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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
1
A veteran freighter recounts meeting Katzatoa a seven foot Kiowa chief who befriended him after capturing him during a buffalo stampede along the Santa Fe trail. The tale follows months with the Kiowas amid trading posts and a dramatic Apache raid before his eventual return to the freighters.
Readable text notes a laxative cough syrup for children that tastes like maple and is gentler on the bowels. It mentions it is sold by J H Wyn.
Editor Jo Reese of the Greensboro Record notes it is costly to import liquor from outside the state as a Richmond gallon costs 60 cents in freight. The Record reports a plan to ship bottles wrapped in paper inside press rolls to evade restrictions, provoking moral outrage at such suggestions.
An advertises a cough syrup called Bape Laxative Cough Syrup promoted as prompt relief for coughs hoarseness and whooping cough. Claims mothers recommend it and guarantees relief. Sold by J W Mepherson and Co with household availability.
A dramatic tale opens with a fateful chat between a prominent man and an angel, then shifts to Dr. Wilfred Grenfell battling hunger maddened dogs on Labrador ice. The narrative covers Merritt seeking a tuberculosis cure via inoculation, and Captain Bartlett recounts Grenfell's daring rescue and Arctic honors.
An old advertisement touts Wood's Liver Medicine as a tonic for the liver and bowels to relieve malaria chills fever and ailments from deranged liver and kidneys. It claims to ease stomach sickness and general weakness as a gentle remedy.
A traveler asks how far the next town lies and a local replies the distance is between near and far. He notes it is not so far as night and not so close as day, and the journey would feel longer if it were closer.
A historical notice promotes Pinesalve carbolized remedy for bites, insect stings, chapped skin, and sunburn. Sold by J. W. McPherson & Co. in a compact advertising line.
An Arkansas advertisement promotes Witt Cure for consumption claiming it clears coughs and lung complaints in early stages. It asserts high satisfaction with 8 Honey and Tar and notes J H Gwyn sells the remedy.
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