Houlton Advertiser notes rising circulation in 1908
The issue from Moulton Alabama on September 1 1908 highlights a growing circulation for The Houlton Advertiser and includes assorted notices. It also lists a free cure advertisement for eczema and skin diseases by F W Williams of Manhattan Avenue New York. The Long Distance Telephone Company of Decatur is in receivership. Mrs J G Gamble dies in Limestone County. Deputy sheriff Berryhill conducted a lower valley visit last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Williams
Manhattan Avenue
New York
Decatur
J. G. Gamble
Limestone County
Berryhill
Lower Valley
Catarrh Cure Claim Prominently Featured in Local Advert
A long advertisement bundle touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any unsolved case, plus endorsements and testimonials. It promotes internal use to treat the disease constitutionally, adds poison-pill health tips, and plugs other products and local notices while noting community builders and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
All Druggssts
Chamberlain stomach tablets praised for biliousness relief
Allegan resident J J Firestone reports a fifty percent improvement after taking two Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. The ad notes sale points in several towns. Also announced is the sixth annual rural letter carriers association convention at the federal building in Montgomery on September 7 and 8. Local crops in the lower valley show good growth but yields are expected to be below full. Cotton and corn acreage tradeoffs impact grain on large plantations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J. J. Firestone
Allegan, Mich
Irwin Drug Co
Moulton
S. E. Gardner
Landersville
D. W. Irwin
Hillsboro
Rural Letter Carriers Association
Federal
Montgomery
New Discovery Cures Coughs Says John White
Mr John White of 28 Highland Ave Moulton Maine reports winter coughs vanished after using Dr Kings New Discovery a 50c bottle with a $1.00 trial bottle free Windham Co and All Druggists carry it. Also mentions Rock-pile labor humane treatment and cautions about imitations. Chamberlains Cough Remedy also sold locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John White
Highland Ave
Moulton
Maine
Dr. King
Windham & Co
Tiley
N. I Brown
Pittsfield
Dr. Shoop
Protracted Meetings Led by Tollison Neeley Pair
Brother Lee Tollison joins with Brother Wm M Neeley to hold long gospel meetings across the county. Neeley preaches while Tollison sings, with a quip that more are sung into heaven than preached into the kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Tollison
Wm. M. Neeley
Bro Neeley
Bro. Tollison
Hieaven
Traveling Man Recalls Eastbound Oregon Train Experience
Sam A. Garber recounts aiding a sick woman aboard an Eastbound O R N train from Pendleton to LeGrande using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He treated her with two doses, rubbings, and handed the bottle to the husband for future use as the train neared Le Grande. Also notes local sales and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
LeGrande
Ore
Sam A. Garber
le Grande
Irwin Drug Co
Moulton
E. Gardner
Landersville
D. W. Irwin
Hillsboro
Strength and health tonic ads and local incidents
A collage of product endorsements and brief incidents. P J Daly touts Electric Bitters for his ailing mother noting weight gain and better sleep. Lightning killed Henry Davis in Limestone county. A boy scalded to death in Limestone. Hog Island renamed Saratoga of the South. Cascasweet advertised as safe for babies. Capt. Stephenson and Preventics cold remedy promoted. No Quinine or harsh ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Daly
W. Congress 3
Chicago
Windham & Co
al Druggists Drug Store
Henry Davis
Limestone County
Hog Island
Saratoga
Best Treatment for a Burn and Prominent Local Notices
Best treatment for a burn extols Chamberlains salve for rapid pain relief and scarless healing. Also praises its use for barber hands sore nipples and skin diseases. Sells for 25 cents via Irwin Drug Co Moulton S Gardner Landersville and D W Irwin Hillsboro. A Massachusetts building collapse kills 18. Washington DC hosts a 200000 fire. Lawrence County Circuit Court opens in Moulton next Monday. Drop a dollar in your vest pocket for The Moulton Advertiser to boost our coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Drug Co
Moulton, S. &. Gardner
Landersville
D. W. Irwin
Hillsboro
Washington City
Lawrence County Circuit Court
Moulton
A Sure Enough Knocker and Various Advertisements
A Reidsville man praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a sure remedy for ulcers and other ailments. The ad notes 25 cents at local druggists. Also advertised are Kodol for digestion, Dr Shoop Rheumatic Remedy, and local news on Mussel Shoals survey, church windows, and a drowning near Memphis amid floods in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Goodwin
Reidsville
N. C
Bucklen
Windham & Co
Sprained ankle treated with Chamberlains Liniment time aid
A sprained ankle may heal in about one third the normal time by freely applying Chamberlains Liniment and giving it absolute rest. Also mentioned are various brief notices of accidents, obituaries, strikes, and medicinal ads from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Irwin Drug Co
Moulton
E. Gardner
Landersville
D. W. Irwin
Hillsboro
