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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
4
A plain woman reflects on life, noting beauty brings scrutiny and self-exaction, while ugliness offers patience, leisure, and inner worth. She argues plain features spare pain, foster thought, and grant time to do solid work, contrasting with the image of a beauty trapped by vanity.
A dated health ad claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure lets the stomach digest all wholesome food, easing indigestion and stomach trouble without milk and toast. It asserts starvation weakens the system and that the product digests what you eat, sold by W B Dillard Drug Company.
A young man declares lasting love to a schoolteacher and promises to marry. She quizzes the globe and gravity jokes back a lively exchange about distance and flight before she agrees to wed. The banter blends romance with a touch of science talk.
A London authority links consumption to butter decline and pastry abundance. The piece argues fat is essential for all, praising Scott's Emulsion as easy to digest and beneficial for blood purification, suitable for both the poor and the rich.
The Annual Institute for coloured teachers will convene in the public school building Friday and Saturday October 30 and 31 starting at 10 a.m. under Prof. R. C. Stearnes. Emphasizes moral character and education for teachers and the value of public schooling for future citizens. Also notes a revival at Mount Vernon Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Wade and Rev. T. C. Curtis, updates on local residents, a Thanksgiving football game, and other community items.
Otto Dodd of Powder Missouri writes that a year long sore was cured by Bucklens Arnica Salve calling it the best salve on earth. The advertisement notes the salve costs 2 cents at W T Youngers Drug Store and ends with a quip on show of reform.
An irregular mix of advertisements promises relief for bedwetting with a $100 appeal and a warning about a painless pile remedy DeWitt's Little Early Risers praised by counts of Lafayette readers. A courtroom joke between Judge Jincks and Miss Jincks sits alongside frugal product claims and a preacher's note on vanity and conviction.
This ad promotes a laxative Bromo Quinine tablet claimed to cure a cold with a payment promise of no cure no pay and a price of 25a. The language reflects early 20th century patent medicine style.
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