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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
1
The passage notes Hexamethylenetetramine as a key ingredient in Foley's Kidney Remedy and promotes its use for urinary irregularities. It lists D. H. Key as a seller and also plugs T. M. Parker Company groceries with fast phone service and delivery, dated next month.
Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as the best safe cough remedy for children. It claims to ward off croup bronchitis sore throat and nasal cold symptoms while offering comfort. The ad notes no opiates or harmful drugs and urges keeping it on hand with no substitutes. Sold by D H Key.
Omega plantation in Ouachita parish advertises Louisiana Ribbon Cane Syrup guaranteed absolutely pure. Samples available at News-Star and Ouachita National Bank. Orders will be promptly filled. Sold in gallon cans and five gallon kegs. Five gallon kegs priced at $3.50. Gallon cans 65 cents.
Nashua Iowa night policeman J N Paterson recalls a severe winter chest cold unresponsive to several medicines and two doctors. A friend recommended Fo ley's Honey and Tar and two thirds of a bottle cured him claiming it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world sold by D H Key.
Monroe Drug Co promotes premium certificates with each sale and invites customers to save them for an elegant Christmas gift, framing the offer as a free prize for shoppers.
Taxpayers are warned all taxes unpaid by January 1, 1910 will incur 2 percent per month interest. City Tax Collector B. K. Fluker issues the notice urging prompt payment.
A 27 year old woman named Mrs Caltor Costello believed to suffer Bright's Disease improved after drinking Robinson Spring water. The account, dated August 1908, claims urine toxins decreased and health restored in about three weeks. Endorsements from Dr H F Ashford and Professor John B Elliott support water benefits for kidney troubles.
Jackson Mississippi Dee 28 several of the largest cotton mills in Mississippi have closed or prepared to close as seed supplies wane and other plants idle by January first. Officials say no plant will be running in the state by February 1 and opinions differ on whether the season yielded any profit given seed costs and seed product markets.
London papers mark the hundredth anniversary of William E. Gladstone with retrospectives on his career and policies. The Liberal press lauds the statesman, while others praise him posthumously. Memorial meetings were held nationwide and thousands visited his tomb at Westminster Abbey. Wreaths filled the Gladstone monument at St Clement Danes.
Noted leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church gathered in Baltimore to mark the 125th anniversary of the denomination. The celebration took place at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, successor to the Lovely Lane Meetinghouse, site of the 1784 Christmas Conference that organized Methodists in America.
Chicago observes the sixth anniversary of the Iroquois Theatre fire in which about six hundred people died. Memorial services waned over the years. today the observance centers on decorating the victims' graves in Chicago cemeteries.
Miss Louise W. Taft daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry W Taft and niece of the President married Mr George H Snowdon of Seattle at the bride’s parents West Forty eighth Street home. The ceremony was small with Miss Margaret Lowe as attendant and Reese Alsop as best man. They plan to sail for Egypt then reside in Seattle where Snowdon works in the lumber business.
An urging notice from T. M. Parker Co invites customers to try a phone based service, promising satisfaction for those who seek to please others through the route of the telephone. The short ad cites a trial offer with no additional details.
Iowa Senator Cumming and Minnesota’s Clapp join Kansas’ Bristow and Minnesota’s Nelson with other insurgent leaders to stump for La Follette in his Wisconsin reelection bid. The movement signals unified support from multiple states in the progressive campaign.
The T. M. Parker Company promotes its new phone order service for groceries. It touts time and money savings and general customer satisfaction with the system.
A Union Bank and Trust Co appeals to readers to grow their bank account. The message links a larger balance with confidence prestige and community standing under the Forward and Onward spirit of achievement.
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