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The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-17

elected bishop 81 the Methodist Fps
cppal church at the genral conference
held in Baltimore last May was born
July il, 1851. at Russell, n. Y. H.
attended st. Lawrence University and
later graduated from Cornell College
After his graduation he became a
school teacher aid for a time he occC-
ited a passionate of the Methodist
Episcopal church In 1883 he hecam
principal of the Epworth Seminary at
Epworth. Iowa. and he filled that posi-
lion for nearly ten years In 1897 be
Was chosen president Of Morningside
College al Sioux City, lwEa During
the ten years and more that he con
unued in the presidency he establish
ed his reputation among the foremost
educators in the middle west His
success in building up Morningside
College was directly responsible for
his being elected a bishop of tn.
hurch at the Baltimore conference,
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SLUMP IN TEDDY BEARS
RooseVelts Retirement Threatens
Rum TO BIG lndustry-Suit For
$4,000

New York. July l6,--If there ever
was a vote which could absolutely be
controlled by one man, that vote is
the Teddy Bear vote, ana the mar
Theodore Roosevelt In spite of thu
repeated denials from Washington The
manufacturers and vendors OF Teddy
Bears continued to believe up to the
last moment that the President would
find the nomination thrust upon him,
In such an event of course Their
would have been a tremendous de.
mand for furry imi ations which have
come TO be accepted as the Roosevelt
emblem. The result of the nomination
Of TAFT was to knock the bottom on
of the Teddy Bear market. until there
is just about as much demand for
them as there was for railroad stocks
during the panic last fall Manufac-
turers who had been busy turning gu,
goods in Anticipation of Roosevelt
nomination found themselves oven
loaded and became bulls i'm the Tedd
Bear market Dealers who hal been
equally certain of a third term immc.
diatniy began TO attempt To cancel con.
tracts Already several suits have he.
suited, the largest being brought by a
manufactures no compel q dealer 70 &C
ccpt and pay for more than $5o.091
worth of Teddy Bears which he hal
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STAND BY THE CONTRACT.
or the Peep

The city council probably acted
wisely Tuesday night in refusing to
+ake rhe Tenth street sewer zjnattes
out OF the hands of the Board of 10.
cal Improvements. The letter from
the Rich Construction company
which. on the ruling of Alderman
Meehan who presided at the meeting
was not permitted to be read was
PROPERLY for the board to consider.
and il will do so ~ a meeting called
for today. The letter requested that
the sacks placed in the excavation
turing the recent high water be re
with it the implication that the city
is to blame. or must bear RESPONSE
hiIity for the damage done by the
river Had the council acceeded tu
the request it would in effect have
acknowledged such responsibility.
Members OF the board have the ad-
vice If Attorney Leek, of city's coun-
sci, that the city is probably in no
way responsible for the damage; that
there is every reason to believe that
the river was able 70 enter through
the sewer excavation because Of some
defect in the construction failure
on the part of the Rich Construction
company to carry out the specitica-
lions which were made a part Of their
contract with the city; and that there
fore the company must bear whatcye"
expense the city may have incurred
on account Of the damage by food
and must do whatever may be ncces.
sary to resume and complete the WORT
as per contract.
The contract prepared By Messrs
Lansden e. Leek Cosers every detail
u the work of construction and there
is every reason to believe that If il
bad been followed none of the trouble
at Tenth street would have occurred.
Mr. Leek advises the Board OF Local
improvements To stand upon the cen
tract and to insist upon its faithful
observance.
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the voters of the district at large car
have little interest in them.
i The real issue before the voters o
this congressional district is very fal
above any consideration of pelf OF
lperquisits, or of personal conduct on
the part of either of the candidates
and it rises also above any question
of purely local concern.
The principle of popular govern
ment is involved. The question is:
Shall the people make their own gov.
eminent, or shall it be made for them
by their servants? Shall the people
be permitted to elect their own repre-
sentatives in the legislative halls. in
the manner prescribed by law. or
shall such representatives be chosen
for them in star-ehamber conclaveS.
by few men who have arrogated tC
themselves all the powers of distator.
ship?
That is the supreme question which
the Republican voters of this con
gressional district will he called upon
10 decide on Angus: S, next It is
the overwhelming issue. under which
all other questions are submerged as
mean. ana it is distinct
Iy defined in the political character of
The two men who are before the
voters as candidates.
Mayor Parsons represents popular !
government; Capt Thistlewood repre- |
'ents machine government
Mayor Parsons is for the ballot;
Capt. ThistIewood is for the ring"
Mayor Parsons was willing to trust
he people to choose between him AMI
lis opponents when there was no pr
nary law on the books; Capt Thistle
wood accepted the yoke of the bosses
ind is willing now to come before
he people only because the law com
,els him to do SO
Mayor Parsons represents what
light and what must be always re
.arded as right, it our institutions ar
o stand, Capt Thistlewood repre-
ents what is wrong and what mus Il
'e eradicaeed from our body polite
the fundamental principle of our II
government is to be preserved GOV
of the people, sby the people4
or the people"
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THE OVERWHELMING ISSUE.

