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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR shows a mix of advertising entries and business listings. It mentions a wallpaper dealer and a drug store open for prescriptions, plus multiple professional offices and real estate firms on various floors and rooms in a building in Clarksburg and surrounding area.
Fragmented ad copy touts Sweet Melody Flour as a remedy for skin ailments including tetter and itch. It asserts applying Chamberlain's Rage eases itching and smarting and that most cases are cured by its use.
Democrats in Randulgh county set primaries for April 2 for county officer nominations. Hancock Republican committee schedules a primary for April 11 and Wood county Republicans plan district conventions on April 4 plus a county officers primary. In Morgantown Delta Phi conference and Gamma Psi chapter gathering occurred. Andrew Kiger of Morgantown was severely assaulted, and Mr Lowther's funeral home return followed a Colorado shooting death. Fairmont Coal Company promotions and wage cuts noted.
A fragmented ad copy outlines sickness and accident indemnities with monthly premiums of one dollar and various weekly benefit periods. It lists Mr. W. T. B. Clemm and George W. Husted as representatives and mentions wall paper firms and a Taft Wellington political note. The text is jumbled, but centers on insurance-like offers, products, and local notices from Clarksburg and nearby areas.
An old advertisement claims Swamp-Root by Dr Kilmer and Co aids kidney and bladder trouble. It urges readers to request a free sample bottle and to mention the ad in Binghamton New York.
Classified fragment mentions 30 Days Trial offer on Pinstiles and Reller back remedies sold by H. T. Burke. Also references a roller rink direct Depot car route and a sale offer for a series of city notes in Clarksburg with June 4 1931 due date and June 1 1908 dividend. Addressed to John Francis Smith in Frederick Maryland.
Prof H A Howell of Howell's American School in Havana Cuba credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving his infant son during a severe cold. He recalls his mother using the remedy and notes rapid relief after a desperate condition. Sold by all dealers.
A vintage ad claims Bees Laxative Cough Syrup quickly relieves coughs and bronchial troubles. It markets the product as gentle and safe for children and adults, promising to expel phlegm and soothe irritated membranes.
Mr. Harry Retaler of Martins Ferry Ohio claims relief from years of nervous and stomach trouble after using Quaker Herb Extract. He says a tapeworm expelled from his system was cured in part by the remedy and credits renewed energy and health to the product sold by Wells & Haymaker. The ad promotes Quaker Herb Extract at 1 per bottle or 8 for 2.50 and Balm at 25 cents.
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