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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1900
Page
3
The notice advertises lower prices on millinery including White Sailors Caps and Children Hats plus new ties belts pins and fans from Mrs F G Webber. It also features B Frier announcing her candidacy for re election as Salem sergeant promising continued service and urging support.
Distressing kidney and bladder ailment relieved in six hours by New Great Sours American Kidney Cone. The remedy claims rapid relief of bladder, kidney and back pain for male or female, with near-immediate alleviation of water retention. Sold by Dillard & Persinger, Druggist, Salem, Va.
Roanoke Fertilizer Co offers fertilizer for spring crops including truck and garden lawn blends in 60 lb sacks. The retailer also lists corn planters and plows for sale and identifies Kittian & Krzer as the supplier or advertiser.
Whilescarver Bros advertises complete line of fresh seasonable groceries. They tout packed can goods from 9 pack, potted meats and fish, seeds, nails, horseshoes, and announce F W Whitescarver to offer Empire binder and mower with low prices.
A long column of witticisms local anecdotes and notices from Salem Virginia including remarks on social manners, a quip about Rocky Mount quarantine smallpox and a report on a Confederate veterans benefit poem The Baltimore Grays and Roanoke Blues are announced as new military units plus editorials on paid advertising and church reporting suggestions for the Times-Register
Miss Sallie Baldwin of Bansack and Mr Edgar Winyard of Vinton wed at Rev J A Earnhardt’s home in Vinton on Sunday. After parental objections delayed the marriage for over a week, the couple eloped from Bansack depot by train to have the knot tied.
Salem Graded and High School students presented a program at Town Hall last Friday to raise funds for a new organ. The three act mythological play Ceres opened the show, followed by a flag drill and broom drill by eighteen girls, and a one act comedy The First Time. Cast included Mrs DeSoto Beana Nina Berta Reynolds Sylvia Gardner Argie Logan Torrington James McCauley Burton and W. M Adame. Prof Adams led the well rehearsed performances delivering a neat net of 8800.
Salem based Camden Iron Works led by D proprietor and J B Camden manager are making a hydraulic ram for the Niagara Hydraulic Ram Co. The first weighty cast weighs 24 tons and the full ram will stand 12 feet high, weigh about 7 000 pounds, and pump 216 000 gallons daily for use on the Norfolk and Western railroad between Salem and Christiansburg.
An old age essay praises nature and wisdom, then warns of stomach decline with age. It extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for seniors with weak stomachs and poor digestion, claiming it strengthens body and mind and resists senile decay.
The county pension board met at the courthouse last Saturday and approved forty four new pension applications, adding to those previously granted. Names include H C Blankenship Allen Murray J R Palmer H Turner Jes Stone Henry Garst Robert Hardy Obediah Blankenship John Waldron B H F Sheppard R Huddleston Mrs O Medley Mrs M A Parker Eliza Bradley and others with varying yearly amounts. Many more applications remain pending.
Mrs Bettie Smith widow of Benjamin R Smith died at her Vinton home last Friday night at 10 o clock after a nine week illness of stomach inflammation. She was 58 and mother to seven children: Robert O. Smith J W Bledsoe Smith E Henry Smith B D Ford J W Comer Loula and Parke Smith. She was a estimable Christian lady.
Sunday near Salem an elderly couple Mr and Mrs William Burch were knocked from their buggy when a cyclist frightened their horse. The buggy was wrecked with the top smashed and both riders hurt. The cyclist carried a large bunch of dogwood blooms.
Be Bells it for Less. Barnes ad on page three promotes a busy drug store drawing economical buyers who trust the slogan He has the best and wells it for less. Fresh patent medicines and shop worn goods move quickly, with baby foods kept especially fresh for busy shoppers.
The Lynchburg News note praises Judge H. E. Blair as a welcome, modest Christian jurist who attends church and prayer meetings during term and prays to edification. Also an ad claims headache cure in 20 minutes with Dr Mil Pain Pills priced one cent per dose.
Judge Woods and Mayor Dyer bring 2 year old Roanoke colt Ashland Wilkes line from Lexington. He trotted as a yearling past one-eighth in 2 44 with little training and is praised by judges. Shown at Salem next Monday court day.
Mr. F W Whautescarver reports sweeping orders at Botetourt Court for Empire Harvesting Machines now popular among farmers in Roanoke and Botetourt counties. He invites farmers to Salem to view samples at the former Salem Hardware Co room and order a binder or mower.
