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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1908
Page
3
Florence Mason and Pythian leader Bro Anderson visited Moulton last Thursday night to revive the defunct Kof P pledge. Woodman and Masonic goats wore full uniforms as both orders held activities late. Mrs Ira Shoemaker of Decatur is visiting locals this week.
Ads and snippets report free treatment for eczema and skin ailments from F. W. Williams of New York, testimonials praising Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung disease, local sales at A. Bernstein’s store in Moulton, and brief notes on residents, a tragic murder-suicide in Missouri, a trunk fire in Pittsburg, and a hero named John Frost with an eagle.
A collection of advertisements and short notices discusses Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward offer, a Chicago wedding gone violent, skin disease remedies, and various anecdotes about crime, weapons, horses, oranges, a New York lawyer shot by a jealous woman, and a royal cigar order.
A home remedy mix of Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Kargun and Sarsaparilla syrup is promoted as the finest prescription for back ache kidney trouble and urinary difficulties by an eminent authority quoted in a New York Daily paper. The mix is taken as a teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime with claims of rapid relief without stomach injury. A local druggist offers to supply or mix ingredients. Dr. Groenendyke discusses educational matters in a forthcoming piece and notes advertisings rights in country sheets.
Prominent architect Norman R. Coulter in San Francisco praises Electric Bitters as a universal tonic. It is said to aid stomach liver and kidney disorders and strengthen the system. Marketed as the best spring medicine and blood purifier 50c at Windham & Co's Moulton Alabama. Also notes panic origins rumors about Port Arthur surrender and a condemned general begging for mercy.
A miscellaneous column offers Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as mild, pleasant laxatives with free samples in Alabama. It notes a New Jersey man marrying his mother in law affecting union rules, jokes about leap year widows, and a $100 prize offer for any flu or cold case a 25 cent Preventics cannot cure. Also mentions John McMillin's wealth and John Hobbs's arrest with large jail-time payments for accomplices.
Rev F Starbird of East Raymadd Maine endorses Bucklen's Arnica Salve for old army wound and obstinate sores in his veterinary work. Price 35c at Windham and Co's drug store. A St Louis telephone girl mystery ends when he marries a real girl. A Dakota woman preserves an apple thrown fifty years ago with cloves.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as unequaled for croup and colds. Harry Wilson of Waynetown Ind endorses its curb for croup when used early. Sold by Windham Moulton Ala and S E Gardner Landersville Ala. Also notes Jefferson Davis would have turned 100 on June 8. A tramcar collision in New York kills six returning from a dance, injures many.
The piece touts Dr Shoop's Cough Cure as harmless and effective for tickling or dry coughs with green leaves and mountain shrubs cited as curative. It warns against opium or chloroform and urges mothers to use the product, sold by dealers everywhere, while noting rural prosperity themes and advancing gasoline engines for farming in Texas.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills for headaches biliousness constipation and malaria with a full refund if not satisfied at Windham & Co drug store in Moulton Alabama. It also notes a Catholic priest assassination in Denver and lists Montgomery County Health Officer salary at 1440 annually.
Prof H A Howell of Howell's American School Havana Cuba credits Chamberlain Cough Remedy with saving his baby during a severe February illness. He notes prompt relief and full recovery after using the remedy. Local sales listed in Alabama.
Lame shoulder cures with Chamberlain's Pain Balm promoted for swift relief. A sensational letter from John Borden about his wife Sally expresses yearning for reconciliation and happiness. Also notes Dr Shoop's 20 minute Croup Remedy promising quick, gentle relief, 50c. Sold by all dealers.
Florence Alabama company Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Uu. offers four Florence Wagons giveaway and cites testimonials from last year’s customers. The notice urges using their fertilizers this year.
Statement from Bank of Moulton Alabama shows loans and discounts 83192 74 and deposits 67621 34. Cash and balances due from banks and bankers, in state and out of state, total assets and liabilities including capital stock, surplus, and undivided profits. Officer O L Judy sworn to truth of the figures with directors J C Kumre A L WixpuaM and W D Irwin signatories.
The January 1908 examination in Lawrence County shows five passers Z E Hadley W H Porter Ida Taylor Lucy Myrtle Odom Maggie Lee with thirteen rejections, total eighteen applicants. Delinquent Poll Tax lists appear in Mississippi papers. Alabama may consider a similar law. Prof C E Harrison faces trial in Birmingham for spanking a school girl. Also note Hearst of New York forming a new party aiming for five million votes.
The Democratic Party authorized to announce D. H. Bracken as a candidate for reelection to the office of Tax Collector of Lawrence County subject to party action.
W C Hamilton announces renomination for Tax Assessor of Law county. He has served in the office and seeks another term. Election details and campaign plans will be forthcoming from his committee.
Announcements name MAR Lin H Clare JAs J Prexens Charles C Kerry A D Robverts R QuinN L E Woop as candidates for Superintendent of Education in Lawrence County subject to Democratic Party action. Names and spellings reflect OCR text.
We announce J. M. Sandlin as Treasurer candidate pending Democratic Party action. Also Jonn N. Sneers as Treasurer candidate. Titom As Napoleon Almon is named as Treasurer candidate for Lawrence County subject to Democratic Party action.
The notice lists multiple candidates including Jack son Windham J W Bynum Rev Rome Pickens J C Hames J J Bras Entgan B Harris and George W Roperson, all seeking re election or election to the Court of Revenue from various districts in Lawrence County subject to Democratic Party action.
The note offers printing services for candidate cards at $3.50 per 1000 or $2.50 for 500, emphasizing readiness and an improved printing style for rapid turnaround.
A notice explains that all communications intended to advance political interests of County District and State candidates must be paid for at 12 éc per line. It states typical line length of eight words and outlines methods to remit by check or post office money order.
Rogersville Alabama February 17 1908 letter from farmer Sam praises Ashcraft's Formula used on five acres yielding four heavy bales of cotton on poor land, claiming the product delivers consistent good results and wishing continued prosperity for Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co Florence Alabama.
W C Hamilton seeks a complete Lawrence county record of ex Confederate soldiers. Respond with full names, post office addresses, birth details, service entry, duration, re enlistment, and capacities. Send to Department of Archives and History in Montgomery. Contact Mr. Hamilton at Hillsboro Alabama R F D No 1.
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