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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-04-22
Ferguson Wilkes, .lr.

Ihave tie Sanders horse. know
Ferguson Wilkes. il, and he 81" : :.
tie season a. Blankiasbip's f.'lE
miles northeast Of Forrest Ctiy az
east OF Siusr; Springs. IA
TERMS: Season 5 90. la'7's :
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Notice

The Tax Collection Books will be
closed on Saturday, April 3o.h. 1, is
earnestly hoped that all VIII come for.
ward and pay their taxes. thus avoid.
ing penalty. j. d. MCKNIGHT.
Sheriff and Collector
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-04-22
Cures Coushs ana Colds.

Mrs. C. Peterson. CO. Lake street. To.
peks, kas., SAYS: OF ali cough remed r..
BILLIARDS. Horehouud Syrup is my fayof!,e.
II has done aud VII do al tia, i claimed
for ito speedily cure al coughs and
co.ds-and il i 50 sweet and pleasant, "a
tie taste 25e. soc. :, bottle. Sod by
]. L. Sanders.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-04-22
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave yoa. II y0u used Dr..
Kings New Life Pills. Thousands Of
sufferers have proved iteir uztchiess
merit for sick and nervous headaches
They make pure blood and build Up your
health. Only . cents. Money back Il
not cured. Sod by al druggists.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1904-04-22

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ORGANIZATION thTooybo5t ms Son,h
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patronage, together with the installing
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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
A Strong Heart

is assured by perfect digestion.
Indigestion swells the stomach
and puff's It TIP #s ;S!nst the heart;
This causes shortness Of breath,
palpitation of the heart and gen
eral weakness. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure cures indigestion, relieves
the stomach, takes the strain off
the heart and restores it to a full
performance of its function nat
urally. Kodol increases the
strength by enabling the stom-
ach and digestive organs to di-
gest, assimilate and appropriate
to the blood and tissues all of the
food nutriment. Tones the stom-
ach and digestive organs. Sold
by Stotler & Corbett, Opera House
Drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
Triumphs of Modern Surgery.

Wonderful things are done for
the human body by surgery. Or
gans are taken out and scraped
and put back, or they may be re-
moved entirely; bones are spliced;
pipes take the place OF diseased
sections of veins; antiseptic dress-
ings are applied to wounds,
bruises, burns and like injuries be-
fore inflammation sets in, which
causes them to heal without mat
uration and in one-third the time
required by the old treatment.
Chamberlain s Pain Balm acts on
this same principle. 1t is an an
tiseptic and when applied to such
injuries, causes them to heal very
quickly. 1t also alleys the pain
and soreness. Keep a bottle OF
Pain Balm in your home and it
will save you time and money, not
to mention the inconvenience and
differing which such injuries en-
tail. For sale by Hill Brothers.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02

A certain scientist thinks the
earth wabbles. Some men who
are not scientists have similar
thoughts about 2 a. m.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
GOOD TIME PROMISED
To All Who See the Famous Rob-
inson Amusement Company.

We very much doubt il there is
one among our many readers who
have not heard of the Famous
Robinson Amusement company,
and if there are any such, for
their benefit and the benefit OF
others with whom they may come
in contact, we desire to say a
few words descriptive of this vast
amusement enterprise. 1t embraces
in its entirety colossal congress
of varied entertainments, each OF
which is in itself perfect and COM
plete in all and every particular.
Each exhibit presented to its many
patrons will be found bereft OF
anything bearing the least ap-
proach to faint or immortality; all
are clean, healthful, pleasing and
instructive, fitted to be visited by
the very best of our citizens, who
will be sure in attending the same
that nothing of a nature that
would offend the most fastidious,
delicate or refined nature will be
presented to their view. A COM
bination like that which we have
described cannot do otherwise
than please the ladies and chill
dren who, without fear, can at
tend the various exhibits without
an escort. We are pleased in this
connection to say that the local
military company have arranged
with the above mentioned COM
pany, and will present. their many
attractive features during the
week ending June II to be given
at Sistersville on Monday night.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
Body Not Yet Found.

