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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1907
Page
3
A brief note from The Moulton Advertiser dated December 10 1907 reports a growing weekly circulation from 25 to 80 subscribers. It also promises a poetical gem by Donald C Harrison of Birmingham to be published next week. The item suggests the panic is over and readers plan a festive Christmas.
An advertisement lists a free positive cure for eczema and skin diseases by F W Williams of Manhattan Avenue New York. It notes visits by D W Irwin and J T Porter to Moulton, plus a Christmas gift at The Advertiser office. Dr Shoop mails free trial catarrh treatments from Racine Wisconsin. Car bedding paper available free. J W McMillan, an old soldier and farmer, raised 500 bushels of corn this year with no cotton.
An advertisement touts Dr. Kings New Life Pills as a guaranteed remedy to terminate fatally the stoppage of liver and bowel functions. It claims money back and lists Windham Co as seller. Also notes new gold coins shipping nationwide and reports Dr R D Spalding's Atlanta death with a $600000 estate split between widow, other heirs, and charity.
In 1903 a Tor onto Ontario man reports macular foot pains eased entirely by a single bottle of Chamberlains Pain Balm. He praises its effectiveness to friends and notes its sale by Windham and B. E. Gardner. The piece also mentions New York going dry and congratulates New Market on securing Bro Emmerson for the conference year.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents a bottle. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and states the product acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and notes general drugstore availability.
A local notice warns frequent and protracted colds lead to chronic catarrh. It recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, citing Mrs M White of Butler Tennessee whose throat and lungs improved after use. Available from Windam and E Gardner.
The article notes days will grow shorter until the 21st of the month when daylight begins to lengthen again at both ends. It mentions many letters from children and Old Joe appearing on the first page with additional letters to be published next week.
Abraham Brown of Winterton New York recounts doctors misdiagnosed him as heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach liver trouble. His wife urged Electric Bitters which he credits with restoring his health after one bottle proved more effective than five doctors prescriptions. The remedy guarantees for blood poison weakness and digestive and kidney complaints by Windham Co. and all druggists.
An article promotes a backache and kidney cure from Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to be taken after meals and at night. A local pharmacist calls the ingredients harmless and affordable, noting possible rheumatic benefits.
Testimonial for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets boasts relief from a dull after meal feeling. Dr Shoop's Restorative is promoted for weak stomach nerves and internal organs with free samples offered. Local notes mention lodge growth, a widow and orphans home plan, and a youth suicide in Jasper.
O. O. Woolever, a leading Le Raysville merchant, praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the cure for giles and recalls its 20 year cure. The notice advertises 25 cents at Windham & Co and other druggists, noting the product’s promise for sores, wounds, burns, and abrasions. Dr. J. W. Barlow, a respected Westmoreland physician, visited and extended his date to 1909, thanking locals for their warm hospitality.
For intense itching caused by various ailments the Chamberlain's Salve is claimed to act almost instantly. The notice states many severe cases have been cured and lists Windham & Co and E Gard ner as sellers.
A blizzard from the North West last week left winter like conditions, but Messi Stewart sawed the wood pile into proper lengths and warmed the castle interior. The Tax Collector of Mobile County has just been robbed of $7 000.
C. C. Glenn has moved to Hartselle and will open a produce exchange establishment there. Notices will be published locally. He is regarded as a good man, and Hartselle traders will be glad to learn a former citizen is now in that business in the city. Success to him. Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure is praised for safe use with infants, claiming its plant extract heals coughs and bronchial membranes without harsh ingredients. Also mentions death of William Norwood in Anniston and other crisis reports, with odd commentary on bath tub racing for personal crisis notes.
A South Dakota feature calls Mound City a wonder land with mining farms and formations. Mrs. E D Clapps son near death from lung trouble was reportedly cured after receiving Dr Kings New Discovery. The ad notes a trial bottle free and a $10,000 diamond theft in Virginia. A Birmingham marriage woman died after accidental poisoning.
The season of coughs and colds brings warnings for children with diphtheria and scarlet fever risk. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is trusted by many mothers, claims safety for children, no narcotics, sold by Windham & Co and S E Gardner. Preventics tablets offer pneumonia and bronchitis prevention with no quinine.
The late Methodist Conference issued a list of appointments including G. E. Boyd presiding Elder Athens Station and Athens Circuit, D B McGrawn Austinville Flint, J C Jones Cambridge Circuit Courtland, W T Holanige Co W P McGrawn Danville Circuit, D E Culver Decatur, J Robertson Fairview Mission, A J Chappell Perkville Circuit, J K Brown Hartsell L F Parrish Holmes Gap Circuit Moulton Circuit, F B Faust Mount Hope Circuit, W B Galston New Decatur, J A J Brock Pettusville Circuit, W G Hamrick Summerville Circuit, W A Mays Town Creek Hillsboro, C C Goodbey Trinity on Matherson Westmoreland.
The Educational Board led by Supt Almon met Saturday with progress described. Bryan appears to have no opposition for the upcoming national democratic convention. Local items include notes on family visits, weather, and reflections on railroads and laws.
Rev J T Scott married Miss Imelia Gillespie at the family residence near Moulton on December 5 1907 with Elder G E Boyd officiating. The bride is described as youthful and the couple looks forward to a blissful life, with heartfelt congratulations and blessings.
The Kumpe tract near Moulton covers about 20 acres surveyed into residence lots. One house stands on the site and several lots have sold. It sits south of Moulton with views over the surrounding area. A future pre high school building may occupy the highest point. Judge Kumpe’s purchase of the red hill is praised. Col. W. E. Hotchkiss did the surveying.
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