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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
5
An assortment of verse about mothers and fathers contrasts with assorted advertisements for kidney cures and beauty teas. The fragmentary text weaves sentimental poems with product pitches from Foley's Kidney Cure, Rocky Mountain Tea, and Sky Mountain Tea, plus notes on a georgia man shipping watermelons and a Missouri financial exhibit.
Modern physic like Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets offered as easy to take and pleasant in effect. Free samples at Noah Martins drug store. A playful note praises the worm for being earlier than the bird, ending with a garbled line about the worm.
An old advertisement claims Tabler's Buck Byointment cures female weakness and piles. It promotes 50 cent bottles and 75 cent tubes, signed Noah Martin.
The Montana Daily Record notes a Butte man killed himself leaving a note directing a woman to meet him at the undertaker and adding the remark he would be there dead sure. The brief item frames the self-inflicted death and the note’s warning phrase.
Advertisement notes a cure claim for a cold in one day with Lavative Bromo Quimhe Tablets. Refunds offered if it fails, with E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and a price of 25 cents.
A Brookfield Gazette item notes a school board member's proposal for a law pensioning school maams after fifteen years of service. It highlights that most leave to keep house before reaching that tenure.
A Brookfield Gazette remark notes a Moberly officer avoiding interference in domestic disputes after a beating incident. An ad touts Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diuretic for children’s bedwetting at 1 and a quack claim about Webster Davis book royalties. Laxative Bromo Quinine promises a one day cure for colds.
When other medicines have failed take Foley's Kidney Cure. It has cured when everything else has disappointed. Q A Hays endorses the remedy.
The manufacture of paper has become a great branch of industry and the United States leads the world. Daily output exceeds 19 million pounds with about 6 million used for newspapers and roughly 3 million for books while the remainder serves writing and wrapping needs.
Mrs Minerva Smith of Danville NL reports twenty years of bronchitis relief after using Oleys Honey and Tar. The testimonial, credited to A Hays, emphasizes a decisive cure.
The piece argues that while improving sheep or cattle takes years to become profitable, pure bred fowls can be bought for a few dollars and repay the first year. It notes fowls, like thoroughbred stock, offer both profit and pleasure.
A Davis of Mt. Sterling La. reports two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure cured his two year kidney complaint permanently. C A Hays, a weekly paper in Pana Illinois, will begin publishing the Bible this week starting with Genesis and continuing for about fifty years to complete the entire work.
Advertisement asserts the syrup treats digestive tract diseases including indigestion biliousness constipation and sick headache though not a cure-all. It notes bottles priced at five cents and one dollar and credits L. H. Howard as the seller.
A Philadelphia Press quip mocks a politician for clinging to old slogans while hinting at modern shifts in policy. The dialogue references “Free silver” and a mock “Free lunch” from noon to one, signaling changing priorities in political rhetoric.
Advert reads that headache stems from constipation indigestion and biliousness and claims Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin can cure the headache. Remedy available from L. H. Howard in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles.
A passenger tells the porter he will get out at the next station to stretch his legs. The porter confirms the next stop is Chicago and says there he can have them extended.
Mr. F H Wells of Deer Park Long Island recommends Chamberlain's Pain B liniment as the best remedy for strains. He cites a severe side ache from a strain last winter and reports rapid relief and cure. Sold by Noah Martin.
General Fred Grant showed a humorous letter to soldiers in Luzon that could be publicized. His son U S Grant Third, a West Point cadet adjutant, rose to first class status after his father worried about his progress and asked a professor for confidential cadet standings. The professor replied that the boy stood higher in everything than his father ever did.
An early 20th century advertisement claims Acts Immediately Colds are worse in summer and promotes One Minute Cough Cure as an immediate, safe remedy for coughs colds croup throat and lung troubles attributed to Noah Martin.
A Philadelphia Press cartoon caption recalls Towne noting his wife fears noises downstairs. Browne jokes that silence calms her, but Towne quips she fears when there is no noise, highlighting a humor about burglars and nerves.
An old advertisement promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a stomach strengthener and aid to digestion. It claims better assimilation and appetite with a 25 cent price and money back guarantee. Sold by Noah Martin, druggist.
A father denies a second piece of pie to Johnny at dinner. The boy argues that practice with a fork is needed, insisting he should be allowed more chances to master the skill.
Leighton Alabama druggist H P Kumpa recounts a customer with a sick child who vomited and could not keep food down until one bottle of White's Cream Vermifuge expelled 119 worms. The product is touted as a children's tonic improving digestion strength and vitality. Sold at Noah Martin's.
A Lansing Iowa Journal note praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for a well developed family case cured last week. The writer emphasizes keeping a bottle at home for summer ailments and mentions Noah Martin as a seller. The piece frames the medicine as beneficial to little sufferers without advertising.
The Daily Mail quotes an authority noting American packing houses supply London and provinces with better meats. American stock is cleaner and handled by superior methods, with beef killed eighty miles away sold to retailers at higher prices.
Rev W L Riley of Cuba New York reports fifteen days of ex cruciating sciatica and rheumatism pain. After using Ballard's Snow Liniment the first application gave relief and the second brought complete relief. He recommends it. Available at Noah Martin's for 25c 50c and 1.00.
The Charleston Courier reports an immense Southwest Missouri peach crop with 1600 pickers and 137000 trees at St Elm farm. About 800 railroad cars of peaches are expected to ship, and $25000 in packing materials have been bought. Picking starts around July 10, with the crop sold prior to shipment.
An advertisement urges readers with sick headache palpitations heartburn gas sour stomach or bad taste to visit their druggist and buy Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It asserts it cures constipation dyspepsia liver and kidney troubles and costs 60 cents or one dollar from L H Howard.
Two birds from a flock of fourteen homing pigeons owned by Harry Beach and Dr Carl Schilling flew from Adeline Texas to Fort Wayne Indiana in 7 days 3 hours 5 minutes 30 seconds covering 1004 miles to break the thousand mile world mark by nearly a day and a half.
Advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm can cure eczema itching skin scabs scales watery blisters pimples aching bones and joints boils ulcers and other conditions by enriching and purifying the blood. Provokes free trial treatment prepaid by Dr Gillam at 208 Mitchell St Atlanta GA with free medical advice.
The Bethany Republican recalls Gov. Dockery's July Fourth address in Centralia Missouri and cites his 1896 claim that McKinley’s election would end Fourth of July celebrations and trigger price harms for wheat corn hogs cattle and farmers nationwide.
A testy husband asks what happened to a bottle of whisky kept in his wardrobe. His wife recalls the bottle being fifteen years old as she explains she included it in a church rummage sale with other old belongings.
White man M A Hogarty of Lexington Kentucky turned yellow with jaundice and eyes swollen. After doctors failed he used Electric Bitters and reports complete cure after two bottles. The remedy treats stomach liver and kidney troubles and costs 60 cents at Nash Martin, Druggist.
President designates W. C. Jones known as Buffalo Jones to manage a herd of twenty in Yellowstone Park. Congress has appropriated 15 000 dollars to buy more stock, and Jones expects to grow the herd rapidly. Historical notes recall vast robes exports from St Louis and other ports in the 1840s and notable buffalo drives across trains and plains.
The Foley proprietors state their honey and tar product is not a universal cure but will cure in early stages of consumption and always provides comfort in severe throat and lung conditions. They emphasize it as the greatest throat and lung remedy and warn against substitutes. The testimonial from QO A Hays underscores confidence in the remedy.
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