Farm Life Triumphs Over City Labor Tales
A farmer who joined city street railway work learns the hardships of urban labor. He recalls twelve to十八hour days and little pay, choosing to return to the farm where life is closer to nature. He urges country boys to value farming and avoid city toil when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Farmers’ Union
Street Railway Company
Street
Pit Sa One team and mules for sale
Mules are 10 years old and weigh about 1100 pounds. Taleo has a John Deere cultivator, a combined corn and cotton planter in good as new condition, and a buggy in good shape. Prices via phone or at my home six miles east of Moulton. See 2 rings. M. Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taleo
Moulton
Stewart
Great Meeting at Moulton Colored Baptist Church
J H Freeman reports a series of meetings at the Moulton Colored Baptist Church starting the fourth Sunday in August. Rev J H Mastin of Nuntsville preached through Friday with strong praise and order. About 27 conversions followed by 35 baptisms the next Sunday. He praises Mastin as a powerful preacher and notes many in the community vow to lead better lives urging race members to be lawful and upright for white county respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
J. H. Freeman
End of Baseball Season and Local Notes
Baseball season closes as players idle their uniforms and prepare for autumn work. Town reflections lament overexposure to sports, while local church meetings add new members. miscellaneous incidents include bank thefts in Canada and New York, a cashier shortfall in Stevenson OK, and a sick mule hauled by Floyed Jacobs. Edgar Swoope visits from Courtland on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
New York
Banke E Examiner
Stevenson OK
Picnic at Cedar Mill set by community group
Announcement for a community picnic at Cedar Mill one mile west of Penitentiary Spring on Saturday September 5 inviting all to bring filled baskets. Barbecued meats and refreshments provided by Middleton & Duncan. Event location changed from Penitentiary Spring to Cedar Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. White and Son
Penitentiary Spring
Middleton
Cedar Mill
National Benevolence Society
Ice Cream Supper for Methodist Church Fund
The Ladies of Moulton Methodist Church will serve ice cream and other refreshments in the Court House yard on Tuesday night September 8 1908. Everyone invited to support the worthy cause as proceeds benefit the new church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Measuring Party Invitation by Moulton Baptist Church
The ladies of the Moulton Baptist Church invite you to a measuring party on Friday night September 4 1908 from 6 30 to 10 30 pm in the Court House yard. There will be music and games and refreshments with a playful theme about measurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Baptist Church
Court House Yard
Visitors from the Moulton Advertiser Honor The Sheffield Standard
Mrs Lucy Benner and Miss Mary White visited Sheffield and were received with pleasure by the Standard editor who praises their father Jourd White as an honorable friend. Miss Mary White is an accomplished newspaper woman and assists in the Advertiser. Farmers urged to pick cotton as unemployment grows. a sharp note on vagrancy laws and a call to move workers to cotton fields. A Pentecostal church meeting in Alabama ends with many conversions and praise to God. Peter LeMay worked at his pea day, a West warning cloud signals danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Standard
Lucy Benner
Mary White
Jourd White
Moulton Advertiser
Shefield
Standard
Advertiser
Wallace
Alabama
Mr. Hope
Peter LeMay
She West
Cashier vanishes with thirty thousand dollars in bank theft
Short note from High Jack reports the Stevenson bank closed and cashier Charles Alston missing with deposits totaling $30,000. The rest of the item mixes religious notices, local social notes, and community updates from Hillsboro, Pin Hook, Gam Spring, Decatur, and Hog Island, including mentions of Maj. D C Goodlett, Benner, and upcoming National Benevolence Society meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Jack
Stevenson
Charles Alston
Methodist
Hillsboro
Pin Hook
Gam Spring
A Song of Alfalfa Verse Keeps Crop Gains Alive
A lyrical meditation on alfalfa praising its land renewal, high yield, and economic value. The verses claim alfalfa thrives in varied soils, reduces mortgage burden, yields multiple harvests a year, and supports swine, cattle, poultry, and horses with robust health. The ballad ends with the refrain A falfa.
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Iaca
Ala
Alexander & Stephenson
DeWitt
Jim Jones
Gabe Woodruff
W. P. Miller
John Lewis
Sam Pointer
Ft. Worth
Lynch Irwin
Lynch
Clem Peerson
Bob Masterson
Eure
John T. Roberson
Mt. Hope
Our Town
Bro, Quinn
Jack Windham
N. E
Abraham Bernstein
Tobe McMillian
Harmony
Capt. Stephenson
Massachusetts
Porter & Prince
Brick
Wade Gray
Ruben
Frank Smoot
Tuscumbia
Memphis
South Carolina
F. P. Sandlin
Maryland
Jas
Fowler
Morgan County
Georgia
New Methodist Church
Montana
C. F. Melver
Laverne
Kennedy
Irwin Drug Qo
Farmers’ Union Guide
Law
Jacobs
Edgar Swoope
Courtland
Scotti
D.C. Goodlett
Spen
T Hartselle
KO. Benner
R. B. Smith
Alfalfa
Sarah J. Hoskins
Cary
Cardus
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