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Newspaper
Mount Vernon Signal
Location
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
4
A vintage patent medicine claim describes Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pills as sugar coated granules that regulate and invigorate the stomach and liver. The ad markets them as a tonic for digestion and liver support.
Opinion urges rural education focus on farming skills to retain country youth. Argues high schools favor classical tracks, draining rural population. Cites 1912 Kentucky directory: 114 classical English, 36 scientific high schools, urging education aligned with life on farms.
Questioning if rural life and home practices should stay fixed in 1850 while society moves toward 1913. Argues for updating schooling to reflect modern times and prepare children for 1913 work and life.
Editorial urges adoption of an agricultural course in West Liberty high school as essential as history or civics. It argues against opposition and warns of an uproar if agriculture is neglected, insisting it is as important as other core subjects.
Mr J B M'Fer Ran offers two gold prizes of 250 each to outstanding club members in Kentucky. The top boy corn club winner growing over 150 bushels on one acre receives the prize, and the top girl in tomato canning with over 800 quarts earns the second prize.
Enthusiastic user reports quick relief from severe bowel illness after one or two doses. Ends with a sales pitch urging use when needed and noting availability from Chas. C Davis.
The Versailles barbecue expands to educate farmers and their families with talks on co operation and crop marketing. Speakers include Jim Caldwell of Lakefield and Professor Brand from Washington on co operative farm marketing. The event features farm tours, a social setup, and a Kentucky hospitality driven by state wide participation.
Broad claim medicine from Dr. E. W. Hail promises to cure kidney and bladder issues in men and women and regulate child urinary troubles. A single bottle costs $1 with two months of treatment and mailed options if not found locally. Testimonials available upon request. Sold by druggists in St. Louis and across states.
Rev. H Stubenwoll of Allison Iowa lauds Dr Kings New Life Pills for constipation. He calls them perfect pills no home should be without. Each pill guaranteed access price 25 cents at Chas C Davis. Some men talk in their sleep because that is the only chance they get.
A Kentucky reader from Pomerayton recounts five years of stomach trouble and violent headaches. After trying various treatments he used Thedford's Black Draught for three months and reports complete relief, crediting the remedy for stabilizing his digestion and liver function.
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