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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1902
Page
4
Advert describes Ayer's Pills as acting on the liver to relieve indigestion and bowel issues. Claims include relief from constipation and bile problems, touting 60 years of usage as the standard family remedy.
A newspaper column urges women to gain courage to act honestly and curb needless duties at home. Also notes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve heals head sores, eczema, and other skin conditions. Mentions Mark Hanna as a Southern Republican favorite and the Ohio Senator’s grasp of Southern votes. Concludes with a prediction that Congress may adjourn by early June.
Mr B Wingfield of Fair Play Missouri reports thirty five years of chronic dysentery improved by Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He endorses it as more effective than any prior medicine. Sold by Blackburn. Pittsburg painters go on large scale strike.
The undersigned offers a free sample of Chamberlain's Liver and Stomach Tablets to anyone seeking a reliable remedy for stomach disorders biliousness or constipation. This is a new remedy and a good one. M BL
Miss Helen Gould attended the State Normal last week where she was received warmly but declined to speak. She is noted for giving more money annually than any other woman. Representatives from University of North Carolina recently defeated Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore in a related context.
The report notes a company may organize in Fayetteville to manufacture glass. Rev. Dr. Talmage, after a Mexico visit, suffered influenza there. The St Paul Globe comments on beatings as a preferred risk, sugar trust actions, steel trust ire, and two Greensboro hotel guests who released gas, narrowly escaping asphyxiation while awaiting army enlistment.
A compact ad style notice promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers for constipation relief and general health, plus Lexative Bromo Quinine Tablets for cold and cough, with a pay if no cure claim. It references an oil finding near Rome Georgia and closes with a religiously toned quote about silent virtues.
A small farm listing offers 41 acres with a four room cottage, spring house, wood shed, orchard and good water. Located between Lt W Parthing's and Georges Gap, the property is the one currently occupied by the seller. For prices contact the seller at home.
A five week old infant allegedly speaks only the words Six years of famine in Kansas triggering widespread alarm. Farmers flee the state while crowds gather awaiting any further utterances as authorities and locals weigh the superstition against the child’s normal growth. Father John Shaby works as a laborer and many have traveled to seek confirmation of the claim.
An old advertisement touts Good e Mexican Syrup as a cure for coughs colds sore throat and bronchial soreness with a 25 cent price. A senate committee approves the Nicaragua route for the isthmian canals noting it is longer than the Panama option.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as tireless helpers for busy people. It claims to cure torpid liver jaundice biliousness fever and ague banish sick headache drive out malaria and never gripe or sicken. Sold for 25 cents at Blackburns.
Four hundred coal miners at Norton Virginia have struck demanding recognition of their labor union. The action affects the local mine operations and follows persistent wage and representation concerns raised by workers and union organizers.
A western Kanwis politician, stripped by his wife during a garden potato digging session, finds two coins hidden in the soil a silver quarter and a half dollar. He pockets them, remarks on his hard work, then naps. Wife later digs and finds no coins, realizing he had been “worked.”
An 1865 testimonial from J. B. Gerall of St. Paul Arkansas claims DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured protruding itching piles and other wounds after trying many remedies. The ad warns to beware of imitations and credits T. J. Coffey & Bro. as sellers.
When you wake with a bad taste in your mouth visit M. B. Blackburn's for a free sample box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. One or two doses will help. The remedy also cures constipation, biliousness, and sick headache.
A fragment quotes Carlyle about secrecy as the essence of goodness and virtue, suggesting beauty remains mysterious. The line frames secrecy as a moral compass and enigmatic virtue.
Fine nursery advertises a stock of fruit trees including apples peaches pears and vines. Prices claimed near rival rates with delivery across the nursery area. Contact W L Correy Moretz North Carolina for details and sizes from three to six feet.
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