The sad drowning Of Martha
Robb on Saturday, still remains
the absorbing topic. The search
ing parties put in another day on
Wednesday, but the body still re-
mains in the watery grave. The
eddies for a number of miles down
the river were thoroughly drag
ged by Thomas Wilson and party
without success and the divers
worked at points farther down
the river with the same result. AL
though the work is rather dis
couraging, it will not be given up
until all available means are ex-
hausted. 4.2-.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
An Alarm Clock for 25c.

If you want to get up early and
feel good all da. take Little
Early Riser or two at bed time.
These famous little pills relax the
nerves, give qiuet rest and re-
freshing sleep, with a gentle
movement of the bowels about
breakfast time. W.. H. Howell,
Houston, Tex, says: "Early Ris-
ers are the best pill made for con-
stipation, sick headache, bilious
ness, etc.. Sold by Stotler & Cor
bett, Opera House Drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
THE VOTE
For the Carnival Queen Contest
Now Open.


Four of our best young ladies
of the city will be in the race
for Queen. The prize the mill
tary company will give to the
elected Queen getting the most
votes and money will receive a
handsome diamond ring. The
young ladies entering for the
same are:
Miss Hazel Keptner.
Miss Cora Vickers.
So let every one vote for the
Queen and make the contest a big
success. The voting boxes will
be placed in the stores and in
structions how to cast the vote for
Queen. Locations are
Lazear Bros. Grocery store.
G. L. ellis Ice Cream Parlors.
Fisk Sewing Machine Office.
Mercer Hotel.
McCoy's Book Store.
McMullen & Knapp's Cigar
Store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
Letters frcgr,
Worraer,

Cured by the use Of Kodol are received daily.
Their troubles nearly all begin with indiges-
ZION or other stomach disorder.
II the food you eat falls to give strength
20 your body. II is because the juices Sc
creted by the stomach and digestive organs
are inadequate to transform the nutrient prop
.rties Of the food into blood. That Is
indigestion. The system Is deprived OF the
amount Of ncurishment required to keep up
the strength. and the result Is that one OF
more of the delicsts organs gradually grows
yeak. and then weaker, until finally It IS
diseased. Here great mistake is made.
That Of treating the diseased organ. The
oest doctors In the land make this very
mistake. Why should they 2 1t Is 50 easy
o see that the trouble Is not there.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
Flowed Up Pot of Money.

w. H. Boggs of Shatter, Pen
dleton county, while blowing po-
tatoes unearthed jar containing
$165 in silver coins. About $50 is
in American coins and the balance
in Spanish dollars, halves and
quarters. For many years it had
been believed that money was hid
den on the farm.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
Reduced Fares Authorized via
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
Summer Season 1904.

