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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1901
Page
8
An advertising roundup highlights DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for eczema saltrheum tetter chafing ivy poisoning and skin troubles. Bucklens Arnica Salve touted for cuts boils and sores. White verinmifuge advertised to remove worms in children. Prices listed 25 cents at Lovelady stores.
Advertising novelties and calendars front line urged by Ensley Publishing Co. Do not order from traveling salesmen due to travel costs. Support local home office to save expense and keep profits in the city.
The Ensley Publishing Company operates the best equipped union printing office in the Birmingham district with a carefully selected stock of paper and stationery, enabling immediate, local turnaround. The ad mentions a cold cure, Ken mots Chornintes Laxative Quinine, and a note about busy meetings and children seeking Ven.
A son to Mr and Mrs John Collin born Sunday morning. Masonic picnic at East Lake had a merry day with a well filled dinner. Real estate and residence prices rising. a Warrior Avenue sale hit $1000. Bir mingham Railway seeks city franchise to extend tracks through Wylam. Mrs John Stirling left for Scotland. Carpenters covered town well for hot months. a stock trough added. Birth announced at Minnieville to Mr and Mrs John Hamley, a daughter. Also contains sermon-like advertising on persistence, planning, and Botanic Blood Balm claims with testimonials and an Atlanta address.
Fragmentary text hints at a personal matter involving L. with partial names, actions, or obligations. Details are unreadable, preventing a full factual summary.
The Churches listed publish weekly hours with pastors and activities. Methodist Episcopal and South congregations note Sunday schools at 9 to 9:45 a.m., preaching at 10 to 11 a.m., and evening services. Epworth League, prayer meetings, and societies appear on various days. Presbyterian and Baptist schedules include prayers Friday to Wednesday evenings, and catechism and missionary society meetings. St Catherine Catholic lists Sunday school at 3 p.m., masses at 7 a.m. and 10 a.m., vesper and benediction at 4 p.m., daily masses at 6:30 a.m. or 7 a.m.
Classified advertisement for Johnston's Sarsaparilla quart bottles promoted as a panacea for numerous female ailments and general nervous and digestive complaints. Michigan Drug Co. Detroit, with local pharmacy sellers listed.
George Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio purchases Chamberlain's Pain Balm after his wife endures eight weeks of back pain. He reports her relief and renewed ability to work. The ad urges readers to buy the balm from Lovelady & Co, noting its use for bowel complaints and recommending timely purchase.
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