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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
7
A health ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless, vegetable liver remedy that replaces mercury calomel. It promises to straighten the liver, cleanse the bowels, and improve digestion with one spoonful, guaranteed to restore vigor or money back.
A dated advertisement touts Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer to darken gray or faded hair without dye. It claims multiple applications restore an even dark shade and improve scalp health, with a money-back guarantee and a 50 cent large bottle offer from Mem phis Tennessee drugstores or by prepaid mail.
Dear Readers I appeal to those of you bothered with kidney and bladder trouble to try Anuric Tablets. A past user reports relief after avoiding harsh salts or alcoholic medicines and credits DrPierce medicines. The writer Mrs Melinda Be Miller says she is well preserved for her age after using Anuric and recommends it for backache and rheumatism.
A brief overheard exchange in a Boston evening transit car reveals casual talk about preference for caviar and a compliment to Caruso, capturing everyday urban chatter in a fleeting moment.
An old advertisement touts Ethine double strength for freckle removal with an ounce of product applied nightly and morning for rapid results. It promises complete clearing of skin and a money back guarantee if freckles persist. The ad also promotes Hanford’s Balsam for back pain and other household tips.
A 19th century style medical advertisement claims grip and winter colds cause bad blood leading to weakness and indigestion. It promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a pure vegetable blood purifier that cleanses the system and contains no alcohol, with ingredients listed on the wrapper.
In town and across the United States merchants claim Hanford's Bal Sam of Myrrh is sold widely. The ad lists G. C. Hanford Mfg. Co. of Syracuse NY as contact with prices 50 cents and 1.00 and promotes reform themed witticisms about a surgeon and a moral quip about high C by treading a cat's tail.
Frank C. Hare explains how to confine 26 to 30 sitting hens in a pen with an earth floor and nest boxes. He details nest construction, lighting, feeding, timing, and egg handling to improve hatch rates, plus advice on keeping hens content and managing many sitters. The article closes with a note to use a purebred bull to build the dairy herd and save top heifer calves.
Article argues the razor back hog is economically inefficient compared with well bred hogs. It urges selective breeding, pure bred boars, and gradual grade up to improve profits. Notes typical weights and regional trends, with a closing tie to pecan prices and spring garden prep.
South Carolina demonstration work shows 1915 results greatly surpassing 1914 state averages with high yields for cotton and corn. The report summarizes acreage, total yields, seeds saved, alfalfa sown, clubs started, fruit trees pruned, hog vaccination, fertilizer use, and cultivation practices among demonstrators and cooperating farmers.
Fragmentary OCR text reads as a garbled request to remove superfluous hair and mentions a mattress, upholsterer, and age questions in a chaotic Chicago context. No clear events or persons are established.
An old advertisement promotes a hair darkening mixture using Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine mixed in water. It claims to darken gray or faded hair gradually, remove dandruff, reduce falling hair, and leave hair soft and glossy without stickiness or rub-off.
A brief exchange shows Gerald claiming he would not harm a fly, while Geraldine retorts that he could not harm even an able-bodied fly. The segment highlights a playful banter about strength and capability between two speakers.
Testimonial letter by Jerome H. McCormack of Johnson City Tennessee praises Swamp Root as the best kidney medicine after overcoming congestion of the kidneys. The notice asks readers to send ten cents for a sample and a booklet, with orders for fifty cent and one dollar bottles in drug stores. A humorous Upper Circles cartoon caption about alimony follows.
Ringgold, Isa.- Mrs. B A Cotter reports being completely well after Pellagra treatment, praising health regained and urging others to consult American Compounding Co for Baughn's remedy. The ad promotes a free Pellagra book and guarantees refunds if ineffective.
Local mothers report Vap O Rub alleviates croup, colds, and chest troubles in children when applied externally. Advertised as safer than internal medicines, the salve is sold in 25c 60c and 1.00 sizes with testimonials from several St Joseph women.
Mrs Dewirt SINCEBAUGH of West Danby New York says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her nervous trouble and keeps her daughter and four girls well. She notes sleeplessness irritability backache headaches and dragging sensations as female derangements improve with the remedy.
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