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Newspaper
The La Jara Chronicle
Location
La Jara, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
2
The La Jara Chronicle listing includes byline credit to Clifton H. Wilder and an annual subscription price of 51.50 for white readers. The fragment ends with a partial number 52, indicating continuation of a pricing or circulation line.
Local items report Miss Cora Willis clerking at J H De Priest store and Mrs Echols recovering from illness. Hog shipments to Pueblo, Grantham to New York, Langston’s house, Academy dance success, and plans for a De Priest family wedding.
The Colorado State Board of Health orders all grocery stores meat markets hotels restaurants bakeries and food outlets to stop displaying unprotected foods. All meats poultry fish game fruits vegetables candies bread and other foods must be kept under glass or protected by wire screening to prevent filth flies and dust exposure. Music
Practical guidance on waste disposal stressing daily garbage removal, use of metal pails, boiling cleaning, burning in small towns, and avoiding contamination of well water. Emphasizes sanitation as key to preventing typhoid fever and advises cedar, ash, and floor cleanliness. Ends with a fencing advertisement from American Field woven wire.
A homemade prescription from a pharmacist claims fluid extract dandelion half ounce compound karyon one ounce compound syrup sar saparilla three ounces shaken and taken after meals and at bedtime to relieve backache kidney trouble and urinary issues. It asserts prompt action on eliminative kidney tissues and is praised as harmless with broad reader endorsement.
An advertisement touts Deacon's Colic Specific as the best horse colic remedy and claims compliance with food and drug law. It lists sales by H. O. Ellis in La Jara and M. H. Deacon in Monte Vista, Colorado. A side remark notes Illinois Supreme Court ruling foam is not beer.
Ohio Toledo ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh. company pledges $100 per incurable case.Senator Frank J. Cheney signs oath as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co Toledo. notice dated December 6, 1886. Pills for constipation and testimonials offered.
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