Oldest Man in America Credits Peruna for Health
Isaac Brock of McLennan county Texas, age cited as oldest in America, praises Peruna remedy for coughs colds and catarrh after reading Dr Hartman. He credits long life and good health to Peruna and invites a free book from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Brock
Buncombe Co
North Carolina
McLennan County
Texas
Valley Mills
Mr. Brock
Hartman
the Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Great Removal Sale in Satem Ends Soon
Business owner announces a closing sale offering 5000 dollars of stock including clothing furnishings and dry goods at sacrifice prices. Sale to last only a few days with bargains rush. Also brief endorsement notes DeWitt's Little Early Risers praised for liver and bowel relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satem
Wall Paper and Painting Supplies at 110 Campbell Ave
A local up to date wallpaper house offers the latest wallpaper designs and floor powdering wax with general stock for beauty and duration. Estimates are given with satisfaction guaranteed. Also carries varnish, mixed paint, bronzes, and Kalsemine. The shop is at Henry Street and Kirk Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Avenue
S. W
Rosnoke
Oo. A. Berry
Aty Mp
Henry Street
Kirk Avenue
Cure Told For Dyspepsia By Digestive Aid
Prof Ivison of Lonacoring Maryland suffered seventeen years of neuralgia and stomach indigestion. Doctors failed to cure him and morphine was used. A friend advised Kodol Dyspepsia Care and after several bottles he claims it cured him entirely. It digests what you eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Ivison
Lonacoring
W. B. Dillard
The Homespun Dress Song of the Sunny South
A Richmond Leader lyric praising Southern women and soldiers. The homespun dress stands for Southern rights and patriotism. It urges men to seek honor in battlefields, while supporting those who defend loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Lenvy
South
Richmond
Night Escape From Town On Telegraph Post
A former resident recalls abrupt departure at night after hearing a telegraph post incident. He describes waking to a Black man climbing the pole with his back to the platform, then a command to flee with the speaker, a child, and others following to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Handy
Solid Coevee Silver Tableware Ad Promises 25 Year Wear
A Chicago notice touts Solid Coevee Silver tableware as a hard wearing alloy alternative to sterling, claiming no plating wear, equal looks, and one sixth the cost. It offers free samples of teaspoons for women in Morgan and Harrison Streets area, urging prompt requests before withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker VanLury Mra Co
Morgan and Harrison Sts
Chicago
Electric Bitters and Witch Hazel Salve Endorsements
A Lancaster New Hampshire resident praised Electric Bitters for indigestion and nervous debility, citing long lasting benefits for his wife as well. The ad claims Witch Hazel Salve by De Witt's is a sure cure for piles sores and skin diseases, urging customers to seek the genuine article from W. B. Dillard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
W. B. Dillard
Dr King's New Discovery Cures Chronic Coughs
Mrs Chas. Applegate of Alexandria Ind recounts nearly nightly coughing and blood spewing from severe consumption. After failure of other medicines, three $1 bottles of Dr King's New Discovery allegedly cured her and she gained 58 pounds. Cures coughs colds grippe bronchitis and lung troubles. Price 50c and 1.00. Trial bottles free at W T Younger's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Applegate
Alexandria
Ind
Dr. King
W. T. Younger
Vindicator reports Pain Balm relief for rheumatism
The editor of the Vindicator test s Chamberlain s Pain Balm twice with remarkable results. In a ten day shoulder rheumatism attack two applications gave instant relief and total comfort. A thigh joint flare up caused near prostration but two applications at night allowed waking without pain. For sale by local vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherfordton
N.C
Vindicator
Chamberlain
W. T. Younger
Dr David's Cough Syrup and Stomach Tablets advertised
An advertisement touts Dr David's Cough Syrup with pine tar horehound and cherry as a potent remedy for coughs colds croup consumption bronchitis and throat and lung issues. It also promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to relieve headaches from stomach disorders and constipation, with sale through Younger's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Younger
Dr Kings New Life Pills touted for numerous issues
Purports to cure torpid liver jaundice bilious ness fever ague and sick headache with small tasty pills sold by W T Younger's drug store. Also promotes One Minute Cough Cure for lingering grippe cough and throat lung troubles claimed to prevent consumption from W B Dillard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grippe
W. B. Dillard
Family urged to plant pecan trees in the South
The article extols pecan trees for hardiness and shade and urges Southern families and town authorities to plant them along sidewalks to generate revenue. It notes profits could grow from 500 to 5000 dollars annually as trees mature, and suggests farmers plant 10 to 20 acres of pecans to diversify from cotton and corn. It cites Pineville North Carolina's Pineduff Grape and Pecan Company as a source for young trees and circulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Pinevillle
