Ayer Co. Ad Offers Express Bottle for Dollar
A terse advertisement promises to send a bottle by express for one dollar and asks for the applicant’s nearest express office name, with the address listed as J. C. Ayer Co. Lowell Massachusetts.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
5
A terse advertisement promises to send a bottle by express for one dollar and asks for the applicant’s nearest express office name, with the address listed as J. C. Ayer Co. Lowell Massachusetts.
Harley Bell spent Sunday with his parents. Miss Birdie Kiaitre hosted Mies Kei er of Cincinnati. Miss Nellie and Dela Bell hosted Miss Minnie Bethymer of Cincinnati. Mrs. J Vogtis entertained her sister Mrs Anna Gernon of Hamilton and daughters Fannie and Helen. Mrs M Hough visited Mrs S Lanning. Rose Vogt of Hamilton visits her mother Laura Wood of Stovewick. Miss Julia Carpenter visited her cousin. Mr and Mrs W Meier returned home after visiting their parents. Miss Rose High and Rachel Vogt attended a lawn fete at Wilhiamsville. Jennie Forbes spent Sunday with Summer aide friends. Soon to Mr and Mrs L Monjar a daughter on Saturday.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages, a constitutional disease. The remedy is taken internally and claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 cure guaranteed. Address F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio for testimonials. Available from local druggists for 75 cents.
Reports list property sale by Hopkins rev estate agency at Bradbury on Batavia road and local improvements. Interurban accident injures two Amelia residents with minor injuries. Notables visit Wyoming and Cincinnati travelers. Village council caps electric car speed at 32 mph. Community events include G A R encampment, Willing Workers festival, Amelia Modern Woodmen festival fundraiser for Ches Leese, and church services in Boston. Also mentions a new method to prevent suicide using Electric Bitters with local pharmacy promotions.
Mrs Jane Pierce left Monday for Logansport dudiane to visit among relatives and friends. Charles Carnes of Vincineal is visiting relatives here. Misses Gallie and Emma McCollum stayed with their sister Mrs Milton Muler of anila. Miss Rose ollae of Cincinnati visits her parents Mr and Mrs Nate Collins. D Repjamine of Brown county visited his brother Davia Berjaune last week. oseon Lewey of Lerano was seen to Our Village Sunday.
Advertisement notes that persons troubled with indigestion can take Kodol Dyspepsia Care to prepare the stomach for reception digestion and assimilation of food and transform it into healthy blood. Sold by Nash's Pharmacy.
Mrs Banford spent Friday with her daughter Florence Johnson of Fran Hill. Misses Alice Day and Cora Johnson went to Niagara Falls last week. Miss Johnson will visit college friends at Akron Ohio before returning home. Miss Locelia Meier and sister Edna Meier are spending vacation at home. Miss Rose Vogt of Hamilton is guest of her mother Mrs Dorothy Vogt. Miss Alma Johnson of Carthage was entertained by Miss Mayme Johnson. Mrs Anna Guernon and children of Hamilton are visiting Mrs J Vogt. Misses Mabelle Bragier and Sallie Perry stayed in Madisonville as guests of Pearl and Emma Phillipa. Mrs Lee, who had a stroke recently, is much better.
The Bantam fair will be held the last week in September with a half mile track in excellent condition and several famous trotters expected to compete for the $200 prize daily. Cozie fare incentives will be offered by the local traction companies as part of a large fair program.
A patient from DuPort Georgia recounts a severe access on the right Junz that doctors could not control. After using Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption the patient recovered quickly and regained health, with Nash’s Pharmacy Batavie and J R Hicks Amelia guaranteeing the remedy. Bottles priced at 602 and 1.00, three-bottle trial offered.
Ed Zer and family from Cincinnati visited John Brown and family as a soggy Christian chapel festival yielded over 30 dollars. Olive Branch visitors Will Beler and kin stopped by Laura Brotherton. Bond Hill resident Ed Sargent joined J D White’s postmaster home group. Clermont Central District Union planned an all day Bantam grove meeting for September 5 with executive members from M Edward and W J Liston attending. Various locals hosted and visited, including Miss Jennie Flake from Cincinnati at C M Edwards, and Fred Warren's E P picnic trip with Sheriff Speidel.