SuIuIueT HedSVA AVof'
Atlantic City and SeashGre-
Special low rate excursions
from all points east of the Ohio
river on June 30th, July 18th
and 2Sth, August 18th and 25th,
and September 9th.
Atlantic City, N. j.
American Academy of Medicine
(June 49, and American Medi-
cal association (June 7-10).
Very low rates. Tickets on sale
June End to 9Th, inclusive, good
returning June 18th to 18th, in
elusive.
Atlantic City, N. j.
Imperial Council, Ancient Or
der of Mystic Shrine, July 13-
Is. Very low rates. Tickets on
sale July 18th and 18th, good
returning until July 23rd, inclu-
sive.
Boston, Mass
National Encampment, G.. A. r.,
August 1920. One fare for the
round trip. Tickets on sale Au-
gust 18th to 18th, good return
ing until August goth, inclu-
sive.
Cincinnati, o.
Grand Lodge, B. P. o. Elks,
July 1928. One fare plus 81
tor the round trip. Tickets on
sale July 18th, 10th, 18th, good
RETURNING until July 23rd, inclu-
sive.
Detroit, Mich
Baptist Young Peoples Union
of America, international con-
vention. July 10. One fare
plus So for the round trip. Tick
cts on sale July 5th to 9TH, good
returning until July 18th, inclu-
sive.
Indianapolis, Ind
National Prohibition conven-
tron. June $3.50. One fare for
the round trip. Tickets on sale
June Goth to 9th, good return
ing until July 10th, inclusive.
Louisville, KY
Knights of Pythias, Biennial
encampment, August 1919. One
fare plus 81 for the round trip.
Tickets on sale August 18th,
18th, 14th and 18th, good re-
turning until August 31st, in
elusive.
San Francisco, CAL
Triennial conclave, Knights
Templar, September SO. One
fare for the round trip to Chi
cago or st. Louis added to fares
rendered therefrom Chicago
$50, st. Louis $47.50). Dates
of sale to be announced later.
San Francisco, CAL
Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. o. o.
F. September 1925. One fare
for the round trip to Chicago
or St. Louis added to fares ten
dered therefrom Chicago $50,
st. Louis $47.50). Dates of sale
to be announced later.
Toronto, Ont
Friends General conference.
August 1919. One fare plus 81
for the round trip. Tickets on
sale August 9th to 18th, lnclu-
sive, good returning until Au-
gust 31st, inclusive.
For additional information con-
corning rates, routes, time OF
trains, etc., call on or address tick
ct agents Baltimore & Ohio rail-
q, or n
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02

his famous remedy puts the stomach and
digestive organs in healthy condition so
hat rich. red blood is sent coursing through
he veins and arteries of every muscle, tissue
and fiber throughout every organ OF the en-
ire BODY, ard by Natures law OF health. full
;;,ength and Mgor Is soon restored to each.
Kodol cures indigestion. dyspepsia and all
stomach disorders.
have taken Kodol for nearly two months
alter each meal and It Is the only remedy
hat gave relief from the terrible pains ]
endured. After time would take II but
,nce day. and now. while keep bottle
randy. seldom need II, as II has cured me.
Mss. J. W. CooLBAUoH. Milo Center. N. 7.
Kodol Digests What You Eat.
Settles only. Sloo Size holding az times the trial
size. which sells for so cents
e-~narsd bv 3. o. Dewitt h co.. CHICAGO
For sale at Opera House Drugstore
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
6iROSMs CURES BACKACHE.

THoMPsos's BARosM. win positively cure any
Ease of Backaehe. Kidney, Liver and Bladder
trouble. or money refunded. fHoNPsoSs
sARosMA also cures 6ciatie Rheumatism, Nerv-
business and Paipitation Of the Heart Perfectly
sarmless. Pleasant % take. Has cured many
shEldrer - oon-eetrutt,n. Druczista
Sold by G. w. Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
Thrown From a Wagon.

Mr.. George K. BabcOck was
thrown from his wagon and Sc
yerely bruised. He applied Cham
berlain's Pain Balm freely and
says it is the best IMMINENT he ever
used. Mr.. Babcock is a well known
citizen of North Plain, Conn.
There is nothing equal to Pain
Balm for sprains and bruises. 1t
will effect cure in one-third the
time required by any other treat
ment. For sale by Hill Brothers.
The broad ax., 1904-12-10
WOULD REFORM PRIZE RING
Abbreviated Apparel Of Fistic Artists
Crates on Nerves Of Some
Vanity One Reason.

Dress reform has struck the prize
ring with q vengeance. 1t first began
in England and bids fair to find en-
couragement here. The costume of q
pugilist heretofore has never been the
source of much concern as long as the
fighter was capable Of putting up q
good bout In former days boxers
wore knee trunks and sleeveless shirts.
Then ordinary tights were used, and
finally the shirt was discarded alto
gether. II was dofIed as superhuous.
However, many pugiIists are vain,
and more than anything else like to
display their manly forms to an ad-
miring crowd. With the shirt dis
carded the fighter may fold his arms,
throw out his chest and pose. But he
takes more pains now to show his legs
than his torso. Consequently trunks
and tights have shown q shrinkage.
II ring apparel Is too decollete, sug-
gests the New York Sun, the fact may
be laid to the door Of the fight pro-
moters. Wrestlers are more decorous-
ly dressed when they 60 on the mat.
Their legs are not bare. There Il no
reason why q fighters under pinnings
should not Be covered.
The broad ax., 1904-12-10
BLACKS MORE coNsUMPTIVE
Increase Of Disease Among Negroes
Since. Emancipation Is Be-
coming Noticeable.

