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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
10
A collage of quack health claims and ads cites a nerve cure, a Bromo Quinine laxative, Gard before meals, Borax for cows, and a bank teller’s hard life. The piece mixes sensational health promises with humorous asides and consumer tips.
In Lees Summit Missouri the Rev Charles Brown pastor of the Christian Church confessed a gambling relapse. He borrowed $800 from church members to gamble in Kansas City and repaid them after confessing. He delivered a sermon against gambling to warn his flock, urging early fighting of the vice as the only defense. The congregation, including women sobbing, listened as officersconsider whether he should remain in the pulpit.
Nostov Mass an anti cocaine bill before the Public Health Committee is urged by Dr Charles Harrington of the State Board of Health He says hundreds of Boston boys are slaves to cocaine and the habit is sold in saloons cheap drug stores and on the street He cites pitiful letters from judges lawyers and probation officers and notes sales to Black patrons and street peddlers supplying children with the drug.
Washington report by G. K. Holmes of the Department of Agriculture shows cars have displaced about 60,000 farm horses to date. Farm horses in use on Jan 1, 1908 number about 19,992,000 while urban electric transit could have used up to 500,000 horses.
Paris authorities hire specialists who mimic dog barks at night to reveal hidden pets avoiding dog tax. Barking outside homes signals where a dog is kept, guiding tax collectors to the liable owner. Human barkers earn thirty dollars monthly for this surveillance work.
William Allen age 28 serving 180 days in a Los Angeles city jail for larceny learned of his mother death in New York and a $15,000 estate bequest. He sought funds from a broker through a telegram to the estate administrator to obtain his release from prison.
An OCR fragment describes a home remedy mixing glycerine whiskey and pine oil to be dosed every four hours, warns against bulk pine oil, and mentions Concentrated pine oil vials and the phrase AN AMBIGUITY. It also includes a dated quip about a clergyman and widow exchange.
Daniel S. Queen of Salem Virginia recalls kidney trouble after a back injury. He credits Deans Kidney Pills with restoring his health after months of weakness and bed rest. The ad notes 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Also mentions Woolford's Lotion for itch and a quip about a mirror telling a girl she is ugly.
Over half a century of Brown's Bronchial Traches promoted as an unexcelled remedy for hoarseness coughs and sore throat in a historical advertisement style record.
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