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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
5
Holley Bros. report their younger brother suffered long indigestion before trying Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Within thirty days he gained forty pounds and fully recovered. The merchants praise the tablets and note strong sales, with G. W. Kemp as the local distributor.
Advertises employment for several diligent persons in each state to visit merchants and agents for a long established business with large capital. Offers permanent engagement, weekly cash salary of 18 dollars, and advances for traveling expenses and hotel bills.
Dyspepsia cure claims to end strict milk and toast regimens and says starvation weakens the body. The ad promotes Kodol Digest, says it enables digestion of all wholesome foods and cures indigestion and stomach troubles. Sold by W. E. Iles.
Jared Hawkins, a Clover Leaf brakeman based in Frankfort, spends a day with his father J. H. Hawkins during a layover between trains.
Bob Moore of Lafayette Indiana endorses DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a pleasant effective liver cleanser and bile remover while noting other pills cause griping. Ad mentions Wills selling the product and references John Harold the tinner at the Friends' church project in New London this week.
An ad touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as the only genuine Witch Hazel Salve with pure witch hazel. It claims superiority for cuts burns bruises tetter and piles and warns against counterfeit salves. Sold by W. E. Iles.
An advertised permanent painless treatment claims to cure morphine cocaine laudanum opium and similar habits. It promises immediate relief restored appetite normal sleep and restored nervous and physical health with a free trial treatment and confidential correspondence from Manhattan Therapeutic Assn New York City.
A reader notes the special arrangement offering $1.50 for both newspapers for a year has caused delays and confusion in delivery and payments.
Otto Dodd of Ponder Missouri reports a year long sore was cured by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. He calls it the best salve on earth and recommends it for sores, burns and piles. Available at G. W. Kemp’s Drug Store for 25 cents.
Announcements describe The Youth's Companion effort to stay timely and progressive. The 1904 volume features include a series on farming across nations, free entry for new subscribers in 1903, and a lithographed 1904 calendar. The Youth's Companion office is at 144 Berkeley Street Boston Massachusetts.
Claude DeLon of Kokomo has spent part of the week visiting relatives in town.
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