04 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1905
Page
1
A compact reflection on the Puritan founders landing on a stormy coast and choosing perseverance. It honors their grit and the benefits of the country they helped build, noting they faced hardships before finding reasons to be thankful.
That you reside in Petersburg and can buy your suit overcoat and furnishing goods at the store where lowest prices are always quoted is something to be thankful for.
Attention is given to auction sales of all classes of real estate and prompt settlements. We have investments in business and residential property across city parts and farms of various sizes that can be sold cheap. Call us and we will try to please you.
A jumble of notices, editorials, and snippets from a 1905 issue. Topics range from naval policy and tariffs to political gibes about Roosevelt and Pennypacker. The piece lampoons Congress, rail regulation, and liquor laws, with quips about pensions, elephants, and Otis-era figures.
A Tacoma court hears a 16 year old girl decline marriage to a betrayed lover to avoid shielding a criminal from punishment. The Portland Oregonian notes such marriages degrade virtue, often yielding poverty and heartbreak for the woman and child, while the Chicago News observes social sensitivities in courtship remarks and nocturnal noise.
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimonial from Walking, Kinnan and Marvin of Toledo affirm Cheney's integrity. Cure taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Arlington Place.
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