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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1901
Page
4
An old advertisement promotes DeWitt's Witch Hazel as a quick healing remedy for cuts burns and scalds. It cites J W Brown Co and Ralph S Meyers as a public notice and mentions Lovelady Co as a seller in Wheeling West Virginia.
A Cherokee Iowa man survived a brutal assault that left him nearly unable to stoop or sit without pain. He credits Bitters for a dramatic recovery, touting its blood-purifying and health-building effects. Also advertised are DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for liver, skin, and injury remedies. Other ads promise digestion aids and cough cures, with several products pitched for general wellness.
A worn but intact certificate issued under Confederate authority features a central engraved seal and depicts a countryside scene. The reverse lists transfers with signatures and stamps. the document emphasizes framing to preserve it as a relic of those days.
A verse by Wint N. Danton laments December’s somber brow and fading autumn blooms. It recalls frosty fields and gray skies, then shifts to sacred Yule and the nativity, urging shared feasts and praise as the star over Bethlehem heralds peace.
A fragmentary verse note dated December 3 1901 discusses minstrels and famed poets. It references Homer Vergil Dante Milton and a supposed Sevace frown of an old maid, asking what inspiration owes to such a frown and labeling the piece as an homage by SJB.
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a cure for liver trouble that causes sallow skin and a dull look. It promises clear skin and rosy cheeks for a ripe complexion, selling for 25 cents at Love-Jady's drug store, RF.
A collage of aphorisms and anecdotes on character duty happiness and marriage. It touches on wealth poverty manners honesty ambition and social norms with playful and pointed observations. The piece weaves maxims about virtue resilience fate and the role of women and men in society.
An old newspaper ad lists Ballard’s Snow Liniment as a sovereign remedy for burns, bruises, and injuries with prices 25 and 60 cents. It also promotes White’s Cream Vermicide for intestinal worms and Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets for biliousness and headache, with Lovelady & Co. Pratt City selling the products.
A humorous column notes townsfolk wander through social bumbles and bite into relationship foibles. It mixes observations on young men chasing baseball and prize fights, gossip about weddings, debt, and moral musings, with quips about editors, lawyers, and Kansas eggs.
An Old World ad promises quick relief for piles especially among women. Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment sells for 53 cents and 75 cents in tubes through Lovelady & Co Pratt City. A rival DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is touted as a permanent healer. Beware counterfeit products from J V Brown & Co.
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