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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1909
Page
3
The page catalogs numerous lawsuits and appeals across Smith County courts, listing cases involving Wm. Burger and others, debt actions, divorces, and foreclosures. It records parties including Reed, Edwards, Elledge, Gallagher, and Briscoe among many others, with final items noting a veteran’s obituary and a prison medical warning.
An old medicinal advertisement certifies druggists may refund money. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as curing coughs and preventing pneumonia and consumption, claiming no opiates and a yellow package, urging customers to refuse substitutes.
A foreclosure suit was filed in Springfield on October 21 by Ralph W. Baker against N Williams and Charles McLaughlin for nearly $19,000. Baker seeks $6,400 unpaid notes for lumber and building at the Zoo Park while the company owes $12,000 to A L Converse. The Illinois State Zoo Amusement company, once active across the state, faces potential dissolution if the court approves a sale. Stockholders risk losing their investments though officers expect settlement before any sale.
Fragmentary OCR text recounts a boy scald incident and his grandmother Mrs Mitia Taylor of Nebo Kentucky seeking relief. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is touted as a universal remedy for burns wounds and other ailments with attention to homely cures and local claims.
A promotional verse urges readers to visit James Brady to select up to date samples and be known as a well dressed man. It celebrates apparel as the path to national recognition and invites immediate action with a call to browse the line.
Mrs. Louie Hite of Danville Illinois writes that after four doctors and other remedies failed to help her kidney and bladder trouble she improved markedly after taking Foley's Kidney Pills She urges others with kidney disease to try the medicine and cautions against neglecting health and time theft at work.
Forced into exile by illness, Wm Upchurch returned home after six months with a deadly lung cough. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery, saying six bottles restored his health. The remedy, priced 50 cents to 1 dollar, claims to cure coughs colds hoarseness bronchitis hemorrhages asthma croup and whooping cough. Trial bottle free guaranteed by Robt Prewett.
The Sinals Farmer announces a three year subscription for the best essay on Growing Corn by a boy, two years for the second, and one year for the third. A three year subscription goes to the best composition on The Uses of Corn by a girl, with two and one year prizes for second and third. The Herald offers one year for the boy with the best 10 ears of White Dent corn grown by himself.
A vintage ad from The Keifer Drug Co promises fast stomach relief with Miona tablets. It claims rapid cure for indigestion and stomach misery, urging readers to buy samples and try the product with a money back guarantee.
Joseph G Cannon is depicted as a fearless, plain spoken leader born in Guilford North Carolina who moved to Indiana with his family. He rose from a country store to law and then Congress where he has been reelected since 1878 with a reputation for wit practical and prudent legislation. He chairs the Appropriations Committee and is celebrated for integrity, loyalty, and influence among colleagues.
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