Advertisers Urge Fair Trial Of Their Wares
Advertisers claim they seek only a fair trial of their goods by actual use and experience, not lifelong commitments to purchase. They urge readers to judge products by practical testing.
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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1913
Page
3
Advertisers claim they seek only a fair trial of their goods by actual use and experience, not lifelong commitments to purchase. They urge readers to judge products by practical testing.
Agricultural note urges farmers to choose seed corn from their own field or a neighbor's better strain. Emphasizes fall selection from well developed ears on strong stalks, proper moisture, and medium shank. Warns against freezing damaged grain and recommends drying stored ears before winter, with test results next spring. T. R. Bryant of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station in Lexington signs the piece.
An old advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney of Toledo. It asserts the cure works systemically, notes internal use, and cites a 75 cent price with testimonials offered.
Announcement offering carriage and transfer wagon to meet all trains and a contact phone for arrangements. Includes a curious line about a bean sale and a remark on women’s clothing being hard to judge, reflecting era phrasing.
A terse, humorous reflection on domestic life noting women enjoy moving furniture for the sound it makes and that spouses tire of constant presence as much as absence. It ends with a comment that a human crank seldom initiates any activity.
Mrs. N. Trimble of Mt. Sterling Kentucky testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her kidney trouble and nerve distress after irregular action and painful loins. She bought the remedy at Duerson's Drug Store and felt well after use. For sale by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Dean's.
Former Clark County Sheriff and Circuit Clerk Clinton Fox died last Wednesday at 1 30 am at his home from heart failure. A 73 year old ex Confederate soldier and longtime Winchester official, he was called The Father of the Council. Survived by wife Anne Elizabeth Chambers and eight children in Clark County and beyond.
The saying notes women tend to outlive men but rarely attain the highest recorded ages. It highlights gender longevity patterns and the rarity of extreme oldest ages among women.
The passage satirically notes unkept promises as impeachment grounds. It mocks the idea of tracking egg prices with a motion picture machine and suggests some self made men should hire skilled carpenters instead of handling jobs themselves.
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