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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
11
Advertising blurb from R. B. Faulkner & Co. Pittsburg invites rapid cash sales of real estate and exchange for merchandise stocks. Promises quick deals without publicity, noting business established in 1893 at 1107 Arrot Building.
The Stew enville Building and Loan reports deposits averaging one dollar weekly with savers paying as little as 26 cents and as much as two dollars or more. About a thousand people entrust their savings there, located at Third and Market streets, as the 85th series nears completion.
The advertisement touts curtains at heavy thread and butchered edges, offering parlor, library and bedroom patterns in 12h pairs once priced at 1.50 and 2.00 per pair. Current price 98 cents per pair with handsome Ruffle Swiss curtains highlighted as ideal for bedroom windows and a 65 cent pair quoted as a value.
A brief catalog note highlights fresh designs and 2 yard wide printed linoleums offered at a half dollar each, signaling a promotional print era emphasis on affordable home decor and ready-to-use flooring options.
The Rev J C Warren pastor of Sharon Baptist Church Belair Ga testifies Electric Bitters cured his lame back stiff joints and physical collapse. He says after two bottles he walked three miles in 50 minutes and feels ready to repeat. A remedy for weakness and stomach liver kidney complaints sold with guarantee at Beall Steele's drug store for 60 cents.
Bertha Bulick a fifteen year old Slavic girl employed as a house maid at Mrs. Dora Ridgley 325 Adams Street sustained severe burns when her dress caught fire after a gas flame was lit in the kitchen. Mrs Ridgley and others fought flames using rugs and torn clothing finally getting the girl to bed before she was sent to Gil Hospital. Mrs Ridgley suffered minor burns and hair singeing in the attempt. The article also notes the upcoming April term juries with lists of grand and petit jurors.
A mining expert in Baker City Oregon advertises a prospective gold mine for sale to reliable gentlemen ready to form a company. The offer promises immediate profits with free gold ore treatable locally and no freight or smelter charges. Contact James H. Graham for details.
Prosecutor dropped charges against William Robinson and James Christian after a hearing found the bloodhounds’ trail inconclusive. The men, claimed to be involved in a Wellsburg holdup, were at home in Mingo Junction when the incident occurred, and their mothers were described as hard working. The case hinges on dogs’ scent, which was not enough for a conviction.
West Wheeling Ohio January 21 1906 Thomas Secrist reports six years of muscular rheumatism ended after two five cent bottles of Crocker’s Rheumatic Cure. He says he now sleeps and has no arm pain and urges others to try a bottle. For sale by R J Morrison.
Gilchrist and Martin won the contract to erect a modern business room for Mrs Lillian McIntyre on the disputed Ferry Landing site known as Tell’s Half Acre in Brilliant. The first floor will measure 34 by 46 feet, the second floor will hold six living rooms and a bath, and the third floor will be a dance hall. The case has dragged through courts for months, and Mrs McIntyre, kept from her property, has suffered several hundred dollars in damages and awaits a settlement.
Light fingered men from the mines entered the Dood and Waugh store at New Alexandria Friday evening and stole a gold watch a revolver and two pocket knives. The loot was recovered after the thieves were followed. two men were involved while the owner was briefly away.
An ad claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local means. It asserts constitutional treatment, cites catarrh as cause in most cases, and offers $100 for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulation details for free circulars are provided by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
The fragment mentions digestive effects and a product called Dean's Regulats, promoting bowel relief and constipation cure with a price of 25c and a druggist recommendation. No clear event or identifiable entities beyond generic terms.
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