State convention notes wife’s use of Mothers Friend
A husband at a state convention writes about his wife’s use of Mothers Friend. He describes difficulty and concern, asking for understanding of her experience and the process she faced.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
2
A husband at a state convention writes about his wife’s use of Mothers Friend. He describes difficulty and concern, asking for understanding of her experience and the process she faced.
An advertisement touts a single remedy claimed to ease morning sickness nervousness and labor while preventing swelling. warns against internal medicines and lists distributors in Atlanta Georgia and other local names. The text also mentions a meeting or gathering with a committee on resections and evangelistic activities, noting participants and speakers.
Sunday activities at the W C T U convention included a large audience at the demonstration at the city palace and a focus on suffrage work. Lois Camstell supervised medalist work, Brehm led a School of Methods, and Rev. Stevens Brad ley and Ramsey attended. Officers were elected including Mrs L A Ramsey as president and Mrs Anos Simmons as vice president with delegates named for the National Convention.
The text covers a Mitchell area convention with officers elected and attendees from nearby towns. It notes arrivals from Weesington Springs and Chicago, discussions on dues and funds, and presence of national workers. It ends with a Woonsocket wedding notice for Della Posey and J F Parke and a Pro Metheus parable linked to dyspepsia remedies.
The organization elected President Miss Cacicta Moyer and officers including Vice President from each society, with Prof. G.C.E. Grace and Miss Maot Bascock as associates. The group aims to promote temperance and recruit young men and women to oppose liquor and support abstinence through education and community effort, led by Kara G. Smart, State Secretary.
A meeting of Davison County Bar is set at W H Helwig’s office on Saturday evening October 1 1898 at 7 30 to discuss forming the Davison County Bar Association and other bar business. Attorneys of Davison County are urged to attend. Also notes on Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claims fifty years of use for teething and diarrhea with a 25 cent price.
A list of letters remaining uncalled for at the Mitchell post office as of September 27 1898 includes Casper Geo Fisher Miss Maud Foncanon C B Greenwood Grace Lowell Wm Miller Ben Summey Warney Summey. Patrons are asked to say advertised and letters uncalled for within two weeks will be forwarded to the dead letter office.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Ease a powder shaken into shoes to cool swollen nervous feet that tire easily. It claims relief for smarting tight shoes blisters corns bunions and sore feet with rest and comfort. Sold by druggists and shoe stores at 250 trial package free Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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