N.C
Pineduff Grape & Pecan Company
Pinedluff
Favorite Prescription Restores Health for Women
A 19th century testimonial touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and women's diseases. It claims free consultations by letter and private correspondence, with a patient recounting eight years of illness and posttreatment renewed strength after using multiple bottles and Pellets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krentec
Wes Nitshettie Askew
Garysburg
Northampton Co. N.C
Dr. Pierce
Remarkable Pickens County Family Captures Record
A South Carolina exchange reports a family in Pickens county with a rare story. The mother married at age 11 and, now 26, has 14 living children and a grandchild, making her a grandmother at a young age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Pickens County
Fat as a remedy in Scott's Emulsion praised by London authorities
Dr Hughes Bennett, a London authority on consumption, links fat intake to poverty and rich diets. The piece promotes Scott's Emulsion cod liver oil as an easy to digest fat source, claiming it purifies blood and serves as a superior form of nourishing fat for the sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes Bennett
London
Scott & Bowne
Mrs C E VanDeusen Praises Stomach and Liver Tablets
Mrs C E VanDeusen of Kilbourn Wisconsin suffered long stomach trouble and constipation. She recalls trying many preparations, but Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets gave her benefit. The tablets are sold at W T Youngers drug store for 25 cents with free samples available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E VanDeusen
Kilbourn
Wits
Chamberlain
W. T. Younger
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Counterfeit Warning
An advertisement warns that counterfeit DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve can cause blood poisoning and urges customers to leave them alone. The original product bears the DeWitt's name on box and wrapper, marketed as a harmless healing salve for skin diseases and piles. Billed by W. B. Dillard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
DeWitt's
W. B. Dillard
Settler's rail fares to western states advertised
Rates are listed for travel via the Norfolk and Western Railway toward West and Northwest destinations. Tickets go on sale on February 12, 19 and 2 percent, March 6, 12, 19 and 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 1901 to Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. For further information write to the stated contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western Railway
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Widow seeks husband through two line ad stirs Oradell mail
Hackensack date recounts a widow in Oradell aged under forty placing a two line personal ad for a husband. Letters flooded the post office, Postmaster Landmann worried of swindling schemes, while suitors from Bergen county and beyond pursued the chance. The widow owns a farm and keeps details private, inviting only the right man to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackensack
N. J
Postoffice
Oradell
Advertiser
Landmann
Washington
Bergen County
A Good Cough Medicine for Children
F P Moran a Petersburg baker recommends Chamberlains Cough Remedy for children with bad or whooping coughs saying it has never failed to give satisfaction and contains no opium or harmful drug Sold by W T Younger druggist
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. P. Moran
Petersburg
W. T. Younger
George W. Waitt
South Gardiner
W. T Younger
Tragic Folding Bed Accident Claims Pianist Miss Harbough
In Cincinnati on March 13 Miss Ollie Harbough a Conservatory of Music pupil died after a folding bed she was sitting on with two friends collapsed. The weight of the bed caused it to close striking her head fracturing her skull and she died yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ollie Harbough
Consevatory of Music
Miss Harbough
Revivalists pledge to convert fifteen sinners in two weeks
Rev Richard A Morley and Duke M Farson sign a bet funded by church money. If fifteen sinners are not converted in two weeks at Sheffield Avenue Methodist Church starting March 11, $1,000 goes to the church fund. Three ministers will judge conversions. no church events allowed during the period. Farson alleges ministers try to stampede meetings. money refundable if goals unmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Richard A. Morley
Duke M. Farson
Sheffield Avenue
Botanic Blood Balm Offered as Cure for Severe Skin and Blood Diseases
An advertisement proclaims Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for cancer skin diseases and blood poisons with free trial offers to all ages. It claims rapid, permanent relief by purifying the blood and expelling germs, listing symptoms from eruptions to rheumatism and promising free trial treatment from Blood Balm Co. at 8 Mitchell Street Atlanta. Over 3,000 testimonials and 30 years of testing are cited to back the claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botaniclood Bali
Botanic Blood Ball
Blood Balm Co
Mitchell Street
Atlanta
Butler
Bradfield Regulator CO
A Timid Politician Won Bride By Bold Proposal
A tale of a bashful politician proposed to by his future wife. She nudged him toward marriage with a clever exchange about supporting any office, culminating in her question when their wedding would be. He finally proposed, and they lived happily ever after.