ANY attempt to befuddle the minds
oil the Republican yu;ers of this con
gressional district, as to the issue be
fore them, will probably not succeed
II is A matttr OF small consequence
that Mayor Parsons had the taxable
value of his Cairo property reduced
respectfully since it was reduced onl"
to a fair relative figure) ii matters
not at all that Capt. Thistlewood prob
ably has property on the tax books.
here and elsewhere. far below its real
value. 1t is not important to the
voters of this district. that George
Parsons is mayor of Cairo while seek
ing the nomination for congress. CT
that Capt. Thistlewood was almost
continuously a candidate for somr
nther Office while mayor of Cairo.
n need not concern the voters q
the district very mucn that Mayor
Parsons has money and that Capt
Thistlewood has quite as much money,
or more. These are childish criti
cissns. contemplate in character and
IN he purpose Of their utterance and
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Time CARD CAIRO ELECTRIC RVS

BELT LINE cars due to leave Second At. w
ug north on Commercial Ave, every IS min
ties from a. nj. to II y. m.
Going north on Walnut st. ever 10 minute
rom 6:0s IN. to To- So =. IN.
POPLAR ST. LINE holbrook Ave, car
o leave seconc NJ. going nerth on Holbr
Ave-. at 6;bIi 6.27; 6;@2; g.57; 7;l2 .. IN. and
ane ainntes every hour until lO:4s aud II
,. m.
Going west on Twep " Eighth 1T. at,tAl
1913; 6;A; 6:4g; and ':04 a. ni.and on same M
ties every hour until 1884 and lI;04 p. m.
Poplar st. cars due to pass st. Mary's
! minutes after leaving second at.
5ELT LINE OWL OARS north on Walnut
1890 p. m. 1894 s.. m.: 80 . M; 2:S0 ., m
80 a. M; 4:G1 a. M; 80 n. m.
North on Commercially; 90 p. M; 100
n. zoo q. M. 8; 90 a. M. 4 100 q. N, n, m.
BeH and Owl cars are due TO pass YVES
Thirty fourth st. is minutes after leaving
second st,
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June Circulation.

The above Is a correct statement
of the circulation of The Cairo Bulle-
tin for the year 1907 and for the
month OF June 1908.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this first day of July 1908.
LEO J. KLEB
Notary Public,
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From A Crack Idvl

| fell in love with thee, maiden. | on
the day when first thou earnest with
my mother, and didst wish ia pluck
the hyseinths from the hitfiAbd IRas
thy guide on the way. But to leave
loving thee. when once had seen
thee. neither afterward, nor now. at
all. have the strength even from that
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Truth and Honesty.

Truth and honesty are powerful nj
fiict successfully Truthfuness has
never 90 hang his head in shame.
whether defending the right OF max
ing apology for the fault it acknowl-
edges. As for honor, as long as it re-
mains manhood always keeps it com
pany; whore the one is there will the
other be found
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Rat Invades Crib. Rl,es Of Toe.

Jumping into a crib where the three
mou'hs-old child of Tony Dcscu was
asleep. at Catskll, y. Y. a twopound
rat bit of the little toe of the in
tants right foot before the mother
could interfere Descu after a fight
With the rodent. killed IT with q
poker
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Aid 10 Memory.

After retiring and while lying
awake during The wee sma' hours one
often tL.nksfo something TO he done
the following day Tie a small knot
in the corner Of the sheet and the
next morning when making up the
bed the knot will be found and prove
a most convenient reminder
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FOR CONGRESS.

GEORGE PARSONS authorizes his
announcement as a Republican candi-
date for congress from this the Twen-
ty-fifth Congressional District of Hi
nois, subject to the decision of the
voters at the primary to be held on
Saturday. Aug. 8, 1908.
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The Bulletin Ia on sale at the follow
ing places:
Colemsn's 2t4 Eighth Street.
Halliday House News stand.
Blue Front Restaurant.
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Entered at the Cairo Postoffice ~ second class
Mall Matter.
c,RcuLAT,on STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of the Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sua'
day during the year 1907. .211o
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of the Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month of June
1908 .2025
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FOR CORONER.

