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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
4
President Taft issued a proclamation calling a special session of the Sixty first Congress to convene March 13. A Western State member of Congress comments there is no doubt about Bryan's candidacy in 1912, and the paper's publisher says he would vote for Bryan if nominated by the Democratic Convention.
Mrs Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania recounts a near death experience from a long illness. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a permanent cure after other remedies failed. The ad touts relief for coughs colds bronchial ailments and offers trial bottles and a guarantee.
The Greensboro Female College Alumni Association seeks help from former students and friends to compile a permanent roll of all students, asking alumnae to mail maiden and present names addresses and career details to Mrs W M Curtis Recorder Alumni Association Greensboro N C. Also includes an ad for Kodol for dyspepsia and a jab at ambitious women.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Liniment as a premier remedy for muscular and rheumatic pains sprains and soreness. It claims value for lame backs and deep seated pains and lists 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by W A Hayes Druggist.
A Greenville Refrestor item notes a man took two copies of The Charlotte Observer from a subscriber doorway. He was arrested and fined 10 dollars plus costs. The notice warns readers not to steal papers left for others by carrier boys.
Prof H A Howell of Havana Cuba credits Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with saving his baby’s life during a severe cold. He recalls his mother using the remedy and urges others to rely on it. For sale by W A Hayes Druggist. Also a dime store quip about paying an old account appears.
W A Hayes Druggist endorses DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills as unequaled for weak kidneys backache bladder inflammation and urinary disorders. The product is described as antiseptic and prompt in action with sales and recommendations. The piece closes with a proverb about a fellow asking for a girl and receiving the old man's foot.
Dr Kings New Life Pills advertised at W A Hayes Drug Store claim to prevent appendicitis by stimulating stomach liver and bowels and to cure constipation biliousness chills malaria headache and indigestion. The promotion urges keeping the stomach well with Kodol for dyspepsia and indigestion and notes it is pleasant to take.
An advertisement quotes J A Swensdo detailing ten years of eczema cured by Buckler's Arnica Salve. It claims effectiveness for skin eruptions, eczema, boils, burns, scalds and other conditions. The notice mentions W A Hayes and a railroad death record in New South Wales noting one in seven years.
Harry Wiladn of Waynetown Indiana praises Chamberlain s Cough Remedy as unequaled for croup, especially when given at onset. Kennedy s Laxative Cough Syrup is recommended to speed relief by promoting natural bowels. W A Hayes Drugist sells both remedies as winter colds rise.
An advert offers Virol with a full refund if unsatisfactory and lists current prices for farm goods including wheat corn oats meal pork bacon flour tallow beeswax butter eggs peas beans hides chickens feathers wool coffee sugar and other country produce in demand.
The notice lists administrators unable to qualify for London Moore’s estate and calls debtors to pay immediately while creditors must present claims by January 1, 1910. It also invites names for a Sabbath Reading sample mailing, offering fifty names and family heads a free illustrated port paid from Nassau Street, New York, witnessed by Sabbath.
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