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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
4
A garbled ad and editorial fragment discuss Swamp Root Kilmer medicine and its promoting phrases. It includes a call for readers to send their addresses to Bro Kilmer in Binghamton and notes on editor reader coverage and town gossip in a frank old newspaper style.
An agricultural writer argues Southern farming offers clear annual profits comparable to high city salaries. He cites cot ton, tobacco, livestock, dairy, hay and corn as lucrative, notes Buckeye visitors plan to relocate to harness the strong prices. Catawba county example shows 50 acres produced 2400 profit with hogs sold at 180 pounds. Hog breeding emphasizes quick fattening, quality stock.
A fragment from a 19th century advertisement page promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills for rest and illness relief and DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills with free trials. It also blasts cheap salves, early riser pills, and political deceit, listing C. M. Shuford and W. S. Martin as sellers.
A cave discovery in Switzerland reveals bones of men living 100000 years ago amid wild beasts. Modern dangers come from disease says A W Brown of Alexander Maine who praises St King’s New Discovery for lung trouble and cough. Trial bottle free.
A resident recalls moving from a flat due to a soprano neighbor’s loud singing. Three years later, the same person buys a $1.50 seat to hear the same singer perform, noting life’s odd twists.
Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine says her mother over 70 grew young after using Electric Bitters. Once she suffered 20 years with dyspepsia, could not eat drink or sleep, doctors gave up, but the remedy revived her health and appetite. Available for 50 cents at local stores.
A compact proverb noting that a prophet’s warnings or guidance may not benefit a community, highlighting a tension between foresight and practical value in public life. The line suggests skepticism toward expected social gains from prophetic insight.
A testimonial from a resident of Rockland, Maine, claiming long standing backache relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Compound Root Tea. The letter describes severe pain and misery, praising the remedy as effective and restoring strength.
An old advertisement extols a tonic promising to restore health and vitality for women after motherhood. It touts cosmetic and constitutional benefits, claims no alcohol, and urges expectant and nursing mothers to seek its use. The copy fuses medical authority with sensational claims and letters for consultation.
General Joseph E. Johnston recalls a late Civil War moment when a former tobacco factory worker in his army cheekily asked for a day off during heavy fighting. The exchange highlights wartime morale and personal audacity amid battle.
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a reliable medicine for early dysentery and diarrhoea treatment. It notes long use and consistent success and lists W. S. Martin & Co. as a seller. The rest of the text reflects poetic musings about life and time rather than a factual notice.
Samuel Boyer of Folsom Iowa recounts twelve years of stomach trouble and $500 in remedies before Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets brought relief for his wife. Sold by W S Marin Co with free samples. Opportunity knocks but boarding-house life risks being swept away.
L S Napier of Rugless Ky claims ten years of riding pain ended by Bucklen s Arnica Salve after doctors failed. The ad touts relief for piles burns scalds cuts boils fever eczema salt rheum corns and more, guaranteed by C M Shuford S Martin and W L Boatright.
Advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Salve with the claim that twenty five cents buys peace from skin diseases. The product is advertised for sale by W. S. Martin & Co with a 25 cent price.
USDA figures show total U S tobacco output in 1908 at 718 061 380 pounds with Southern Railway served states delivering 539 414 905 pounds. Kentucky North Carolina Virginia Tennessee and South Carolina accounted for over 72 percent, with Kentucky 600 000 North Carolina 134 000 000 Virginia 114 100 000 Tennessee 52 000 000 South Carolina 25 085 000. Farm value of the South’s tobacco about 50 000 000 as of December 1. The South leads in major crops and farm values continue to rise across crops.
Six month old daughter of RE N Dewey, a merchant of Agnewville Virginia, recovered completely from cholera infantum after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The medicine is easy to take when diluted with water and sugar, and is reliable when used per printed directions. Sold by W S Martin Co. Cotton crop in most belt will exceed last year, except where boll weevil injures fields.
P E Herington of Mount Atrial Kentucky lauds Diarhoea Remedy as the best and surest cure seen in his family and praises its prompt effects. The remedy is promoted as universally effective and is sold by W S Martin & Co.
Flour sits at 4 dollars a hundred, promising relief for farmers with grain. Those without wheat still face high bread costs as the market shifts.
Local citizen H D Fry from Hickory North Carolina testifies that one box of Doan's Kidney Pills cured a severe backache and prevented recurrence. The ad notes availability at Moser and Lutz drug store, price fifty cents, and that Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York makes the pills for the United States. It urges others with kidney trouble to remember the name and buy only Doan's.
A long owed subscriber who has rejected payments for nearly four years prompts The Dispatch to send his account to a collection agency. The paper warns the threat of closing the publication if the debt is not settled, reflecting the reader’s persistent nonpayment and the editors’ reluctance to stop printing.
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