Yellow Jaundice with no relief from doctors or medicines until Electric Bitters cured him. Ad urged for liver and kidney trouble relief, guaranteed by Edgar Matthews & Co, price 50 cents. Friends caution Seth Low supporters about a presidential boom.
Ponder Missouri resident Otto Dodd touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a year long cure for a sore with a testimonial quoted. Advertisements on cures include Hunt’s Lightning Oil for pains and ailments, with “No cure no pay” and other patent remedies cited.
Advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the top kidney remedy for back pain, urinary issues, and liver and bladder troubles. Promises free sample bottle and book by mail from Binghamton New York, urging readers to send cash and reenter the product name accurately.
In Iowa City on October 15 Wm J Bryan told Prof James W Bradshaw he would not seek the presidency again and predicted Roosevelt would be the Republican nominee. He said free silver would likely not be revived as a national issue and that the world favors gold.
An 19th century advertisement claims Herbine cures malaria and fever with a tonic effect. A testimonial from J A Hopkins of Manchester Kansas praises its effectiveness for malaria, chills fever and blood purification. The Graham Drug Co is listed as a seller.
June C Harria of Nacogdoches Texas has organized in Chicago a syndicate to buy a large block of fruit and tobacco lands near Nacogdoches and to develop them under skilled management and colonization efforts.
A deputy clerk discusses red headed people claiming few red heads in crime or lunacy. He asserts notable individuals like Cleopatra were red headed and that red heads are scarce in jails and asylums, praising the tribe as distinct and intelligent.
The advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the purest, claiming other witch hazel salves are counterfeits. It markets DeWitt's as the top remedy for cuts burns bruises tetter bleeding itching and piles, sold by Graham Drift.
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