DIR. JAMES MMANuS authorizes
The Bulletin to announce his candi
dacy for the Democratic nomination
for the office of county coroner at the
primary election to be held Saturday
August s.
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FOR STATES ATTORNEY.

FRANK NJ. MOORE, OF Cairo
authorizes the announcement of HIS
candidacy for the Republican nomi
nation for the office of States Attnr
ney at the primary election to be held
Saturday, August s.
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TODAY IN HISTORY
-.....+..................
July a.

VII of France crowned
at Rheims through the instru
mentality Of the simple peasant;
girl. Joan of Arc.
1G7i-Dr Isaac Watts, famous hymn
writer. born, Died Nov .
174S.
Execution of Charlotte Cor.
day.
1S12-British and Indians captured
Fort Mackinaw. one of the
strongest outposts OF the Uni.
ted States
lS36-Nilliam White. one of the
founders OF the Protestant Epis-
copal church in America and
chaplain Of the Continental Con
gress. died in Philadelphia
Born there April (. 17i7.
lSi0-Pioneer Cunari steamer Bin
tannia" arrived at Halifax.
lSS2lndian battle OF Big Dry WASH.
Arizona
lS9i-President Cleveland signed the
act admitting Utah to the In.
ion.
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SIDNEY p. ESPY, of Benton. III
authorizes his announcement as a
\ Democratic candidate for the lower
house of the Illinois general assembly,
from this tthe 50tn) Senatorial dis
trict, subject to the decision OF the
voters at the primary election to be
held on Wednesday, Aug. s. 1908,
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l.. Il. ROBERTSON, of CarterviIe
ILL.,. authorizes his announcement as a
candidate for member of the General
Assembly from this 1.-THE Fiftlethl
Senatorial district. at the Democratic
primary election to be held on Satur-
day August s, 1908.
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DIR. e. E. GORDON authorizes his
announcement as a Republican candi
date for Coroner OF Alexander coun
ty, at the primary election to be held
on Saturday, Aug. s, 1908.
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OF Reason.

Reason. superadded 10 man, gives
him peculiar and characteristic views.
responsibilities and destinations, ex-
alting him above all exlstences that
are visible, but which perish, and as
sociating him with those that are in.
visible, but which remain
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Since the organism is ~s

the organism is rssccssy waxing moro complex fresh sources
happiness continuously adding There talk Of sixth Of
seventh These bonerand days Prophecies premature But
aav possibility fulfilled and the gulf of death be brdged that
people with those whom they have been parted human
Happiness via be mucaurabIy enriched.
the the intellect overows be denied savage and ami
nal testimony their rdness lies the conspicuous fact that
ean. intellectual works have been bor of love wrought by s
genius could flower they lived above the level
Above the intellect born still ofter and velr phases
still farther away from brute eperencehe ecstasy of
beatdc vision the p illumination, the souls awaken
ing.
These pleasure experiences reflect in the outer world as pleasure
pleasure religions. Not isolation fear but
growing solidarity security Under the completed pleasure
there wilt national boundaesa already orhadowed in
c,ons proposed world federation of nations Happiness now has
expanded wide degree oyerrach the powers Of any
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Women have more Of what Is
o1nod good sense than men They
cannot reason wrong for they do not
,cascn at an William Haz'itt
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No Limits
to
Human
Happiness
By ADA MAY KRECKER.

re il swallowed Compare tins meal with The cviZl table,
prolonged nacation cookery the seasoning, the variety e
the delightful ganisng the shining silver and the glass and napey
and flowers the dining decorations
the human advantages the brute the simple pleas
urps of the board r. easily evident.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Cairo, Alexander County, lliinois
Population 1911 47.
Mayor GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk, X. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer, THOMAS +. MAHONEs
City Attorney, FRANK MOORE.
Comptroller ERNEST WORKMAN
Police Magistrate. A. ]. ROSS.
Chief of Police, NJ. S. EAGAN.
Alexander County, Population 22,467.
County Clerk, JESSE f. MILLER
Circuit Clerk, LEE p. DAVIS.
Sheriff, FRANK e. DAVIS
States Attorney, ALEX. WILSON.
County Superintendent of Schools,
prof. JOHN SNYDER.
Assessor and Treasurer, FRED d.
NELLIS.
Board of County Commissioners 4
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Liability OF Fraudulent Grantee Eor

Have The Bulletin on your break.
last table every morning II viii eogt
YOU only tRo sents per Day.
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In Cairo nearly everybody reads
The Bulletin.
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.sss.s,e.,y,s..ss,,s,sssss
LEGAL DECISIONS
sssssssssssssssSKsssusss

