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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
4
A Washington clubman loses a bet with a Sixteenth Street belle after she ends their engagement over his habit of carrying a purse. She says she cannot tolerate a man who keeps money in a purse, predicting future issues. A local matron notes possible truth in the tale.
Advertisement urges using DeWitt’s Witch Haze Salve for various skin troubles and burns. It claims fast relief without a sear and notes a version marketed for piles with blind bleeding itching and protruding symptoms. Sold by W. B. Dillard Drug Co.
A humorous recipe for cooking a bean with river water and strict directions ends with a medical caution about mercury in catarrh remedies. The piece warns readers against mercury and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. Governor Montague appoints delegates to the International Good Roads Convention in St Louis on May 27.
A promotional note claims Dr Detohon's Anti Diurstic can help children who soil bedding from nocturnal incontinence. The ad promises immediate relief and lists a $100 value claim. Sold for $1 by W B Dillard Drug Co.
Ab Mre Wiggs, a character in Lovey Mary from Century Co NY, shares humorous quotes about worries, fate, and optimism. She urges cheerfulness, resilience, and avoiding self pity, noting others to feel sorry for instead.
An old advertisement promises stops the cough and cures a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It includes a no cure, no pay offer and a price of 25 cents. The copy urges starting only when a spark of success is seen and to work hard for results.
The Graded School commencement is set for Friday May 8 at 8 pm in Town Hall with a plantation melody led by Prof. W A Gillam and Mrs Clarke of Pittsburg. Rev J R Davis and wife receive another year at Salem station, and Miss Estella Hayden returns from West Virginia. Many family events, sickness updates, and school achievements are noted along with a Tuskegee fund gift from Andrew Carnegie.
Dr T G Merritt of No Mehoopany Pa reports a stomach ulcer attack cured by Electric Bitters after failing with other remedies. The patient improved from the first dose and has remained attack free for 14 months. Bitters advertised for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and kidney issues 60c at W T Younger's.
A Little Early Riser pills stimulate secretions and bowels to remove the cause of trouble. Sold by W. B. Dilter. Also mentions Dean's Ointment for itching skin and Dr Thomas' Eclectric Oil for croup emergencies.
Salem widow Mary Stocks on Alabama Street credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring her health after severe kidney trouble. She describes weakness, discolored secretions, and reliance on others before taking the remedy from W T Younger's drug store. She praises the product and urges others to use it. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo sells the pills nationwide for 50 cents a box.
In Richmond Virginia M B Rows writes that the Dixie Nerve and Bone Liniment from Younger's drug store is valuable to his business and now used exclusively. The advertisement notes a large bottle priced at 25 cents.
A horseman outlines age clues from teeth from birth to thirteen years, detailing temporary and permanent teeth, cups, tushes, and changes at each age. He notes forty teeth total including grinders, crinders and nippers, with early development described at two, four, and six months and in yearly stages up to thirteen years.
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