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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
6
A 1908 letter from J Allen Holt urging voters in Surry County to oppose liquor, arguing liquor drives crime and costs courts, jails, and schools. It lists questions about liquor’s social financial impact and cites widespread taxpayer burdens.
John A. Allen of Greensboro North Carolina credits Doans Kidney Pills with restoring his health after three years of back and kidney pain. He urges others to use the remedy and notes it is sold by all dealers with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents and the price is ten cents.
An advertising notice sells Rings Little Liver Pills claiming to cleanse the system cure biliousness and sick headaches. The pills are advertised as a remedy sold by J W Mepherson and Co with a price of 252 az.
The Indianapolis News reports that land leeches are common in Ceylon, clinging to bushes and grass and crawling into stockings and underwear. They grow from half an inch to three inches, and can be removed by squeezing lemon juice on them before pulling them off.
The poet Theophile Gautier helped arrange an engagement for a blind talentless blond girl with a Preraphaelite face at the Theatre Historique. While rehearsing Othello, she burst into his library in distress saying she was to be given a contemptible part Desdemona.
Tommy greets Jimmy as he hurries home to avoid his father’s spanking. Jimmy explains Ma’s plan to punish him and his urgency to reach home before pa arrives.
Jarred old ad notes ManZan Pile Remedy promises quick relief and healing. Advert reads sold by J W McPherson and Co with ready to use claim and event relief from pain.
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