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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1900
Page
4
A faded 19th century advertisement narrates a starving baby seeking fat as a remedy for undernourishment, urging Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as life saving. It blends moral concern with product promotion and local notices about clothing sales and community events.
Subscribers may obtain the Hicks Almanac by sending 20 cents or 50 cents for the Almanac and monthly paper. Request or payment details indicate mailed delivery for interested readers.
Gilpin’s Famous Hypnotists arrive in Hays Monday December 3 for a week long show at G.A.R. hall. Admission 10 20 and 30 cents with ladies free the first night. Also notices include duck shooting spot at Holliday gooda & Livengood, Wm Ryan adds delivery wagon, two steers chosen at Andrew Kinderkeneck farm near Catharine Kansas.
An advertisement touts Emert's Extract of Tar 4 Wild Cherry as a safe remedy for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and throat troubles with a cure claim. Bottles priced 25 50 and 1.00 and sold by J C Farley.
The Youth's Companion marks its 75th year of continuous publication in 1901. The ad promotes free remaining issues for 1900 subscribers, previews new 1901 content, and offers a Puritan Girl calendar lithograph in color with sample copies to any address from The Youth's Companion in Boston.
Cattle for sale include cows, heifers and calves of native stock in good condition at a farm on section 2, b 17 south of Munjor. Sale announced by Joseph Goetz Munjor P O. Also warns against counterfeit copies of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve and notes its claimed cures.
The Rev Ira R Hicks, famed for predicting major weather events, releases the 1901 Almanac by Word & Works. It claims past warnings proved accurate and offers the nearly 200 page book with charts and engravings as a premium for subscriptions at $1 per year or 25 cents for the Almanac alone, prepaid.
The Ellis County Board of Commissioners met October 1 1990 in regular session as a Board of Canvassers with County Clerk Bissing and Deputy Co Clerk Freese present. Bills for election expenses for judges clerks and incidentals were approved and charged to various names with listed amounts for ballots supplies printing and related services.
The ad claims kidney and bladder troubles affect both men and women and touts a remedy offered by Dr Kilmer Co from Binghamton New York. It mentions sample bottles by mail and a pamphlet with testimonials from cured sufferers. Readers are urged to mention the paper when writing.
A Cairo Illinois reader Mrs. Evans reports Beggs Hair Renewer removed dandruff and stopped hair loss after other remedies failed. She urges readers to try the cure now, claiming hair will recover on its own. J. C. Farley endorses the product.
Advertisement offers legal drafting of deeds mortgages land contracts and other papers at reasonable charges. Notary public Harry Freese solicits notary work and land or property listings. Also a health claim for hair growth with Beggs' How Renewer praised by J C Parley.
Henry Schultz advertises an elegant stock of silverware including table spoons and desert spoons at 75 cents a dozen, urging customers to visit before selling out. The notice also promotes One Minute Cough Cure as a quick remedy for throat and lung troubles, claimed infallible and endorsed by mothers and doctors.
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