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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
1
A playful verse history in the Salem Times-Register years and months 1897 mocks a hero and his votes and duties. It blends seasonal pages with a mock loyalty contest and public notices about readers and pay.
McDowell county West Virginia boasts a magnetized tunnel on the Norfolk and Western line between Roderfield and Hallsville. Rock wall is highly magnetized and locals claim lovers and married couples passing through experience irresistible arousal.
An advertised salve claims to cure bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands shilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Price 35 cents per bar. Sold by W T Younger, druggist.
Incomplete text mentions two hen or recon inng fa os and a figure of ninety hundred thousand people incarcerated in the year 1802. It also cites a criminal expense to the country not less than one hundred million dollars annually.
We offer one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. West Traux and Walding Kinnan Marvin, Toledo wholesalers, vouch for F J Cheney. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Testimonials free.
In Cranberry, New Jersey, a Presbyterian contention grew tense during a presbytery session until Dr. Hall of Princeton rose to suggest a light touch. He offered a resolution to add a little sugar to the Cranberry tart, and the laughter cooled the quarrel.
Remedy advertised as peculiarly adapted to relief and cure of female complaints. Claims to strengthen and tone organs, ease loss of appetite constipation headaches fainting spells nervous sleepless melancholy and dizzy spells. Priced at fifty cents and one dollar at W Younger's drug stores.
The Cardinal of Baltimore joins a humane cause urging bird protection, contrasting British and Irish conditions with American vandalism. He cites North Carolina’s law on possums while condemning hunters who slaughter songbirds, praising thoughtful support for humane reform.
An old ad promises a remedy worth more than 100 to parents of children who soil bedding from sleep water. It claims to arrest the trouble at once and offers a one dollar price. Sold by Jillard & Jersinger, druggists, Salem, Virginia.
Parson Adams, after a long night in Junenburg, stays with a friend. During prayers he notices a cake burning and gently points out the danger to the hostess. The cake is saved and he resumes reading with relief.
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