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Newspaper
The Hays Free Press
Location
Hays, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
3
A dated testimony from Mrs Laena L. Butch of Crown Point Indiana claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her derangements after years of ineffective remedies. The ad extols the product's life giving effects and urges other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham.
Governor Stanley advocates wiping out multiple boards and consolidating the penitentiary reformatories and charitable, educational institutions under a single governance unit to cut waste. He says one manager could supervise expenditures, with bipartisan support unlikely and reform slow. Other items note Philippine Commission remarks on Governor Yaft, crops relief in Sweden, a Columbus legal ruling on public work hours, Waukegan horseplay with a water hose, a San Francisco oil tank explosion, and a Mexican mine yielding riches for a cattleman.
Lake City Utah December 2 President Joseph Smith of the Mormon Church denies any policy of promoting or supporting polygamy. He notes many polygamists stayed in plural marriages after the prohibition, with a census in 1900 showing 2,451 church members, and a May 2004 inquiry reducing the number by 63 percent as older members die. The church asserts no current offense exists against laws.
Ton Ohie recounts a long struggle with kidney pain and urinary weakness dating from boyhood. After trying many remedies and physicians, Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his backache and other complications, leading him to endorse the product and offer a free trial through Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. Sold by druggists for 50 cents a box.
The report notes a four member group winning a prize from the Drst Prussian state lottery in Halle. It also mentions a Paris telegraph fatality due to an electric shock while using a telephone. Theodore Hansen, newly installed secretary of the Russian embassy in Washington, is praised as a master pianist with exceptional skill in modern works.
A bulldog attacked Julius Hager near his West New York home and bit his arm. Hager seized the dog by its tail and killed it by smashing its brains on a telephone pole. He says this was the fourth dog to bite him in a month, all met with the same fate.
N W Ayer & Son the Keeping Everlastingly at it advertising agents of Philadelphia move into larger quarters at 300 208 Chestnut Street This announcement will interest publishers as Ayer & Son are fifty widely known promoters of newspaper publicity They began thirty three years ago with two people and 75000 a year in business Now they employ 190 and have for years done the largest advertising business in the world The change is due to making newspaper and magazine advertising pay their customers.
Catholic Sisters report Peruna eases laryngitis and throat catarrh in care of many children. Letter from Sister of Charity in Detroit and Congressman Meekison of Napoleon, Ohio cite relief and hopes for cure. Dr Hartman, famed physician, promotes Peruna with free advice and a sanction of its widespread use through The Hartman Sanitarium.
A fragmented collection of quirky aphorisms and product pitches. Includesances about Defiance Starch, cinema of colloquial quips, and references to 1903 calendar and medical cures. Notable mentions include Defiance Starch packaging and a totem of assorted consumer lines.
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