The Times-Register notes patrons who settled subscriptions recently. Albert, Jno W Johnston, Jos Moomaw, D L Coon, J C Beanm, Selden Anderson, J M Neighbors are thanked for their example.
The twenty eighth annual meeting of the Farmers and Mechanics Benevolent Fire Insurance Association will be held at their Hollins hall next Saturday the 2th. A fall meeting is desired and the ladies are especially invited. An elegant dinner is promised, as in prior years.
Telegram announces Col Perry Nugent former resident of Longwood Salem died Monday night at his country home near Greenville Massachusetts after several days illness aged about 70. Survived by four daughters and one son. funeral at Methodist church then burial in East Hill cemetery beside his wife.
Supervisor W. P. Moomaw filed his resignation with Judge W. W. Moffett after months of illness. The judge stated no alternative but to accept and will seek a successor who favors Moomaw if health improves. Possible successors include M L Fellers or Eugene Bush.
Mr Robert S Loyd a well known county farmer from the Mt Pleasant neighborhood died last Saturday at 3 25 in the morning after years of asthma illness He belonged to the Baptist faith He was T1 years old and leaves a wife and six children.
Washington reports Consul General James T DuBois of St Gall France says food adulteration in Europe is rising despite authorities. Chocolate demands spurring mutton tallow low grade sugar shell fragments and potato veal misuse. fake honey tea leaves and potato cheese appear. contaminated coffee uses alower list of assorted substances.
County court day in Salem looms as officials deliver election tickets and residents prepare for next Thursday's constitutional convention vote. Local updates include farm sale near Salem for 1500 dollars, a death in Vinton, school session closings, a gospel service, hydrant outage, and a Car Roanoke line breakdown. Comments on boxing champion Jeffries and a Salem physician’s recent graduation add regional color.
The community mourns Peter G. McGuire who died suddenly at his Sinking Creek home last Saturday from apoplexy. A respected ex Confederate soldier and county citizen, he was about sixty and survived by his wife, a sister of Supervisor G. W. Lewis, and several children. The notice additionally advertises a Fischer upright piano for sale at 150 dollars with part payment options.
Cheap cash sale for a second-hand one-horse wagon. Apply to FF. W. Wuiutrresearven in Salem Virginia.
A promotional notice touts Watt's as a reliable shop with customer-friendly policies and post office amenities. It markets a wide range of ladies waists in India linen, pique, and lawn fabrics priced from 50 cents to 3 dollars, highlighting discounts, new arrivals, and attractive embroidery.
At the start of the season the store offers Percale and Madras waists at sharp discounts. Shortage limits selling to a few days with waists priced 8 cents for the best Percale, 69 cents for Madras and black and white Second mourning waists, and 50 cents for tucked Percale waists.
Bright shop ad touts white headwear for children with caps priced from 6c to $1.39. Items include corded India Lawn pieces at 12 4e¢, lace edged styles at 19c, 25c, 30c, 50c and fine tucks, Irish Point edging, and all lace bonnets. Little boys’ white corded hats offered.
Special sale of black waistbands described as particularly good with broad tucks at front and back priced at one dollar each.
Piques Way Down A full third off. Want any Buy now and save a third the new cost. These three kinds are the popular heavy warps. Welts up and down cords. At 124c worth 18 cents. At 15c you do well to buy for 20c. At 17c worth 25c.
Every store stocks 12i vests with a simple pricing plan. The 124¢ Veste stands out from common vests at this price, comparing gold to brass and silver to lead. About a thousand vesta in this lot. Buy at least half a dozen. Ribbed weave, fine thread and elastic, silk-taped neck. Any size.
Unbleached large Turkish towels offered at $1.44 per dozen. Promotion highlights these towels as a rare bargain compared with other towels and insists buyers should purchase no fewer than a dozen.
The notice compares umbrella options from Watt's and other shops. It lists prices from 8c for simple silk models to $219 for pure silk sun umbrellas, with options like black twirl silk, black Taffeta, princess handles, sterling initial plates, and colored silk tassels.
A store advertises parasols priced to suit all budgets with a focus on children’s parasols. Bright, pretty designs are promoted as brightening young lives and there is a note that waiting may mean missing the prettiest options.
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