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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
1
Nervous mood prevalent in summer months with low spirits and headaches. The advertisement claims Peruna strengthens the nervous system, aids catarrh and various female ailments, and offers a mail order indorsement from patients like Jennie Finley and Lucy M. Riles in Cleveland and Memphis.
A rustic Georgia voice lampoons life with fiddle tunes and old town songs. The speaker mocks politics and mortality while stressing simple joys and resilience amid hardship.
An advertisement touts a remedy from New Great South American Kipsey Core claimed to relieve kidney and bladder pain, urinary retention, and backache for both sexes. Sold by W. N. Dillard, Druggist, Salom, Va.
The saying likens getting engaged to running toward danger with marriage as a return walk. It uses vivid metaphor to comment on commitment and risk in relationships.
A witty dialogue contrasts Belinda’s public grandeur with the Bud and Rose debating the burdens of being superior. Belinda’s life as an only child with beauty and cleverness invites envy and fear of constant scrutiny, while mediocrity promises quiet acceptance and fewer demands.
Mrs S H Newson of Decatur Alabama recounts years of severe indigestion and stomach and bowel trouble. After doctors failed she tried Electric Bitters and reports immediate relief and full recovery. The ad promotes Electric Bitters as a liver kidney stomach bowel remedy with a 60 cent price.
An advertisement claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure restores health by nourishing the stomach and improving digestion. It lists symptoms like loss of appetite headache indigestion and dyspepsia and states the product is sold by W B Dillard Drug Co.
Elwood Link a Baltimorean who walked to Washington from Johns Hopkins Hospital sought work. At the Munic al League lodging house he attempted suicide but, after clerks prayer and a Bible passage, he received counsel and temporary work. He pledged to reform, though the right side of his face and neck remained paralyzed from the ordeal.
An advertisement recounts a Queens West Virginia man's eight year struggle with scrofula and erysipelas and his weight gain after using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets. It claims the medicine purifies blood, cures skin eruptions, and enriches the body with pure blood. The notice also promotes Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser with mail order options.
The American Baptist Home Mission Society of Buffalo discussed the negro on May 23 with speakers lamenting one room houses for Southern blacks and urging action. Rev J J Wicker urged not sympathy but agitation for black activity. Rev A Dixon from Boston noted Northern prejudice against slavery yet lack of affection for the negro.
Dr Hughes Bennett notes fat intake links to consumption causes. The piece argues for affordable fat forms for the poor and usable fat for the rich. It promotes Scott's Emulsion made from cod liver oil as easy to digest and beneficial for blood, fat formation, and stomach comfort.
An old ad promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming it enables digestion and transformation of wholesome food into nourishing blood for nerves muscles and organs. It markets the remedy for indigestion dyspepsia and stomach catarrh and lists W. B. Dillard Drug Co as seller.
A reflective verse about facing one’s past life in a silent realm beyond the grave. The speaker contemplates a future judgment, the visions of forgotten actions, and the burden of conscience, hoping to remember the warning and learn a lasting lesson.
A family living in a secluded area faces frequent accidents causing burns cuts and ulcers. They lay in a supply of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve sold for 25 cents at W T Younger’s Drug Store, touted as the best on earth.
The dialogue pairs a heroine and hero pledging lifelong love and obedience while promising money saving and good behavior. The column notes the exchange in a New York News item, implying a sentimental society piece about marriage expectations and family harmony.
Advertises Botanic Blood Balm as a remedy for ulcers eczema scrofula and other blood and skin diseases. Offers a free sample with no payment required and claims 30 years of testing plus a $1 per bottle price. Provides address in Atlanta Ga for free sample and medical advice in sealed letter.
Advertisement touts Little Early Risers as unlike other laxatives because they do not purge the system. Claims ease for constipation and sick headache and cites endorsements from W H Howell of Houston and Bob Moore of Lafayette. Sold by W B Dillard Drug Co.
A Fredericksburg note from M B Rows commends the Dixie Nerve and Bone Liniment of Messas Oweas Minor of Richmond as highly valuable to their business. He states they now use it exclusively and mentions a large bottle price of 25 cents at Younger's drug store.
An advertised patent remedy claims to cure bedwetting by stopping continence trouble during sleep. It touts quick effect and targets old and engle sufferers, with sales by W. B. Dillard Drug Co.
An old advertisement claims Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with laxative effect. It promotes no care and no pay, pricing at 25 cents.
An editorial from the Richmond Times-Dispatch notes a strong Virginia temperance surge led by conservative, businesslike figures. It favors restricting open saloons while allowing medicinal alcohol, warns against extreme positions, and urges public-sentiment driven progress toward restricting liquor to sealed-package sales and extending the Mann Act if beneficial.
Fresh testimony lauds Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with claims of complete cure. T J McFarland Benterville Virginia says bronchitis lasted three years before using the remedy and being cured after a few bottles. Also advertised as effective against pneumonia and grip with trial bottles free and regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
A Maine farmer enters a small hotel with a handsome rooster. A man offers to buy it, they set a price per crow at 50 cents. The cock crowed five times after the farmer imitated a hen, and the buyer finally paid $2.50 amid ridicule from onlookers.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an untreated catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo advertised. Local wholesalers West Trouax Walding Kinnan endorsed the firm. Cure taken internally, claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price seven cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Hall's Family Pills also recommended.
Berlin reports Dr. Pero of Marburg addressed doctors claiming success with bee stings in rheumatic joints and muscles. He says he tested 500 cases with gradual exposure, starting with few stings and increasing to many, including a woman stung 6 953 times for a complete cure.
If you suffer with rheumatism sciatica contracted leaders and muscles pain in the sides shoulders or limbs vigorous rubbing four Dixie Nerve and Hone Liniment will you See W T Younger Salem Vi
A Salem Methodist sermon on the Law of Right Living cites Romans 8 2 Eschews doubt about Romans 7. contrasts law against sin and death with Spirit led life. It likens the Spirit to electricity guiding growth in the new life and urges continual adjustment to God’s will.
Dr King’s New Life Pills praised for curing headaches and building blood and health. Sold by W T Younger's Drug Store with 25 cent price and money back if not cured.
A Bran new bicycle, never ridden, with patented flash joints and seamless tubing. Features include adjustable handlebars, Troxel patent saddle, and nickel plated components. Listed at $25 cash, viewable locally.
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