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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
1
The speaker recalls distant cities and costly pictures, but none match a memory of his mother painted by imagination. Despite aging features and silvering hair, the mother’s face remains the ideal portrait haunting him for life.
The ad touts Electric Bitters as the best medicine to regulate stomach liver and kidneys and purify the blood. It claims to strengthen nerves improve complexion and skin and make a run-down invalid into a good looking charming woman. Sold for 50 cents at W T Younger s Drug Store.
The Boston Advertiser argues the negro, once intermittently recognized, now occupies a worse overall position in Northern states. It claims limited offices and charitable roles aside, with poorer prospects for young colored people today than at war’s end, despite occasional wage gains or nicer clothing.
Frank J. Curr ey, senior partner of F. J. Curr ey & Co., Toledo, swears a patent oath that the firm will pay $100 for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad notes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and lists testimonials and druggist availability.
A prospectus extols El Progreso and nearby Mexican mines as hosting rich ore with copper yields around 12 percent, silver 12 ounces, and traces of gold. It projects a 173 percent annual return on investment for early stockholders, citing high margins from a modern concentrating and smelting plant and favorable labor and fuel ratios.
An old classified style notice advertises wallpaper and painting supplies at 1104 Campbell Avenue and Henry Street corner in Roanoke Virginia. It touts designs in wallpaper wax stains varnishes and paints and offers job estimates with guaranteed satisfaction. The piece also mentions DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pills and references Dillard & Jersinger.
Heat-beset city slums reveal stark misery as families sleep outdoors. The Philadelphia Record notes crowded tenements, bare babies on sidewalks, and improvised nights under arc lamps. Piers along the river offer some relief, yet many foreigners miss access and assume only the well dressed may use them.
Mrs. W. H. Brearley describes young women of the era as bold and witty, often interrupting conversations and playing music without prompt. She laments their vanity and notes the disruption such behavior causes in church services, urging reflection on aged observers’ perspectives.
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and related ailments. It promises healing of ulceration and inflammation, relief from debilitating pains, strengthened nerves, richer blood, and better sleep. A testimonial from Mrs Dennis claims weight gain and renewed health after use. Also notes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for biliousness.
Arbuckleros issue a 1 percent trade discount on all sugar purchases effective today. National Sugar Refining Company responds quickly while American Sugar Refining and Havemyer are expected to follow. Observers call the move a political stunt by trusts to fuel anti trust sentiment as prices had recently risen by about 5 percent.
Hannibal citizen J EK Lilly describes severe typhoid fever and pneumonia, credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a quick cure, and recommends the medicine for lung troubles. Ad warns of counterfeit Witch Hazel Salve fakes and promotes DeWitt’s as safe for piles and skin diseases.
The Macon Telegraph argues for keeping the races separated and governed, comparing the Negro to a child and urging continued white political dominance. It defends restraint on Black political power and suggests repealing or nullifying the Fifteenth Amendment to restore order.
An advertisement warns against drastic mineral pills and dynamite like calomel croton oil or aloes. It touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as gentle and effective for headache and constipation. Sold for 25 cents at W. T. Younger's drug store.
The Atlanta Constitution recalls Bill Arp’s reflections on change from happier days to modern progress. He laments saloons and drink among youths, notes increased violence and lynchings, and questions responsibility for these harms while praising inventions and comforts. He contrasts slavery’s seeming contentment with later abuses and argues emancipation might have come sooner with Henry Clay’s influence.
A Louisville Kentucky ad promises Watches Bicycles Sewing Machines Guns and more as gifts to attract subscriptions to the illustrated family paper Pastime. Readers must recruit 20 subscribers at 10 cents each and send 100 in stamps for six months.
In Chicago General Joseph Wheeler, commander of the Department of the Lakes, pulled 12 year old William J Bryan Jr from a dangerous ledge after the boy climbed near the window sill with a makeshift rope of rubber bands and a loose chair caster. The incident highlights the perilous moment witnessed by the famed general.
Advertises B. B. B. Botanic Blood Balm as a universal remedy for ulcers cancers skin sores eczema boils scrofula rheumatism and related conditions. Claims blood purification removes poisons with permanent cures after thirty years of testing. Offers trial bottle free and prepaid from Boop Baum Co Atlanta.
A Richmond letter to the Baltimore Sun argues Republicans show little will to fight in Virginia this year as black voters are energized and funds are scarce. It predicts weak campaigns in most districts, with only token efforts in the Second Ninth and Tenth, while insiders note past money abundance has vanished.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve treats skin eruptions, old sores, boils, felons, corns, warts, bruises, burns, and chapped hands. It is promoted as the best pile cure, drives out pains, with a 25 cent per box price and guaranteed care, sold by W Younger, Druggist.
Norfolk and Western and Pennsylvania lines offer trips from Hagerstown and Harrisburg to Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City Sea Isle City Avalon Anglesea Wildwood and Holly Beach N J Tickets go on sale July 5 August 2 and 16. Tickets valid 17 days including sale date with ten day stopover at Philadelphia on arrival if deposited with Broad Street Station Agent. Through Pullman Sleeper from Knoxville Roanoke to Philadelphia and New York Daylight Shenandoah Valley ride Rates and details from agents or W B Bevins G P A Roanoke Va
Sam Jones attended Pitman Grove in New Jersey at evangelist Clarence B. Strouse’s invitation but the association directors refused to alter the program. Jones and Strouse left for Philadelphia after a half hour as Dr Pepper spoke, while Dr Hewett warned against replacing gospel with harsh slang.
Excursion tickets for the summer season to Mountain and Seashore Resorts along the line of the Norfolk and Western railway are on sale daily until September 40th. The offer invites readers to request a Summer Folder detailing locations and prices of popular springs farm houses and resorts in Virginia from Genl Pass Agent W. Bevici, Roanoke Virginia.
Circular promotes selling the book Life and Speeches of Bryan written by Mrs Bryan and revised by Mr Bryan with liberal inducements. Encourages agents with reported sales and salaries, states distance no barrier and freight paid. Also seeks agents for Paris Exposition book and other campaign titles including Life of McKinley.
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