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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
5
The article notes food prices remained steady while unemployment rose and hunger stories spread in cities. Meat prices rise twenty percent more with wholesalers and retailers sharing the savings, prompting calls for remedies amid rising consumer hardship.
An advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as preventing uric acid buildup by restoring kidney function. Mrs. B L Murphy of Mt Airy NC testifies the remedy relieved rheumatic pain and strengthened kidneys after using Ashcraft Drug Co supplied pills. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is named as sole US agents.
The Bryans lived in a small Lincoln frame house on a country lawyer’s $1,800 yearly income before fame. Mabel Potter Daggett notes the couple share all endeavors, with the wife guiding Will through political economy. He recalls his wife as the first lady of the land, already by his side during his ascent.
The article extols natural digestive juices and links their proper function to strong blood and health. It promotes Kodol for dyspepsia and indigestion, praising its reliability and pleasant taste and noting it is sold by H Gwyn.
An exchange reports on a marriage as "committed matrimony" with deliberate, wilful language. An advertisement touts ManZan Pile Remedy for all piles with relief of pain and inflammation priced at 50 cents, sold by J. W. Mepherson and Co.
The Tradesman urges Southern farmers to boost corn production to meet home demand and reduce the billions of dollars currently spent on outside corn. It notes unused land and rising prices for corn and livestock, arguing that the cotton farmer should diversify and raise more corn to strengthen economic standing.
A vintage drugstore ad touts Hol lister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as a life enhancing product. The promotion claims it strengthens appetite and restores health, priced at 35 cents for tea or tablets. Read by millions, it frames the product as a key wellness aid from Ashcraft Drug Co. and Taylor Drug Co.
Superior Court order names R M Hardy commissioner to sell land in Surry County on June 27 1908 at 1 PM on Main Street Mt Airy. The Miss Mary Vernon lot runs along Main Street with Hollingsworth line and specific bearings and distances. Terms require 4 cash 4 in six months and the remainder in nine months with note and security. An unrelated advertisement for Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup promotes its gentle bowel action and maple sugar taste sold by J H Gwyn.
Notice from North Carolina Surry County to the Entry Taker of Surry Co C C Smoot Sons & Co that they lay claim to fifty acres more or less on Mitchells river adjoining C C Smoot Sons & Co and Deamer in Bryan Township. Some land vacant and subject to entry. Vestal Taylor CC Smoot Sons & Entry Taker Company. Sick Headache and Biliousness relieved at once with Rings Little Liver Pills A rosy com.
testimonial from Ms. F. J. Norton of Freeville New York praising Dr Miles Heart Cure and Nervine after La Grippe left her weak and short of breath. ad notes druggists carry the medicine and offers to refund the first bottle if no benefit, Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
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