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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1907
Page
3
A reader details a long choking cough and lung decline followed by a claimed recovery after using a tonic from Frack Bland's drug store. The account cites a lengthy illness duration, weight normalization, and a promise of thousands of sealed pages annually alongside trial offers and price points for cure products.
An old advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a guaranteed cure for kidney trouble and distressing conditions. It cites testimonials from local figures and urges readers to visit Frank Gr Bland’s Drugstore to purchase with a guarantee. The copy uses dramatic praise and emphasizes relief after several bottles.
Fragments announce Preventives as candy and tablets to head off colds, with various dubious testimonials and prices. Other lines push topical cures and laxatives, claiming rapid relief for fever sores, ulcers, piles, burns, and constipation. The ad text piles colorful, unverified claims from multiple sources.
Sweet Melody Flour reports Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure as safe under the Pure Food and Drug Law. For years he has fought unsafe opium and ether in remedies and now his product bears warnings and labeling to protect consumers.
A vintage card touts Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy with claims to stop coughing, heal the throat, and prevent complications. It promises certified refunds if the product fails and notes no opiates, with multiple sellers listed including Sturm Wilson and Jons Mercer.
The excerpt presents a maze of garbled phrases and misplaced names discussing seasonal courtships and social rituals. It appears as fragmented text from a literary or historical piece, mentioning dates around Christmas to February and social customs, with many illegible or misordered words.
The document outlines the Norfolk exposition site on Hampton Roads with about 500 acres of sand, 40-acre water area, and 100 aquinpe mile water frontage. It notes headquarters in Norfolk and connections by ferries, trolley lines, and steam railway, plus decorative fencing, shade trees, and Corinthian autumns.
A garbled OCR list names numerous individuals and entities including Mrs et al and various surnames such as Banks, Doughles, Murphy, King, Williams, and Wilton. The fragment appears to catalog a batch of packages and people connected to a 1907 event, with many misspellings and incomplete terms.
A fragmentary report hints at a Uniform Branch of the Canton Patriarch Militant within the Odd Fellows to be organized locally, described as the largest campaign in the state with ceremonial plans and May timing referenced in unreadable text.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions health topics and advice figures like Dr Pierse and Dr Meade. It hints at public consultation invitations and a possible health or beauty guidance context. The text is garbled with misspellings and stray names, offering little coherent detail.
Notice to transfer licenses to Welch and Kidgeins to sell alcohol in Clarkaburg Virginia for the year starting May 1. Frank J Welch and Patrick L Kidgins petition transfer to McDonnell Jru Wallis Flanigan building West Pike Street. Hearing set by City Council January 18, 1907. clerk Will Cole signs.
Notice warns against adulterated cough remedies and misbranded products. It states that certain honey and tar solutions are unsafe and not approved by the National Pure Food and Drug Law. The advisory targets both children and adults and recommends avoiding the products sold by Stir & Wilson.
An advertisement touts Orino Laxative as a mild pleasant remedy for constipation claiming it cleanses the liver and intestines, with claims of trait cures and a laxative effect. It notes substitutes and mentions Sturm and Witron as sellers and a Penny Gallery display near Empire Bank.
A fragment notes a disturbance to a congregation last Sunday by coughing. It mentions Folers Honey and Tar sold by Sturm & Wilson and an unspecified test by Dr Hardman. Additional items reference upholstering and furniture repair on West Main Street and a location at 18 Third Street with various ad-like mentions.
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