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Newspaper
Marlboro Democrat
Location
Bennettsville, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
3
An old newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy with a $1000 reward for cures that fail. It includes testimonials, internal medication claims, and calls for readers to send for lists. Also references various church notices and Sunday schedules with multiple pastors and services.
Orvior County Treasurer announces tax collection for Marihara district on September 14 1905. Notice warns property owners to prepare payments and bring assessment details. Public notice stresses penalties for non payment and provides filing instructions.
Unpaid tax levy details show ordinary county tax and special school levies. It lists towns and amounts in mills including Heunettayitle Tatum Antioch Beauty Spot Boykin Brightayillo Kollock Lester Oto Evoneeor McColl and Chio bond a One Dollar poll tax for able bodied males 18 to 50. Treas. J H Thomas notes Confederate exemptions by law.
Local column reports visits by Mr Cooper of Sumter and Mr Morrison of Florence, with illness rumors about Mrs Jose David. Calls from Mr Cully of Brownaville and Mr Brasington of Darlington. Mrs Lelly, wife of the police chief, gravely ill. C. M. Weatherly alive with slim hope. Community notices cover church events, sales, goods, and upcoming meetings, along with local commerce and advertisements.
A resident died at his home six miles south of town on Saturday night November 25 1905 after a week long illness. The obituary notes a prolonged illness preceding the death and records the location of the home.
A man dies after contracting a disease said to come from ginning cotton for a family with smallpox. Survived by a wife, many children, a brother, and numerous relatives. The text also references Mr. Waddill's advertisement and urges readers to consider J. S. Moore insurance on furniture goods store or residence.
Odd mixture of medical advice and legal notice citing optical cautions and a fixed timetable through November 26. It promotes Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar and Pine tiles for coughs and discomfort, and warns against trespassing with penalties of twenty dollars or thirty days hard labor for each offense.
An old advertorial piece touts Bee s Laxative Honey and Tar as a cure for myopia not a medical claim. It promotes Wiley's Candies Bennettsville and Darlington street pharmacy and urges readers to consult S J Pearsons Optician for eye issues. It claims the product cleanses bowels to relieve coughing croup and whooping cough.
Bargain shop offers groceries fruit eggs chickens and vegetables at a busy corner near Darlington and Cha ran Streets. Note mentions a Syracuse man Chas. By Lemberger aiding his son and praising Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for a facial eye injury. Also references J. Douglas’s drug store and Ronnottaville Marble Works with an invitation for samples.
A partial ad style list offers groceries canned goods pickles sauces and fruits plus tobacco cigars gloves hosiery heavy underwear novelties crockery tin ware and women men coats pants and storm coats with prices and bargains at Powers Henppetugillo Marion St featuring gins and ammunition and home pantry items.
A festive notice praises abundant harvests and cotton’s dominance, urging generosity to orphans and the needy. It calls for stories of abundance, money for relief, and shared meals, while promising the town’s best fruit and holiday pies.
An old time ad style note extols Sinaves & Co. for a tailor made order and promises assurance to edification and admiration. It discusses animal digestion and the use of Ashcemn’s Condition Powders as the only remedy in its class, with references to Mr. Smith Newton and McGoll Brig Co in vague terms.
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