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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1909
Page
6
D E Corbitt argues in favor of trusts and giant corporations, praising Rockefeller style light and tariff shifts. He claims practical results justify big business and envisions Monroe and Illinois transformed by leveraged land sales, schools, and widespread employment.
The notice promotes Hicks Capuchine as a fever and ache reducer for various ailments and mentions Simmons Smoke House on DeSiard Street for cigars as a Christmas gift. It also endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy for children, free of opiates, with D. H. Key as a seller.
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen plans wage increase talks tomorrow with about seventy five eastern railways. The proposal seeks a 5 to 40 percent rise, based on current pay methods. National president W G Lee declined to discuss possible actions if rejected. The vote on the raise was nearly unanimous among the trainmen, affecting about 75 000 workers.
An article states a sprained ankle may disable for three to four weeks without proper treatment, while Chamberlain's Liniment can cure in three to four days. It touts the liniment as a remarkable preparation and notes it is sold by all druggists.
In Atlanta on Saturday G A Carter a Confederate veteran and attorney stabbed J A Smith a client in the office of Justice of the Peace Landrum. Smith accused Carter of taking a fee and not defending him. Smith attacked Carter prompting Carter to draw a knife and fatally wound him in the chest and shoulder. Carter was arrested.
Claremont reader Mrs S Joyce writes that Foley's Kidney Remedy cured her long standing kidney trouble. She calls it grand good medicine and recommends it. Sold by D H Key.
A committee of the American Federation of Labor led by Samuel Gompers urged Secretary Nagel to conduct a thorough federal investigation into various aspects of industrial education. The group, formed at the Toronto convention, includes James O Connell John Mitchell and Frank Morrison.
If you are suffering from biliousness constipation indigestion chronic headache invest one cent in a postal card send to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa with your name and address plainly on the back and they will forward you a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Sold by all druggists.
The notice claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures influenza and prevents pneumonia, stating it is sold by all druggists.
Premium certificates accompany every purchase at Monroe Drug Co with a free elegant Christmas gift for savers.
The remedy’s peculiar properties are said to have been thoroughly tested during influenza epidemics and taken in time. no pneumonia cases were reported. Sold by all druggists.
Local ad urges readers to "Get the habit" by buying Xmas gifts at J. E. Larkin the jeweler. The line promotes shopping with the established jeweler for holiday presents.
Mrs Dalton Costello of Pocahontas aged 27 suffered acute Bright’s Disease in August 1908 with urine loaded with albumen about 80 percent. After remedies failed, Robinson Spring water produced complete relief in three weeks and she is a well woman now. Dr H F Ashford reports success and Dr John B Elliott of Tulane endorses the water.
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