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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
3
The Moulton Advertiser notes its 1928 establishment as Alabama’s third oldest paper, published weekly from Moulton. Readers urged to tell the truth under oath, with local updates on residents, deaths, marriages, court matters, and community weather, plus a note on the tax sale suspending six weeks of communications.
Irwin plans to buy dry goods in Nashville. A wagon train of 40 to 80 men moved toward the Cedar forest south of Moultton. Snow and ice return Tuesday with a north wind. The circuit court faced disruption as Judge Kyle presided with dignity. Rouss, a New York merchant, died last Monday. The Borers defeated the English again, with heavy casualties and many guns captured. Stone is back with friends wearing an old dress, his wife in captivity. Patterson, New Jersey, fire losses of 10 million again duplicated by flood damage. Dr Wyman resigns as president of Alabama University. C A and Tom Williams drowned at Montgomery on 3rd. Pope Leo is 92 and head of the church 25 years. Birmingham bank deposits exceed 8 million in three months. M. DeGratien is smiling, H B Irwin helps his brother with dry goods. About 50 dollars raised at concert. Maj White and wife returned to Birmingham, expect to be home on the 15th.
A list records subscribers with dates and amounts paid extending into 1903. Names include J P Henderson J C Masterson J A Aldridge Thomas Arnold J W Kumpe H B Burkett J R Waters W F Box W D Bynum J M Stemenson J Templeton Clarence Gillespie and others with payments ranging from 50 cents to 4 00 dollars and dates from 1901 to 1903. The notice invites continued support and promises value and corrections.
The Hillsboro Dramatic Club gave a benefit concert for the M. E. church last Monday night. Audiences praised every scene and actor. Imogene’s beauty and the troupe’s performance drew high commendations, and the article urges the group to visit other places.
The notice promotes naive notes on tablets for 25 cents, urging local sellers to offer the product and repeat the story in Tue Mourton Advertiser. It claims a large trade, invites readers to secure the business, and promises low terms with money back satisfaction. A stock of 30,000 envelopes and 60,000 sheets of paper is available for public printing.
Wingfeld Hi druggist F J Hewett recalls a 1898 99 bout of Lagrippe ended by Chamtherlin Cough Remedy two bottles cured the cough and prevented pneumonia. The ad claims Chamtherlin is dependable pleasant and popular and sold by Windham & Co. A line about a wife accusing her husband of poor judgment closes the fragment.
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy claiming it prevents pneumonia from colds and La Grippe. It asserts rapid cure times and safety, with Windham & Co as the seller. Testimonials mention relief from stomach issues and constipation using Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets, priced 24 cents with free samples.
Advertisement proclaims that surgery is unnecessary for piles and that De Witt's Wieb Hazel Salve cures such cases instantly, removing the need for dangerous painful and expensive operations. It claims to treat scars cuts burns wounds bruises sores and skin diseases without equal and warns to beware of counterfeits.
Advertising is the lamp that guides readers to your business and has built fortunes for others. The message urges using newspaper ads to grow local commerce and attract customers.
A vintage advertisement touts De Witt's Little Early Risers as a cure for biliousness and constipation. Claiming to keep the liver and bowels healthy, the copy includes a testimonial from C. E. Hoover of Albany and endorses the product as safe, thorough, and effective. Windham & Co. markets the pills.
The notice advertises a joined subscription rate of 1.50 dollars per year for The Moulton Advertiser and The Birmingham Weekly Age- Herald. The merged price indicates a bundled offering for readers of both papers.
A poem-like baptism of loss and longing for heaven. The speaker bids Lizzie, a Sunday school pupil, farewell as she anticipates joining angels above the paradise. References to Sabbath morning prayers and the angel chorus frame a devout farewell.
Tireless little workers drive away torpid liver jaundice biliousness fever and ague. Pills banish thick headaches malaria and anemia. Small taste works wonders. Try them 25 cents at Windham and Co s drug store.
Visiting cards can be supplied at this office for ladies and gentlemen. The ad promises best brushes at 50 in a pack for 5c, 50e, and a tie for $1. The phrasing reflects a promotional notice from a historical newspaper page segment.
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a fast remedy for coughs, croup, bronchitis, and throat troubles, claiming it liquefies mucus and removes the disease’s cause. It cites endorsements from J. Q. Hood of Crosby Mississippi and Windham Co, with a subscription note from The Montgomery Advertiser.
