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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1900
Page
4
An exhortatory verse by J W Reitz denouncing imperial greed. The poem scorns "Lords of the World" and their domination over nations, warning that gold and ships empower masters of tomorrow. It laments lost ideals and predicts moral decay, invoking biblical imagery and satire.
Henry Brown Pierce, wealthy Topeka real estate owner, and Miss Sarah M. Riley of Brighton united in marriage this afternoon after a forty year romance. Schoolmates at Trenton State Normal Schools, their bond endured through years of correspondence before he returned East to wed and depart for Kansas to begin their life together.
An Ohio era advertisement touts J. B. B. Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for blood and skin ailments including ulcers, eczema, pimples, and rheumatism. It claims thirty years of testing, offers a free trial bottle, and lists price and mail-order details, ending with a moral fragment from the Orange Observer about lending a helping hand to the downcast.
The ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as boosting brain and body power, claiming health trait benefits from a strong stomach liver kidneys and bowels. it notes a price of 25 cents at w w t youngers drug store and jests about cecil rhodes and boer bounty with a sly remark on his streetwise concern.
C A Berry markets latest wallpaper designs at 1104 Campbell Ave SW Roanoke VA. He offers estimates for jobs and guarantees satisfaction. The store sells stains varnishes mixed paint bronzes and raisemine. Shop located at corner Henry Street and Kirk Avenue SW.
A rural Kentucky saga exaggerates wild misdeeds and misfortune. The narrator mocks a lifelong drunkard hunter who fights neighbors, dodges water, and faces violent fates amid moonshine lore and prophetic doom. The piece stylizes frontier danger with dark humor.
A historic notice touts Dr Cady’s Condition Wonders as medicine for horses in bad condition. It claims tonic blood purifier and vermifuge, not food, priced at 26 cents per package, with many political doctors at work on constitutional convention germs.
Saturday visit with Rev Walker Smith and Witham and Her sey Smith witnessed a packed Hollins School F with Principal Zachariah Hunt and a large crowd. Pupils excel in arithmetic reading grammar and spelling. Speeches by J H Duckwilder J W Langholme Miss Arzalia Johnson and Rev Walker Smith closed with prayers and applause. The event highlighted progress at School F amid praise for the Great Hollins Institute and Dr Cocke.
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