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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1912
Page
3
The Gk Moulton Advertiser notes a quiet home wedding set for Wednesday evening June 26 1912 at Liberty Hall. Miss Lilly White will marry Mr John Ernst Kumpe with only relatives present Rev Sellers officiating. Also reports crop pests, promotions for Chamberlains remedies and local notices.
Frightful coughing split two ribs in Neenah Wisconsin as a man suffered pains. Medicine ads praise King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung troubles with free trial bottle offers. Local readers urged to borrow cement tools from The Moulton Advertiser office and consider Foley Kidney Pills for back pain relief.
Many leading residents in Tennessee and nearby states recommend Bt Joseph's Liver Regulator as an effective laxative and liver medicine. Occasional use keeps the system in good condition, removes bite and effete matter, and supports natural health. Available in liquid and powder forms, liquid 50 cents a bottle, powders 25 cents a box. A Montgomery saloon keeper was mysteriously assassinated with no clue to the killer.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the Toledo firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The oath is sworn December 6, 1886, before Notary A. W. Gueason. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, claims blood and mucous surface action, and lists 75 cent Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A sequence of religious meetings is announced for Moulton during summer and early fall. Distinguished helpers are expected to attend and aim to persuade the unconverted through reason rather than emotion.
A newspaper item touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for women, claiming strong nerves, bright brains, even temper, healthy complexion, and energy from cured indigestion and pains. It urges readers to try them, noting 50 cents at dealers. Nearby, Judge Kumpe spent days away on business.
The nation reels from a Fourth of July injury list yet Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is praised as a quick healer. It treats burns cuts bruises boils ulcers eczema sore lips and piles. 25c at all medicine dealers.
Efforts are under way to consolidate Alabama City Gadsden and Attalla into a single larger city with a new name. A Decatur typewriter repairer has been notified he inherited 96,000 acres of land and 30,000 head of cattle in Australia.
A newspaper fragment contrasts Move On Now with Dr Kings New Life Pills for bowel issues. It mentions a 12 year old girl bitten by a dog in Guntersville Alabama. It notes prominent 88 workers attending a program in Moulton on July 9-10 to discuss soul lifting talks.
The piece notes Rub-My Tism as a cure while the season moves forward. It mentions Walter Almon has not yet produced any snake stories, but hints he will when he travels to Flint or to Big Nance. It also states turnpike surveys are underway and work will start soon.
Mrs J E Henry of Akron Michigan credits Foley Kidney Pills with easing kidney trouble and saving a big doctor bill. Pittsburg woman gives birth to triplets and is well. Decatur new post office returns to second class. Mrs Lela Love endorses Foley Kidney Pills for kidney relief. Obituaries and local notes pepper the column with reflections on community life and missing papers.
Mrs. B Gibson of Jefferson and Seventh streets, Tuscumbia, Alabama, reports lasting relief since May 1908 from back pain and dizziness after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She credits a neighbor's recommendation, notes permanent cure, and states the pills improved her entire system. Sold by all dealers 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY. Remember the name Doan's.
Friday noon alarm mobilized residents as volunteers battled flames at Jim Heflin's home. Furniture moved out, then the fire was smothered. Heflin thanked friends for timely aid. Also notes Prof J W Holliman's visit, crop pests in Franklin County, and local political dates and travel by Ed Jeffies entourage.
An advertisement warns against calomel laxatives and promotes Hermann’s Vegetable Liver Tonic sold by Sandlin Drug Co with a money back guarantee. It claims the tonic is pure plant based, non irritating, and aids bowel cleansing and liver function. The snippet also notes a Baptist State Convention in Jasper July 24 to 26 and reports local incidents including a Decatur shooting and a county inmate deemed insane sent to Tuscaloosa asylum.
The item notes 11 new subscribers joined in the past week despite June's dullness. It also reports Mrs. Martin, former music teacher, is married in the Birmingham district and wishes her happiness, hoping her joys multiply like stars.
H L Blomquist of Esdaile Wis says his wife finds Foley's Honey and Tar Compound the best cough remedy on the market after trying others. Moulton Drug Co Major Nesbitt of Decatur and his group visited last week. Solicitor Irwin brightened his office with paint and cement steps. The artistic work was by Fred Stewart. Let the procession move on.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Foley's Honey and Tar Compound contains no opiates or habit forming drugs and offers healing for coughs colds throat and chest irritations. It notes genuine product in a yellow package and urges customers to ask for Foley's without substitutes while announcing expanded production capacity and readiness to take orders.
Frank Heagood was thrown from a buggy at Montgomery and killed. Paul Masterson of Tuscumbia visited Moulton last week for the first time in seven years.
An obituary note records the 1910 birth of Elbert Dawson Odom Jr and his death at age 1 year 7 months on June 11 1912. He was laid to rest June 12 one mile northwest of town with flowers from Huntsville and Memphis. Friends and neighbors praise his gentle life and express Christian consolations from scripture and prayer.
The death of little Mabel Lee Young on May 20, 1912, at age 2 years 2 months and 6 days, is noted with prayerful sympathy to her parents Mr. and Mrs. A B Young. She was buried at Rock Spring with Elder R T Wear officiating.
Charles Sable of Rochester New York recommends Foley Kidney Pills saying they gave him prompt relief from long bothered kidney trouble. His positive experience is presented as convincing evidence of the pills curative qualities.
State examiner reports Mobile officers short by fifty thousand dollars and suits are filed. Montgomery enforces dog law as unmuzzled cars create danger. Athens Courier notes N B Hodges death in Athens. A black man convicted killer dies in a Birmingham mine after confessing to two more murders. Bank thief killed in Arkansas, three jailed. W L Blue dies in Montgomery after forty years postal service. Texas feud ends with three dead and two wounded. Farmers lay by as Gen Green looms. Dr Oates Norieg condemns jails and closes convict camps. Policeman Carmichael dies of apoplexy in Huntsville. Alabama convicts to have barbecue on July 4.
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