Cairo items and local business notes
Jay Smith arrives from Kansas and Oklahoma. Emma Bobbitt owns one hundred Hitls chickens. Bobbitt Bros. sold cattle and hogs to Coo Roebuck of Jacksonville. Robert Alexander Wade Lilly Jeff Gaines Orvil Newton and Marshall Huston travel to Montana. A beacon light to the sick and afflicted. A life encourager. Take counsel with yourself today and use Rovsky Mountain Cos tomorrow. Peace and comfort follow itguse Ask your druggist.
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Bobbitt Bros
Coo, Roebuck
Jacksonville
Robert Alexander
Wade Lilly
Jeff Gaines
Orvil Newton
Marshall Huston
Montana
Rovsky Mountain
Funeral Services for John Sours Held Tomorrow
Funeral services for John Sours who died at his home on Gulp Street will be held at St. John's Catholic Church at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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John Sours
Gulp Street
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Instructive Y M C A Meeting At Moberly
The Y M C A meeting at the usual place yesterday evening was led by A C Gladney with an instructive talk. The gathering was well attended and several men gave brief talks when invited. The speaker urged all to bring nonattendees to future meetings for the good work.
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DeMocrat
A. C. Gladney
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Endorsed For Digestive Relief
An old advertisement claims Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin prevents constipation indigestion and stomach troubles after meals. It urges eating a cabbage and taking the syrup to stay healthy with all druggists selling the product.
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Cabb
Dr. Caldwell
Rannoy
Prosin, Syrup Co
Monticello
M. Witcoxson
Mabberly Sunday Democrat Praised for Eight-Page Issue
In Mabberly Missouri residents praise the Sunday Democrat for its eight page edition full of home news. Local women especially commend the paper for delivering a hearty weekend read and solid local coverage.
Reverend Sears Delivers Sermon and Lecture in Moberly
Rev. Sears formerly Cumberland Presbyterian pastor now living in Petersburg Illinois preached at the C P Church in Moberly Sunday morning to a large audience. At 7 30 he lectured on Climbing the Hill Before You Reach 1 the talk filled with wit and kept listeners in good humor as he described people who seek trouble and crossed the bridge before reaching it.
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Sears
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Petersburg
Uncle Om Payne, Wayette banker, dies at 83
Wayette banker and longtime Howard county figure Uncle Om Payne of Payne Williams Bank died Friday March 1 at 2 p.m. He was 83 and known as Uncle Norm for his civic good works. The community mourns his loss and offers peace to his ashes.
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Om’ Payne
Payne & Williams’ Bank
Wayette
Lock Bowels
Howard County
Norm
Tayette
Remedy claims grip cure from whiskey mixture in Moberly
The Glenwood Avalanche cites a local remedy promoted in Moberly as a grip preventive. It recounts a recipe mixing four quarts of whiskey with four ounces sugar and water, heated to boil off water, then consumed to mask the taste, declared as a longstanding local practice.
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Glenwond
Avalanche
Gilderoy
McKinley Fills Army Corps Vacancies Defying Senate
Washington dispatch reports President McKinley filled vacancies in the Adjutant General and Inspector General corps despite a Senate amendment in the army appropriation bill. He promoted regular officers, blocking volunteers and defeating Senate patronage aims, and prevented Lt. Col. Russell B. Uarrison’s appointment. The Senate confirmed the nominations, unaware they undermined their own effort.
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Washington
New York Herald
McKinley
Adjutant General's Corps
Inspector General
Senate
Army
Russell B. Uarrison
Uarrison
Department of the Inspector General
Regular Army
Scot
Congress
Self Cure of Rectal Fistula with Arnica Salve
Kenick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio suffered 18 months from a rectal fistula. Doctors warned of death without costly surgery. He reportedly cured himself using Bucklen's Arnica Salve, sold by Dr Burke's on the East Side Druggist.
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Kenick Hamilton
West Jefferson, O
Buckien
Valuable Experience. Washington Star
An observant citizen quips that King Edward will receive much advice while a man with a large diamond notes youth’s lessons in discernment of tips from race track professionals. A separate exchange mentions love and indigestion, touting Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as relief.
