14 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
1
United States Senator 8. D. McEnery of Louisiana sends a testimonial for Pe-ru-na from the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co of Columbus Ohio. He states he has used the tonic and believes it fulfills its claims in a brief, respectful note.
An extensive promotional note details daily shipments of Peru-Na to meet catarrh demand, claiming millions of doses and vast bottle counts. Letters from users tout cured ailments, including stomach and nasal troubles, urging readers to start Peruna to prevent spread to throat and lungs. Free books on catarrh are offered by the Peru-na Drug M’f’g Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
Thoughtful poem by Low Gentrypr Kiser on Matthew 25 35 46. The speaker pleads mercy for the hungry and thirsty, distinguishing bodily need from spiritual hunger. He asks whether readers will aid the distressed or face judgment, confessing personal thirst for divine comfort and home with God.
London physician Dr Hoghes Bennett links consumption to butter and rich pastries. He argues both the hungry lack fat and the wealthy overindulge, urging cheap fat in digestible form. Scott's Emulsion by Scott & Bowne is praised as easy to take and blood-purifying.
A Southern state citizen lists his possessions for an inventory: to a wife two bales of cotton, a mule, a blind eye, and a boy who drives him. a two room house with a shingle roof on mortgage. a dog with a deformed ear. a beating table and a mill. two chairs with severed legs. a brass watch bought on installments.
North Stratford resident Peter Sherman endured years of chronic indigestion until Kodol Dyspepsia Cure eased his distress. The product digests what you eat and is claimed to cure dyspepsia and stomach troubles, offering immediate relief and sustained benefit. W B Dillard, a local druggist, endorses it.
Laura Corbeil, 22, in New York, killed herself with a carving knife to satisfy curiosity about the dead hereafter. A month earlier a 12 year old boy hanged himself for similar religious curiosity. Corbeil wrote to her parents of conflict between her religious mother and materialist father, seeking what lies beyond life.
A testimonial notes stomach diseases affect other organs and that Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery can cure stomach related disorders and resulting heart liver and kidney symptoms. It claims improved digestion nutrition blood quality and relief from pain and distress after using four pills and recommends the Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
Rumors say Republicans plan to field candidates across regions with any chance to win including Wythe where Gen James A Walker is touted as a leading candidate and to direct opposition efforts in the South. They seek disaffected Democrats to form coalitions while Democrats mobilize delegates, promising a lively contest.
Mrs F Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced a critical stomach trouble and jaundice as gallstones formed the doctor warned no life savior except an operation. She then used electric litters and says her stomach liver and kidneys improved dramatically. The ad promotes the remedy for dyspepsia loss of appetite and other ailments, with a sales note by W T Younger.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for syphilitic poison, claiming to cleanse the blood, rebuild the constitution, and treat a wide range of symptoms from sore throat to skin eruptions. It cites over 3,000 testimonials, 30 years of testing, and offers $1 bottle with free medical advice from the Blood Balm Co. Atlanta.
Advertises Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets to correct stomach disorders regulate liver and bowels with price 25 cents and free samples at W T Youngers drug store DeWitts Little Early Risers promoted as dainty pills that cleanse the liver remove obstructions and invigorate the system by W B Dillard druggist
Lineas Perkins, a Constable and chicken fancier in Newcastle in the Sixth Ward near an asbestos works, feeds his birds asbestos. Eggs reportedly do not cook properly and raw eggs seem fine, but boiling or frying fails. Some chicks hatch with a downy cover resembling asbestos. Perkins notes the birds are unlike any seen before. He plans to ship chicks to the Smithsonian for study.
Overstreet of Elgin Tenn recalls a severe cough and failing lungs until Dr King’s New Discovery saved her life. The remedy is advertised for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and throat and chest diseases. Trial bottles available at Younger’s drug store.
Advertisement claims Hall’s Catarrh Cure internally treats catarrh as a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proposes a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and urges sending for testimonials with Hale Co Toledo address and Druggists selling Hall’s Pills.
A flannel pad with Chamberlain's Pain Balm provides prompt relief for back or chest pains and rheumatism. One application is said to relieve discomfort, with W. T. Younger druggist selling the balm. Also notes a joke about lazy men and a shell pearl.
The instrument is marketed by a reputable company with nationwide clerical and notable endorsements. Col. A P Nunnally of the Inter Ocean Chicago reports nearly three years of experience confirming its claims and willingness to part with his own for another. Send address for the book of letters from cured individuals.
A Salem druggist advertises South American Neérvine Tonic as a masterly cure for stomach weakness and indigestion. It claims complete relief, universal applicability, and no disappointment, urging long sufferers to try the health-giving remedy.
A London News retelling recalls a Boer commando retaking trench lines where British and Boer dead lay. A sergeant killed after firing, his rifle in his grip preserves a grim image of war. A Boer soldier, attempting to take the rifle, triggers the dead man's shot and dies by the weapon.
An assembly of health lines touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as gentle cleansing for constipation biliousness and headaches. Other ads promote Minute Cough Cure and Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets with testimonials and store contact W T Younger's drug store. The piece ends with a flippant note about girls and their effect on men.
Mrs Adiray of Amenia Duchess county New York praises Cham berlain's Cough Remedy as the best medicine she has used for children it prevents and eases croup when given at first sign of hoarseness or cough a bottle should be kept ready for instant use sold by W T Younger druggist Every man believes that if the woman who is aman hater knew him she would be a man hater no longer.
An old advertisement extols Dr David's Cough Syrup made from Horehound Wild Cherry and tar as the best remedy for coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat and lung troubles sold at Younger's store. It notes dangers of neglected coughs and promises quick relief with One Minute Cough Cure amid appeals to readers' hopes amid moral observations.
A Hillsborough, Tennessee report notes arnica salve cured painful corns that made walking nearly impossible. The ad claims magic healing for sprains bruises cuts and burns with a guaranteed cure by W. T. Younger. Smiles described as sunbeams from the soul accompany the testimonial spirit.
The Isthmian Canal Commission report to Congress endorses the Nicaragua route as the most practicable under U S control. The cost is estimated at 200 540 000, higher due to larger dimensions, with Panama route estimates at 142 4 570 or 156 373 258. The text ends noting deepening affection between parents and children or lovers and friends.
All ladies love to look nice during Christmas and a pretty hat is key. The Salem shop announces price cuts to ensure every woman can afford stylish millinery this season. Wide selection and modest prices available at the store.
Special commissioners announce a public auction in Salem Roanoke County at noon on sale day for three tracts totaling 320 acres with varied cash and credit terms. Tract 1 near Salem Mountain Tract easterly of town. Tract 2 northeast of Salem. Tract 3 remainder near Mason's Creek. Terms require cash to cover costs and debt, remaining price on credit with bonds and title retained until paid.
Pursuant to a decree in a Roanoke County chancery case, on December 15 1500 at the courthouse front door public sale will offer multiple parcels of Virginia M. Kasey deceased estate in Salem. Lots A B C D and several sections in Kasey addition, including the mansion lot, with one third cash and the rest due in one and two years, bonds and title retained until full payment.
A distressed note describes a plump child shrinking from lack of fat, blaming food or supply problems. It urges rapid relief through Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as the nutrient fat is exhausted and the child nears death.
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