14 Feb 1896
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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1896
Page
1
Almost everybody uses a laxative to cleanse the system and purify the blood. Simmons Liver Regulator is promoted as a mild tonic that strengthens the body, keeps the liver active, and relieves bile related ailments.
Rev Lyman Abbot argues for legal and justice intervention to end battles between upper and lower classes as a nation risks division. Timon S Hartman of Tunnelton West Virginia recounts yearly colic attacks relieved in five minutes after one dose of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, advertised by Smead Sanders Salem Va.
Reverend W N G Temple extols the press for its power to arraign parties expose crime shape policy and educate the public. He calls it a liberal educational force guiding church and nation through weekly ideas and Sunday thoughts.
An advertisement extols artificial digestion via Shaker Digestive Cordial to relieve indigestion and restore appetite and vigor after chronic stomach distress. It urges careful future use and notes a trial bottle for 10 cents. Laxol recommended for children as a Castor Oil substitute.
A passerby dialogue depicts a couple debating the unknowns of the future while a voice from the Library urges quicker arrangements, reflecting domestic concern over timing and plans.
Mr D. Wiley of Black Creek New York crippled by rheumatism could only hobble with canes until using Chamberlains Pain Balm. He reports sharp improvement and discarded the canes. He credits the liniment with more benefit than all other medicines and treatments. Sold for 50 cents per bottle by Smead and Saunders druggists.
A wry reflection on love and rest appears as a brief quotable line noting that even the most lovestruck cannot always sleep on Sunday mornings. The phrase captures a domestic humor tone suitable for a human-interest snippet.
An advertisement promotes a salve that claims to heal bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with a 25 cent price per box and lists Smead & Sandere Druggists as sellers.
A compiled piece notes how labor saving machinery reshapes work by cutting jobs and multiplying output. It cites examples from spinning weaving printing and ship loading, plus a testimonial praising Chamberlains Cough Remedy and local druggists in Salem Virginia.
The Dutch punish able bodied idlers by placing them in a cistern with a tethered pup and a controlled water stream. The lazy worker must actively pump to prevent drowning, using effort to avoid submersion.
The ad touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold at Smead and Spenders druggists claiming it cures bad colds croup and whooping cough and promises satisfaction from use.
A woman questions a boy about tying a tin can to a dog's tail. The boy denies it and explains he only gets string and can for the other boys, asserting his innocence and playful mischief.
A Washington jeweler recalls severe blood poison and failed treatments before using S S S. He credits the remedy for complete recovery after eighteen bottles. The ad states S S S. is a guaranteed vegetable cure and offers free books on the disease from Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ga.
A letter to The Watchman argues prices have fallen but production and living standards rose in Monroe County. The writer cites higher cattle and grain tonnage, more stores, vehicles, and educational spending, blaming extravagant spending for “hard times” while praising growth and prudence.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming a 98 percent cure rate for consumption and related throat and bronchial diseases. It promises increased appetite, better digestion, richer blood, and firmer flesh, citing letters from cured patients in The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser and offers a free book with one-cent stamps to World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo.
The Lynn Labor church heard Rev. Herbert N. Casson condemn President Cleveland and praise Senator Tillman. A resolution was unanimously adopted endorsing Tillman’s charges against Democratic and Republican leaders as true and urging support for him and his colleagues against alleged legal tyrannies and embezzlements of the rich.
James L. Francis Alderman of Chicago praises Dr. King's New Discovery as an ideal cough and lung remedy and Rev. John Burgas of Keokuk Iowa lauds its benefits after fifty years in ministry. Trial bottles offered free at Smead and Sanders drug store.
Vintage ad copy traces Castoria’s use from infancy to motherhood. It emphasizes a mother’s trust in Castoria for children and continued use as the child grows into adulthood and motherhood.
The verse contemplates hopeful worlds and love in a hopeful land while contrasting grim reality. Col. Woodward, father of Mr. FE Woodward, is noted as having died since last week’s Times-Reaster.
A White House policeman's daughter, Ruth Cleveland, dismisses the president's role and insists her father is a policeman. She defies a warm embrace, declaring affection for her own sleeves over a hug, as a cuckoo chimes 11:15.
Lancaster Ohio resident Mr C Himrod credits Simmons Liver Regulator with breaking a three year malaria fever after less than a bottle of the remedy. He vows to use it again and recommends it to others in need of medicine.
A thief approached a Wall Street operator to steal his handkerchief but a bystander attracted the broker’s notice. The broker replied in good humor that they had to begin in a shall way down here, turning the moment into a light exchange.
Mr. Fred Miller of Irving Illinois describes long severe kidney and back problems. He tried various cures before using Electric Bitters which gave immediate relief. The ad claims the remedy cures kidney and liver troubles and offers a large bottle at a low price through Smead Sanders Drug Store.
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