The advertisement urges buyers to look for the DeWitt name on every box of Witch Hazel Salve made by E. C. DeWitt & Co. Chicago. It claims the pure salve treats cuts burns bruises boils eczema and piles and notes counterfeits due to its popularity. Nash’s Pharmacy carries the genuine product.
G A R encampment in New Boston noted. Visitors from New Richmond Cincinnati Lindale Loveland Amelia and Mt Holly arrive for weeks and social visits. Local engagements include Miss Fay Moorehead Ripley and Miss Ada Rails Louisville visiting relatives. Church repairs and family visits mark week in Nicholisville area.
A Gulf Coast reader from Albany Georgia reports a bilious attack relief after taking a single DeWitts Little Early Risers pill. The user notes the pill was small yet more effective than calomel or blue mass and left a pleasant sensation. Nashs Pharmacy sells the medicine.
Mrs. Rachel Hadley of Walnut Hill visits Mrs. Sarah Hartman and the Misses Hunter. Mr and Mrs Frank Frazee of Lebanon guest of Mrs Julian White. Dr Liming of Hamersyville visits John Glancy. Prof Alice Glancy of Goshen calls on friends. G Glancy family from Williamsburg make a short call. Billy Suell shows a new buggy. Mrs Virginia S Brown sustains a painful injury tearing finger nail. Mr and Mrs Thomas Good host a reception for Mrs Rose and Miss Ruttenhouse with about 40 attendees.
Miss Rittenhouse and Miss Rittenhouse depart this week to visit Rev. Nichols, Highland County. B K Brown of Hartwell travels to Kelucapia Springs, Kentucky seeking benefit from the white sulfur water. Mrs. Gaylord Cover of Linwood visits Monterey and her parents in town for the sake of her ill daughter.
An advertisement extols Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills as a cure for nervous breakdown sleeplessness and dizziness. It features testimonial from Mr Lloyd Hulick of Batavia Ohio praising the product and a 60 cent price at Buffalo New York dealers with mention of the doctor’s portrait and signature on each package.
Miss Mae Manning of Chicago returns home for a pleasant vacation with her father G. G. Manning and sister Georgla. Louise Johnston of Cincinnati visits relatives here. Mrs. Mary Glaser visits Toledo. Mrs. Will DeBrnler and Sallie Brown travel to New Richmond. Valera Hartshorn stays with Carrie Ardusen of Laurel Nebraska. Gertrude Shelley of Cincinnati visits at W. M. Fee's. Etta Ingram visits her parents. Dr. B. P. Ingram spends Sunday here. Mr. Metz plans move to Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fisher and son Milton visit a friend. Clifford Moreton hosts in Calgary area. Mr. and Mrs. John Ernst entertain a young lady friend from West Virginia. Shelley family reunion held at Julius Shelley's home with many city relatives. Ei Dawson and son Raymond visit New Richmond Saturday.
Bethel and Newport area residents host and visit relatives during a flurry of callers. The report lists Electra Bricker and daughter from Kansas, Alex Roff of Cincinnati visiting W. West, and numerous visits by Misses Irma Eppert Iva Hutson Edith Wall Terese Christy Anna Nott and others from Amelia Marathon Salt Air Cincinnati and beyond.
The clipping lists numerous local residents and visitors from Cincinnati to nearby towns and households, including Mrs T Mulloy guests, Carey Scott starting a Montgomery pharmacy job, W E Montgomery taking charge of a Batavia flour mill, and various Sunday visits across Mansfield Seaman and Locust Ridge. It notes a prohibition candidate, Rev N D Creamer, delivering a speech in Bethel.
Soldiers at the Boston encampment praised the programme and reunion. Grace Moorehead and daughter from Manhattan Kansas visit Mrs ER A. Johnson lost a pocketbook with papers between here and Fayetteville. Clyde Predmore visits Cincinnati. Mr Kendall and wife stay at the parsonage.
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