Acceptance Of Debates. The Bur
ueton q Quincy Railway Company
in accordance with its published rates.
Contracted with the Armour Packinc
'cmpany to carry its product until q
certain date ut the rate then exist
ing. Before the expiration Of the con.
tract this rate was heightened, but
fhc Burlington continued the former
ate with the Armour people, in pnr
uance of their contract. Proceedings
were instituted against the packing
Dmpany alleging that this arrange
mont amounted to the acceptance Of
tobatos. The United States supreme
Court. in Armour Packing Company y.
United states. - Supreme Cour' Re
porter, 42S. held the contract was no
license. and that it made no differ
.puce a there may have been no
fraud practiced in making IT, as the
statute prohibited obtaining OF re
bates or determinations by any "de.
slcc or means"
Action by Foreign Corporation
The South BAY COMPANY. foreign
corporation doing business ma New
York. and plaintiff IN the case IF
South Bay Co. " Howey 81 North
eastern Reporter rs. brought action In
that state on a contract of insurance.
defendant insurance company alleged
that plaintiff had not obtained permiS
sion to do business in the state. and
therefore could maintain no action
therein. The Now York Court Of Al
peals held this 10 bee a good defense
and reyersed%the judgment of the low
er court to the contrary.
Liability OF Fraudulent Grantee For
Ecnt-lu First Nat. Bank of pla,ts
mouth s. Gibson. ia Northwestern
Reporter. -. the Supreme Court of
Nebraska held that when a CONVEX
snee of real estate is set aside a.
! fraudulcrt at the suit Of a creditor.
a. the ,I@nd subjected TO the lien of
his judgment and is insufficient to
| pay it. such fraudulent grantee. in a
proper proceeding. may he compelled
10 apply on the judgment the rents
aud profits of land which accrued
while it was in his possession under
the fraudulent conveyance.
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pittcc should not extend its
cooperation 10 other executive
departments that touch the
commerce and manufactures
Of the country, such as the
of state, the
treasury department and the
department of agriculture.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.

P. w. PROCTOR, OF Benton, III
authorizes his announcement as a
Democratic candidate for Representa-
tive in the F'iftieth Senatorial Dis.
trict. at the primary election to be
held Saturday. Aug. 5, 1908.
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Advertising In The Bulletin Is profit
able to the advertiser hecauae II has
the highest cass circulation.
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Board of County Commissioners. I
]. ]. JENNELLE Chairman.
GEORGE PARSONS.
DIR. EDWIN CAUSE
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The Bulletin Is a member of the As
suoiated Press the greatest neEs
gathering esaniaattoa IN the Eorld-
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man ~ roaTIIo L alone II IS a SOCIAL onl0Vmcnt
collective happiness. Many must be glad in order
to perfect the peace Of one. Still wider stretch ITS
skirts upreachng to beings above the human king
dom in infinite eradations. to the Supreme, who Is
God not of wrath but Of love, whose moral codes be-
speak virtue for he beauty and delight of It, whose
heaven lures with its blisses. When st. Paul adds
his IDEAL OF co-workug with God, Of harmonizng the
will with the will Of the supreme harmony, happiness
has embraced the universal nature and penetrated the
universal plan, touched the utmost bound Of being
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Biography.
Dr.. Wilson seeley Lewis. who was
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but organized upon very much the basis
mera bodies eaged together in national association of
and when this great body makes representation the government,
frequently does speaks the voice and wish of commercial and
dura England and the government takes notice accordingly.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-01-03

1naladie du foie, je compris que jetais egalenent
atteint de dyspepsie, car je %souffrais terriblerne1t de
Pestomac, ct c'est, nj plus nj 1nolns, ma n1auvaise
digestion qui etait la seule cause de tous mes eln11is.
Depuis longternps j@tais sous les SONS dun
medeci1l, 1nais aucun des differents traiterlents
quill essaya tour a tour, ne put me faire de bien.
Finalement je d@cidai de prendre DIES Pilnles
Moro ct c'est settlement deux se1naines plus tard
que je comrneneai a &prouver quelque soulagernent.
Tout d'abord je rer1arquai CITE je digerais 12ieux
ct que mes douleurs d'estonlac disparaissaient peu
a peu. Brief, le resultat final fut qu'en six serlaincs
detemps, les Pilules Moro mont tout a fat %re11is."
Renaud, 1870, rue Dufresne, Montreal.
s. %1'exemp1e de M. Calixte Renaud, 139, Dufresr1e,
Montreal, etait suivi par tous les hom1nes 1na1adcs,
ct de dyspsepsie, conbien plus rares seraient ces
gems a la figure triste, a la mine chancelante; conf
bien de pauvres o%uvriers econquerraient lie courage
ct la %vigueur qui les abandonment.
Les Pilules Moro font DIES hon1nes forts ct cotra-
gerx. Files sont lie garant dune bonne %const1tu-
ton, &c qui assure touj ours lie b%ier-etre, la jole ct lie
bonheur. ST vous &tes fable on malade quel que
soft votre age, prenez les Pilules Moro, Giles vous
rendront la sante.
CONSULTATIONS GRATUITES par les Mede-
Gins de la Compagnie Medicale Moro, all No 272
rue Saint Denis, Montreal, tous les jours, excepte
les dimanches. ST vous demeurez trop 1oin, de-
mandez un blanc de questions.
Les Pilules Moro sont en- vente chez tous les
marchands de remedies. Nous les envoyons aussl
par Ia poste, soft au Canada on aux Etats-Unis, Sur
reception du prix, SOC une bofte, s.. so six bottles.
Toutes les lettres doivent etre adressees: COM
PAGNIE MEDICALE MORO, 272, rue Saint
Denis Montreal.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-01-03