Mrs Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana suffered sleepless nights from coughing. She endured severe constipation and coughing fits with blood. Three bottles of Dr Kings New Discovery, costing one dollar each, cured her and she gained 58 pounds. The remedy, said to cure coughs colds hiccups bronchitis and throat and lung troubles, is sold 50 cents and one dollar with trial bottles free at Windham Co. drug store.
A town column records the death of Geo Montgomery's infant son and various local notes. Mentions of road work by overseers, potatoes planted, and community visits by Miller Montgomery and Lee Roberts. Also notes a pig theft by Charlie Glenn between Decatur and Moulton, valentines arriving, a congestive chill after a marriage, and inquiries about Aunt Mary Norton.
Practical starVine claims after using several bottles Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, wife found perfect relief from severe stomach trouble. Before, she could not enjoy meals without pain. now cured. Several physicians and remedies failed. Also features a note urging no diet, eat normally but avoid overload. Windham Co. Thomas Miller praised as artistic wood and iron worker with future in machinery.
A Moranton Tennessee father describes a severe head sores outbreak on his daughter that was cured by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The ad proclaims the salve a guaranteed remedy for eczema, tetter, rheum, pimples, sores, ulcers and piles. Available for 25 cents at Windham & Co.’s drug store.
The young men no longer struggle to reach the room at the top of a profession. They deny and admit to the ground floor.
A Manchester New Hampshire man, 8S. J. Green, credits chronic indigestion and nervous debility relief to Electric Bitters. He asserts his wife has remained in excellent health for years, praising the tonic for female troubles and overall vigor. Windham & Co offers them at 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
An ad blitz touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic and Prickly Ash Bitters for digestion with lines about iron and quinine, cures for boils, and warnings of indigestion. It promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and claims refunds if cures fail, citing Windham & Co as distributors.
An OCR fragment list notes Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets, Prickly Ash Ethers, Buckeye Pile Ointment, and Windham Co. items. It mentions a Chicago lawyer in a suicide tale, beet supply for troops in South Africa, Joey Chamberlin in a deal speculation, and Wheat crop excess in 1901 versus Russia.
The ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic priced at 50c claiming iron and quinine in a tasteless form with no cure no pay. It also touts White's Cream Vermifuge at 25c as a worm remover and mood restorer, from Windlham & Co. The text circles vague world governance quotes and a harsh social line about Gavriel blowing a trumpet before 8 o'clock.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with a no cure no pay guarantee. Priced at 25 cents, the ad emphasizes rapid relief and safety claims for a common illness remedy.
In Hillsboro the family expresses gratitude for the loving attention given during a severe illness. The note closes with a blessing and mentions Feb 26. A cheery, healthy mood is linked to feeling well, and Herbine is advertised at 50 cents by Geo W Jackson.
A 1902 letter from Leon O T in Well Pleased Alabama expresses fondness for the Western country and plans to buy a home, plus notes about renting land and friendly schoolmate memories. The page includes advertisements for Ballards Snow Liniment, Horehound Syrup, and Herbine, and mentions Mrs Mark E Langney of Ashland dying at 105, with King Edward receiving 3,000 newspapers and 1,000 letters daily.
Rates shown: $1.00 per inch for first insertion and $0.60 for each further insertion under three months, with three six and twelve month terms on application. Obituaries, tributes, local items and notices priced per line. Candidates and offices noted with fixed fees. County directory lists officials including Chancellor W. H. Simpson and Sheriff Joni S. Stephenson among others. subscription options and clubbing offers for multiple papers included.
Circuit Court meets the first Monday in March and September for two weeks each term. Chancery Court begins on the fourth Monday in February and August. County Court convenes on the third Monday of each month. Probate Court sits on the second Monday of each month. Board of Revenue meets on the second Mondays in February May August and November.
Baptist preaching on the fourth Sunday each month morning and night led by Elder R L Quinn with Sunday School at 9 o clock. Methodist services on the second and third Sundays each month with Rev C W Seale and J A Stewart overseeing Sunday School at 9 am. Christian Sunday School each Lord's Day morning at 9, W W Alexander superintendent.
Regular communications of Mt Bord' Lodge No 168 A F A M on Saturday before the 8rd Sunday each month G W Jackson W M J H Wear Secretary Regular communications of Courtland Lodge No 37 A F P A M first Monday every month LAWSON SYKMES W M WW Simmons Secy
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