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Newspaper
The Fairbury Enterprise
Location
Fairbury, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
5
Local notes from Fairbury Nebraska dated August 2 1902 report residents traveling on business trips to Hastings Lincoln Kan sas City and Topeka involve marriages births and announcements of new positions and travel. The item also notes bank growth rail company layoffs and community events plus listings for land sales and local ads with Reynolds Hollingshead Arcadia Valley County Nebraska.
Mrs. C. M. Ray expresses gratitude to the Fairbury community for kindness and help during illness and trouble, promising to remember their generosity with a kind word.
An advertisement urges immediate use of One Minute Cough Cure for colds and related throat and lung troubles. It claims to allay inflammation clear the head and strengthen the mucous membrane and notes the product is absolutely safe and popular with children.
Condensed bank report from July 16, 1902 shows resources including Loans and Discounts 9153/456, U S Bonds and Peeinina 151,800.00, Real Estate 18,800.00, Cash and Light 87,083.43 totaling 291,119.79. Liabilities list capital surplus profits 50,000.00 and deposits 241,119.79. Officers listed include President Cropsey Vice President McDowell and Cashier Bailey with Houghtonlin and Clapp among directors.
An advertisement extols DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a gentle liver tonic and purgative. It claims the pills expel poison and act as a liver tonic, with user endorsement from W Scott of Milton Pennsylvania and notes they are small, vegetable, and never gripe.
W H Dibble of Sioux City Iowa reports his 11 year old son was poisoned by a weed or plant during a picnic. The boy rubbed the irritant into his eyes and risked blindness before relief came from DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The ad touts the salve for skin diseases burns and bites while warning against counterfeits.
The notice touts Herbine as a liver stimulant that purges malarial germs from the system and restores health. It claims the remedy strengthens the blood and cures fatigue, priced 50 cents at A. V. Pease & Co.
A vintage ad extols a popular cigar brand praised for its uniform quality and choice flavor. It touts skilled labor and claims the 5 cent cigar offers the finest value and best by every test, noting it is union made and manufactured locally.
An extra good top buggy is offered for sale cheaply by Lew Webster. The advertisement notes the item is ready for purchase with no additional details provided.
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