According to DR.. Thomas ]. Mays,
Of Philadelphia, pulmonary consump-
ton was comparatively unknown
among the plantation slaves Of the
south before the war, while in the
large cities of the south it was no
more prevalent among them than it
was among the whites. In Charleston,
s. c., the negro death rate Of con-
sumption in 1860 was the same az
among the whites-viZ, LIS; in 1876,
whites 200, negroes 6.95; in 1890.
whites 3.55, negroes 6.S6; In 1902,
whites LAB, negroes STA Before the
civil war insanity, like consumption.
was comparatively rare among the ne
gro slaves. According to DR.. T. o.
Powell this disease increased 705 per
cent. among these people from 1870 to
1890 in Georgia. The same is true OF
North Carolina, for DR.. ]. F. Miller,
superintendent of the eastern insane
hospital of that state, declares that
from 1885 to 1896 insanity increased
ESQ per cent. among the colored people
in that state. The conclusion of DR..
Mays, which was presented to a recent
medical congress, was that slaves as
property were better cared for than
free negroes care for themselves. As
to the future, campaign Of educa-
ton" II suggested.
The broad ax., 1904-12-10
GIRLS ARE QUICK NssERs.
Princeton, Illinois, Damsels Have Be-
come Adopts in Art Of Speedy
Oscillation.

Princeton, the capital Of Bureau
county, Ill, has an odd distinction.
Its girls can best0w q kiss quicker
than any other set Of pretty young
creatures in the state. 1t is related
in the Chicago Tribune that the quick
kssers belonged to the old town, but
when the railroad builc its main line
a mile away, a new town was built up
nearer the depot, and there were more
swift Osculators than ever. The other
evening pretty Princeton girl board
ed a west bound train Several girl
friends accompanied her to the depot,
but she was followed into the car by
q young man. He showed her suit case
under a seat and then looked into her
face. Then she placed hand on each
Of his arms and before any passenger
knew what she was about she had
kissed him. The young man blushed
and fed, but the sweet ksser wasn't
abashed at all. She knocked on the
window pane to the girls outside. Did
you see that?" she called aloud, so
that everyone in the car could hear
her. They nodded that they had.
Pretty quick movement, wasn't it,"
she called out again, and the bevy Of
sweet things out on the platform sig
nailed to her that it was up to the
Princeton standard.
The broad ax., 1904-12-10
HISTORY OF THE MUFF.
A Decree Of the French King Once De-
termined the Colors and
the Furs.

DO you know that the color of q mum
once betoksned the. rank q, the wear
err" said q furrier the other day as he
stroked q beautiful sealskin nun
when the mum first came to US from
France, In the days OF Charles TX, no
lady could have worn this fur, for black
was decreed by the king to be the badge
Of the common people, and the court fol-
lowers were restricted to the colors.
Muffs have gone through more styles
than It would seem possible to invent
for such q simple article OF convenience.
They have been long and narrow and,
again, large and round. One Of the
most curious styles was that OF Louis
XIV, called the 'chiens mauchons,' be-
cause they were made to convey little
dogs In.
The nun when first introduced was
the exclusive property Of the nobility.
Thesesmuns were very small and con-
sisted Of q single piece Of velvet, bro
cade or silk lined with fur and the open
inEs fastened with rich jewels. Such
arrangements came In during the early
part of the seventeenth century.
I'VE now associate the mum only with
cold weather, but In the old days 1t was
q regular part Of womAnis dress and
was carried at all times."