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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
4
A patient recounts twelve failed attempts before trying Swift's Specific Red Rheumatic Remedy. After starting with one dose, symptoms eased and vanished. relief followed quickly and full recovery came, bringing happiness and restored well being.
A Richmond Times quotation notes tobacco prices rising sharply with some grades up to a dollar and a half per hundred in ten days. Dealers expect further gains and market clearing by Christmas, while others fear a market gutting due to current conditions.
A reader from Toowoomba endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective after two months of severe coughing. The testimonial praises its cure and recommends the medicine for others. It is sold by Dr. W S Taylor and J W McPherson & Company.
Reverend R. H. Webb, aged sixty four, died after weeks of illness at the Greensboro circuit parsonage. He leaves a widow and several children and will be interred Thursday at Oaka in Chatham County, his longtime home. Webb was a noted Methodist minister in North Carolina.
Health note says poupiemen results from liver irregularities and poisons in the blood. Pimples and boils follow if waste isn’t removed. DeWitt’s Liver Risers are advertised as world famous for aiding bowel regularity without cramps, per Iry West, druggist in Mt. Airy, North Carolina.
In a shocking act at his home, 38 year old Hannon fires at random after a final moment of meditation. He shoots toward Mr. Alexander and then at Mr. Walker before turning the pistol on his head, dying instantly. Mrs. Hannon and their three children mourn this rash deed.
A price listed ad claims Botanic Blood Balm B B B internally cures eczema and related skin woes by purifying the blood. It promises relief from itching, ulcers, boils, pimples, and bone pains, with a free trial offer and medical advice to those who describe their trouble. The product costs $1.00 at drug stores with free treatment by mail.
A comparing editorial argues North Carolina offers healthier growth and lower taxes than New York. It notes New York State requires 23 million in state taxes and 110 million for city taxes annually versus under 2 million state taxes and under 100 thousand for Raleigh, highlighting population and area differences to claim North Carolina provides room for capital and good returns with lower living costs.
An old ad proclaims CHAM iIn's Stomach and Tablets for appetite, liver and bowel cleansing with claims of relief after meals. It cites a state crime tally since 1849 with 1,261 capital trials and 12 hangings, noting lynching counts and racial proportions, via the Charlotte Observer.
A Richmond Dispatch report claims New York penal code prohibits circular burrs used on carriage horses at the Horse Show. The devices cause excruciating pain as horses move, with many fashionable attendees possibly to be prosecuted. The writer questions society’s indifference to cruelty and asks readers if the public remembers "the Flagler crime."
Mattoon NL reports Jobo White a farmer who vanished ten years ago after sending his wife to a store. He reportedly traveled to Texas and North Dakota before returning to Janesville to buy soda and reunite with his wife who was astonished by his reappearance. White offered no explanation for his absence.
Fragmented text cites Southern Railway expansion at Spencer with payroll growth expected by one third. The rest references a 200 year old Captain Kidd letter in Boston and a dyspepsia cure advertisement, ending with a quip about a pessimist being a turkey.
A well known Chicago physician recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy for nearly all persistent coughs especially in children of all ages. It is non narcotic and safe for home use. The endorsement comes from Dr Mary R Meceney in Chicago with sale by local dr W S Taylor and J W McPherson Co. Also a Davidson County farmer reportedly earned $2000 from a potato crop per the Davidson Dispatch.
The Georgia legislature defeats the Hardwick bill aimed at disfranchising Black voters. The measure sought to remove protections and restrict electoral rights for African Americans, facing opposition from lawmakers who opposed such discrimination.
To Get Rid of a Troublesome Corn First soak in warm water to soften it then pare it down as closely as possible without drawing blood and apply Chamberlains Pain Balm twice daily rubbing vigorously for five minutes at each application. A corn plaster should be worn for a few days to protect it from the shoe. As a general liniment Pain Balm is unequalled for sprains bruises lameness and rheumatism. For sale by Taylor and Morrison Company.
Northern Wouw tribes move into Pyay-Helsam while local authorities discuss curtain cure for cous and regional tensions rise as communities adjust to new arrangement in the border zone.
A harsh promotional note claims a mother's worm syrup safely destroys intestinal worms in children and urges caregivers to use it whenever a worm problem appears. This sensational appeal frames treatment as essential and warns against withholding it.
The commissioner estimates internal revenue receipts for the current fiscal year at 280 million dollars, about 26 million less than last year. Treasury leaders and lawmakers anticipate the shortfall to reach at least 40 million, with cost of collection 15 percent lower than prior years. The commissioner recommends amending the revenue law to clarify tax on banks, arguing the definition of surplus in capital tax and undivided profits should bear part of the surplus. Washington Dispatch.
A dated testimonial extols Gooch's Mexican Syrup for asthma and coughs. The writer claims four years of illness cured after taking three bottles, urging others with consumptive symptoms to try the remedy priced at two cents.
The piece notes how Scandinavian brides gift prayer books and wedding shirts, which men wear at marriage but never again in life except in the grave. It also recounts a medical anecdote from A. J. Snell of Summer Hill NY praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing stomach pain before a party.
Kidney trouble preys the mind and body causing distress from infancy to old age. Swamp Root remedies claim to ease bladder and kidney concerns in men and women, with sample bottles and pamphlet offered by Dr Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York.
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