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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1893
Page
8
The Legislature appropriates ten thousand dollars to erect a memorial to Confederate soldiers in Raleigh. The piece also notes tobacco politics stirring in Raleigh and many tobacco men opposing a bill affecting The American Tobacco Trust Co. It mentions widespread building in Rocky Mount and other political notes from Washington and North Carolina.
The community learns the Rev. Dr. Cordon died after tetanus from a nail wound. He preached three times on Sunday and visited orphans Monday, but declined after developing spasms and was laid to rest Wednesday. He was a gifted Methodist preacher famed for eloquence and poetic sentiment.
A claim from J B Wilson of Sharpsburg Pennsylvania praises Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds saying it saved his wife from pneumonia after La Grippe. Robert Barber of Cooksport also endorses the product and offers trial bottles free at A J Hines drug store.
A popular remedy Electric Bitters is advertised as a purer medicine that can cure liver and kidney diseases, pimples, boils, salt rheum, and malaria. It claims to prevent and cure malarial fevers and relieve headache, constipation, and indigestion, with trial bottles free at A. J. Hines Drug Store and large bottles priced at 50 cents and $1.
An 19th century advertisement touts Backine's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and prices at 25 cents per box sold by A. J. Hines.
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