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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
6
The First National Book of Monrovia California was robbed of $29,000 last week. Foley's Honey and Tar is praised for coughs and colds with a forty year record of relief. Noah Martin notes Admiral Dewey's birthday and local turkey gifts. Dr Kings New Discovery cited for coughs and pneumonia prevention. Mark Twain Company acquiring rights to the pen name in a legal move.
The jury in Beach Hargis's trial for killing his father in Kentucky failed to agree on acquittal and conviction with nine for acquittal and three for conviction. The piece notes Kentucky's punishment limits and references figures Sylodine Noah Martino and Secretary of State Knox with historical context.
Jack Johnson, born in Galveston and now representing Australia, defeated Tommy Burns in Sidney New South Wales on the 26th, ending in the 14th round of a scheduled 25 round bout. Foley's Honey and Tar is praised for safe cough and lung relief with no opiates. Dr John Archerly of London presents a leprosy theory linking it to diet and scurvy-like deficiency.
The clipped text references controversial experiments on monkeys for science, the death of Claus Spreckels a sugar industry pioneer in San Francisco at 80, and advertisements for Sylodine, Noah Martin, and Orino Laxative Syrup. It notes sugar consumption per American and sources of imports, framing a mix of sensational and commercial items from a Chicago Tribune piece.
Public speakers are frequently interrupted by coughing fits, a problem noted alongside Foley's Honey and Tar claims to cure coughs colds pneumonia and constipation. The Tribune notes Columbia Missouri population 12231 with 1976 homes and recent growth. An Army thrift tale reports Post Quartermaster Sergeant Harvey USA resigning last week after saving 13000 over his service.
Caution against seeking home remedies for colds as some preparations are risky. Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as a cure for coughs and colds and pneumonia prevention, with a warning to refuse substitutes. A Berlin report claims Austria-Hungary offered Turkey 20 million dollars for Herzegovina and Bosnia annexation, awaiting formalities.
Three girls named Pearl Pierson travel together for a visit with Miss Pearl Pearson of Gravisity, though they are not related and have never met. they have corresponded for some time, the Greentop Herald reports.
“I have suffered a good deal with malaria and stomach complaints, but I have found a remedy that keeps me well Electrica Bitters for stomach and liver troubles and run down conditions.” The tonic purifies blood, energizes nerves, and claims to help the weak with a money back guarantee. 50c at Noah Martins drug store. A former boy from near LaPlata, a dime novel and cigarette devotee, recently killed a depot agent at Salesbury, robbed the depot and wounded Higbee’s city marshal, now jailed awaiting consequences.
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut reports severe diabetes and kidney troubles improving after Foley's Kidney Cure. He says after two and five bottles he passed a rigid life insurance examination. Noah Martin notes two Trenton boys Albert Blanchard and Carl Hildebrandt drowned after falling through ice while skating on a pond.
Mrs McRaney of Prentiss Mississippi describes three months of kidney and bladder trouble with two doctors failing to relieve symptoms. After two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy she reports improvement and urges other women to seek relief. Noah Martin reports a fatal Christmas Eve burn of a girl near Jefferson City when her decorative clothing ignited from candles.
Notice to our Customers stating Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not subject to the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults. Noah Martin. The disbursements of industrial stock dividends in New York will be 1? millions greater in 1908 than in 1907.
An article notes the frightful ordeal of appendix removal and praises King’s New Life Pills as a quiet cure for constipation headaches biliousness and malaria. It also mentions three-cent Cleveland street railway fares declared inadequate to cover operation expenses.
A report notes a counterfeiting guilty verdict tied to a claim of counterfeit money. It also describes a large fire in Alma Illinois that destroyed the business block, causing losses surpassing 37000 dollars.
A 14 year old New Jersey boy, William Walsh, had his glass eye shattered when an air rifle discharged on Christmas day. The item also mentions kidney remedies and a plan by the Post Office Department to test slot machine style dispensers for stamps in post offices.
Fee Zelinski of 68 Gibson St Bufalo New York reports curing a cold sore with Buckisa Arminca Salve. He applied it twice and claims every trace vanished. Sold by Noah Martin’s store. Other vendors offered similar pricing.
A December 21 strike by cab drivers and taxicab chauffeurs seeks union recognition and a twelve hour day at two dollars fifty cents. The Livery Stable Owners' Association refuses to back down, planning to run cars with minimal strikebreakers and push for an open shop system.
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Endorsers Waalding Kinnan & Marvin, wholesale druggists, Toledo. Cure taken internally, priced 15 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Pastor Wilbur Davis of the M. E. Church in Springfield Ohio was stricken blind last Sunday while addressing a body of Masons. He finished the sermon without informing the attendees and feared causing alarm.
Last week the Secretary of State of Arkansas granted a charter for a company manufacturing a device designed to prevent snoring, marking formal legal recognition and operation in the state.
The undersigned limit access to their property at 2112 A J Nokru for all persons with dog or gun or traps. JOHN NOEL Jr, J A Noel, J R Cowan, NIKE LIGHTAPOUT, J B Scirers, F oA Scot, G L Dewrkes are listed as signatories to this notice.
Richard P. Duncan of Albany was fined 800 for shooting and killing Charles Butler the marshal of the county seat. The incident occurred on the town street on the night of June 10. Evidence showed Butler had threatened Duncan and ordered him off the streets repeatedly before Duncan killed him.
A fragment describes making a fluid extract of dandelion and compound syrup of sarsaparilla as a nightly and post meal dose to improve kidney elimination and reduce uric acid in the blood. It claims relief from rheumatism and urinary difficulties without stomach harm, citing an eminent authority.
Reading from Acts 11 14 and Luke 34 61 the Ascension is set as the spring AD 30 event with May 18 marking the Ascension and 10 days of waiting May 18 28. The upper room in Jerusalem serves as the disciples meeting place while Olivet near Bethany marks the Ascension site. The lesson emphasizes Jesus life and teachings as the power and image guiding early Christianity and the Spirit filled mission of the apostles. The text links the Ascension to the coming of the Holy Spirit, the mission of the church, and the spiritual kingdom led by Christ who is alive and guiding believers.
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