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Washington Star
Edward
Detroit Pree Props The Old Man
In a terse exchange a father questions a suitor about the rapid affection he shows for his daughter. The young man replies the pace matches the subject's worth, and the matter is handled with calm, respectful wording.
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Detroit
Banker's Recovery Prompted by New Discovery
Garrison, cashier of the Thornville bank in Ohio, cites Dr. King's New Discovery as curing his serious lung troubles after a period of illness. He recommends the medicine for coughs colds and lung issues and says he keeps a bottle on hand. Available at Dr. Burke's on the East Side. The piece also contains stray notes about minority rule and social scenarios.
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Y BR. Garrison
Bank
Thornville
Ohio
Dr. King
A Good Man Gone in Howard County
John Biven, aged farmer of Howard County near Boonsboro, died at 6 a m Sunday March 3 from lagrippe. He was described as a generous Christian gentleman and a pillar of the community, survived by his wife and three children. The Democrat offers sympathy to the bereaved.
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John Biven
Howard County
Boonsboro
Lagrippe
A Trip to Jerico Lecture by Mrs Burger
Mrs Noelle G Burger will lecture tomorrow evening at 7 40 p m in Fourth street M E church on A trip to Jerico Admission free collection The notice also promotes Ballards Horehound Syrup for a cold available from John F Curry and Dr Burke's East Side Drug Store
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Noelle G. Burger
Fourth Street
M. E
Jerico
Kansas
Drell O The New Dessert Pleases The Family
Four flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry sold at grocers 10 pts Try it today The health of children affects their disposition Worms cause irritability feverishness and illness White's Dream Vermifuge expels worms and restores cheerfulness Price 25a sold by John Curry and Dr Burke East Side Drug Store
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White
John Curry
Liverpool volunteers wrongfully kept on hold in South Africa
A War Office error in Liverpool sent a new special service corps to waiting orders while believing the Liverpool volunteers were still in South Africa. The Liverpool volunteers had actually returned to Liverpool four months earlier.
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Liverpool
War Office
Liverpool Volunteers
South Africa
Special Service
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertises False Health Claims
An old style ad promotes a liver tonic promising clear skin and rosy cheeks. The copy stresses a “sallow complexion” as a sign of liver trouble and claims Dr. King’s New Life Pills offer a cure with a 26e price.
Healing Salve Ad From Local Drug Store Ad
An advertisement promises quick relief and healing for broken limbs chilblains burns bruises and related injuries. It lists BAL LARD S SNOW LINIENT and notes prices of 250 and 50e with sale through John F. Curry and Dr Burke’s East Side Drug Store.
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Ballard
Jobn F. Curry
Dr. Burke
Pope Celebrates Ninety First Birthday Saintly Health Praised
Dr Mazzoni described the pope of Rome as in marvelous health on his ninety first birthday. He stated there is no sign of diminishing vigor and called it a miraculous display of stamina for age.
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Rome
Erda Dr. Mazzoni
Iman
Correspondents Wanted About Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pep sin Use
Advertises a trial bottle offer for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepper Sin with ten doses priced at 100, inviting readers to visit local druggists or the store for a trial.
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Dr. Caldwell
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Refunds for Non Cure
A wartime style ad promotes Rex Dyspepsia Tablets for indigestion sour stomach and heartburn. It guarantees a refund if relief is not achieved and lists Last's Pharmacy and the Democrat subscription as context. The price is 60 cents per package.
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Henry Levy and Co
Spring Goods
Silk Department
T. Gall
Madras
Henry Levy & CO
Cairo
Jay Smith
Oklahoma
Emma Bobbitt
Richardson’s
the Sunday “Democrat
C. P. Church
Milo Gregory
Poplar Bluff
James L. Pettuton
Kennett
Dockery
Gregory
Phureday
Mrnday
Prom
Chicago Record
Madigon
Medi+ clos. Co
Madison
Wis
John F. Curry
East Side
Pope
Cees
Moberly
Bowers’ Trade Palace
Ry Bie Wen
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