Getting on Getting On and the Scott Emulsion cure
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a balanced remedy for under digestion and overwork that aids those who are too thin or too fat. It promises a free sample and directs readers to buy bottles of 50 cents or 1 dollar from druggists, with the grainy image promise on the bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Bowne Chemists
Pearl Street
New York
Madly Charged Marriage Ends in Bride's Death
Leona Davis of Binghamton died during a hurried wedding to John Harmon Crossman after a sequence of misfortunes and illness delayed the nuptials from Thanksgiving through Washington's Birthday. Crossman, once in foster care, faced a life shadowed by family losses as the ceremony concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harmon Crossman
Leona Davis
Binghamton
Ohio
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Crossman
Cleveland
Chenango
N. Y
Washington
C D Isbill recounts arnica salve curing child eczema
Morgantown Tennessee resident C D Isbill says large sores on his daughter's head led to scald head and Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured her. The product is advertised as a guaranteed remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, pimples, sores, ulcers and piles. Available for 25 cents at W T Younger's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Isbill
Morgantown
Tenn
Bucklen
W. T. Younger
Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease Relief Claim
An advertisement touts a New Great Sours American Kidney Cure that supposedly relieves kidney and bladder distress within six hours. Targeted at both genders, it promises rapid relief from pain and urinary retention. Sold by Dillard & Persinger, Druggists in Salem Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillard & Persinger
Salem
Congress Backs Stamp Tax Oof Checks?
Congress agrees to tax checks stamping, arguing revenue benefits. If a person had any funds in bank, the plan could save two cents per transaction, a figure cited to support the reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Estate Sale by Administrator of T M Starkey
As administrator I will sell at his late residence near Starkey depot in Noanoke county Va on Tuesday March Mth MW all personal property including 32 young cattle 1 colt 4 milch cows oxen 1 Durham bull 1 wheat drill 1 mower 1 hay rake farming implements wagons harness 4 horses a large stock of wheat corn and other farm articles 10 shares Roanoke Rolling Mill Co stock 40 Park Land and Improvement Co stock 14 Crystal Spring Land Co stock 7 Internation Cigarette Co stock 1 Roanoke & Southern Railway 20 South Roanoke Land Co stock 58 Kenoya Association stock 10 Home Investment Association Kenoya stock 1s Commercial National Bank of Roanoke stock 35 Safe Investment Co stock sale starts 10 am cash for $20 or less and balance by note with security bearing interest from sale day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Starkey
Starkey
Noanoke County
Roanoke Rolling Mill Co
Park Land and Improvement Company
Crystal Spring Land Co
Internation Cigarette Co
Roanoke & Southern Railway Company
South Roanoke Land Co
Kenoya Association
Home Investiment Association of Kenoya
Commercial National Bak
Roanoke
Safe Investment Company
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Roch
United States
Peruena
Salem Avenue
Bell
Sevntory
Riesenbaum Bros
Jrc. Brown, Jr
M. Martin
JHC
S. M. Martin’s
Younger’s Drug Store
Virginia
Sizer & CO
Hieley & Ramsey
VICI
Rieley & Ramsey
Roanoke, Va
Lux
AvEnir
F. J.gen
Lancaster
N. H
Sastoria
Beviit
Gen Pas
Braga
Tray
Pas
Persinger
Cardus
Ailion
Mitchell
Wino
Cardui
Thedford
Peter
Chattanooga
M. F. Huf
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