C'est encore ct toujours la dyspepsia qui tut la
cause des troubles %multiples ct DIES maux qua d1
supporter lie pauvre malade qui Went a son tour
nous narrer son historic.
Mais Ihistoire DIES hommes malades est pressure
touiours la meme. ST la maladie varie quelque
peu, c'est plut6t dams les effets que dams la cause.
Nous ne serions certainement pas loin de la verite
en- disant que tout homme malade est dyspept1que.
D'ailleurs, c'est Ia 1experience acquise par les
MGdecins de la Compagnie Medicale Moro, qu1 ne
%traitent que DIES hom1nes. Observation-Disclosures
patients, sur cent qui Sc presentent a leurs bureaux,
%souffrent plus OH moins de troubles digestifs ct cest
aussi Ia lie point de depart DIES maux don't lis ont a
Sc plaindre.
1T c'est devant rGviderce dun tel fait que Ia
Compagnie Medicale Moro s'est applique, tout
d'abord, a trouver TN remede qui pulsse repondre
absolument all besoin dun chacun, attendu quau
point de vue de la ~guerison, lie NAL est %identique dams
Ia plupart DIES cas- qui Sc presentent, chez les sujets
ieunes, adolescents Oh vielllards.
On ne pouvait jamais mieux trouver que les
desor1nais fameuses Pilules Moro qui ont a leur actlf
tant de cures qui %attestent hautement de lettlcac1te
de &c remede.
Que les Pilules Moro soient souveraines ct qu'elles
guerissent positivement tous les hommes malades,
celia ne fait plus Pombre dun doute a qu1conque
veut settlement croire ses yeux ct ses ore1lles.
Les Pilules Moro ont ell raison DIES cas- apparent
rnent les plus dissemblables, mais qul, all fond,
n'etaient pas strangers a limpitoyable dyspepsia
oui pours1it ses ravages SOUS les formes les plus
dlverseS.
C'est done en- a%ttaquant lie NAL a sa racine meme
que les Pilules Moro reussissent tou jours a Penrayer
a tout iamais. II ny a absolument rlen du charla-
tanis1me la-dedans, puisque les Pilules Moro sont
prepares par DIES Medecins absolument qualities ct
d'apres une formu1e scientifique que rattle, dali
leurs, 1effet radical de &c precieux remede qui Sc
recommande par ses propres 1nerites aujourd'hu
partout reconnus.
Trouvez I'm homme malade quel quill soft, ct les
Pi1u1es Moro lie rarneneront bien vite a la sante,
pourvu evidemment que celui-ci suive scrupuleuse-
ment les avis ct les conseils donnes sur Penelope
de chaque bo1te de ces Pilules qui Sc vendent par
tout, a la vile ct a Ia Champagne.
Nous ne faisons a%bsolunent pas exception pour
personne: tout homme, jeune Oh vieux, peut
parfaitement recouvrer la sante ct la plenitude de
toutes ses forces a Iaide DIES Pilules Moro.
Ceux don't la sante ne vault pas lie prix minime de
uueluues bottles de Pilules Moro mont done qua
supporter leur NAL en- Sc taisant. Les autres
apprecieront une telle facilite de Sc guerir radicale-
ment.
Monsieur Ca1ixte Renaud, de cette vile, ecrit:
"Apres avoir s%ouffert pendant deux ans de la
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-01-03

Nous erverrons gratuitement q
tout nouvel abonne qui en- fera la
demande, les num6ros deja parus
de &c feuil,eton.
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