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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
4
Roanoke Rapids editorial page discusses postwar events including League of Nations opinions, Kaiser trials, Victory Loan Drive, and rail transport issues. Mentions new hotel needs, June 18 Chautauqua start, and a high voter turnout for the incoming municipal administration. Contains satirical and political commentary with references to Foch Paris and New York Times dispatches.
Mayor J. T. Chase proclaims May 11 and the following week as Baby Welfare Week urging cooperation with the State Board of Health to reduce infant mortality. He calls on ministers, teachers, and parents to focus on infant hygiene and sanitation, with community activities planned to improve child health.
Modern pharmacy touts Calotabs as a purified non salivation calomel remedy for biliousness constipation headaches and liver and kidney troubles. One tablet at bedtime with water promises a good sleep and a fresh morning with no nausea griping or salivation. Sold only in sealed packages for thirty five cents with a druggist guarantee.
Roanoke Rapids mother Mrs. M. A. Bowen shares her advice that weak kidneys cause lack of bladder control in children, not fault of the child. She reports Doan’s Kidney Pills cured her son, costing 60 cents at dealers, and urges readers to ask for the same remedy by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary public Gleason certifies the oath dated December 13 1888. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as healing through the blood and body surfaces amid claims of curing constipation and related symptoms in Toledo Ohio.
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