Fragments of Wit and Warnings From Old Newspapers
A collage of pithy quotes and epigrams from several 19th and early 20th century papers. Entries touch on work safety, health, humor, advertising, and literary jests, including lines about tuberculosis, the dangers of accidents, and editorials critiquing commerce and marketing with satirical quips.
Negro Ballot Petition Stirs Owensboro County Race
In Daviess County Kentucky on October 18, Negro voters filed a petition with the County Clerk requesting that their names be added to the official election ballot for six county offices. The move unsettled Republican leaders who had nominated Rolla Brym for County Judge and left the rest of the ticket blank. Last registration shows thirteen Negroes registered with Democrats and 151 as independents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro
Daviess County
Rolla Brym
Elderly Health Advice and Purge Product Ad
An old health column urges careful food choices in late life and warns against violent laxative use. The piece promotes Syrup Pepsin by A A Felts of Joliet, with his wife also using it, noting druggists stock and a Red Cross Drug Store in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ed. M. Russell
Felts
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Washington County
Robertson-Claybrooke Co
Geo. J Begemann
THE
Springfield Sun
H. L. Smith
Springfield, Ky
Lebanon Enterprise
Kentucky
Bourbon Stock Journal
Red Man
State Board of Health
State of
Ohio State Journal
Pleasureville
Henry County
Franklin Printer
Publishers Auxiliary
Courier- Journal
Reece
Everybody’s Magazine
Robertson County
Winchester
Monticello, Ii
Ret Cross Drug
Stom
Chicago
Illinois
Robertson Claybrook CO