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120 years ago: Politicians, potions, tonsorial palaces, and more By Jim In late January 1899, the state buzzed with former Gov. John Young Brown's decision not to run for a second term. Locally, the buzz was all the louder because that strengthened -- or so it seemed -- the chances for Adair native Parker Watkins "P. Wat" Hardin to capture the party nomination at the state convention and then win the plum in November. Alas! Fate, cruel fate -- aided and abetted by back-stabbing same-party politicians -- decreed otherwise. (This would be Mr. Hardin's third and final attempt to run for governorship.) Politics aside, all sorts of ads dotted the pages of the January 25th edition of the local paper. W.T. Price had just moved his Tonsorial Palace to the recently opened Conover Hotel (better remembered now as the New Adair) and he invited all friends to pay him a visit. Smith & Coffey, proprietors of the Conover, promised their establishment was one of the best in the state and that "the table is supplied with the best provisions the country affords." Judge Junius Hancock, proprietor of the newly refitted and repainted Hancock Hotel, just off the square on Burkesville Street, also offered comfortable accommodations and a well-set table and featured the added attraction of an attached feed stable. Columbian M.H. Marcum represented the Swan-Abram Hat Co. out of Louisville; Frank Jackman offered his service as jeweler; Dr. M.O. Sallee. located over Reed & Miller's Grocery in the south corner, and Dr. O.S. Dunbar, in the Tutt building, provided full lines of dental work; and young attorney Gordon Montgomery, not quite yet 24, modestly offered legal services from his office over the Paull Drug Co. near the west corner. W.F. Jeffries, then operating solo on the corner of the square and Jamestown street, carried full lines of saddles, harnesses, bridles, farm implements, buggies, and related items. This was a bit over a year after he and his former partner, C.S. Harris had parted ways on the most amicable of terms (the latter gentleman departing to start the Adair County News), and before first one son and then a second joined him in the enterprise. Mr. Jeffries also served as the local agent for Lebanon Marble Works monuments. Up Cane Valley way, C.R. Warriner offered an odd combination: a great deal on shoes and "a nice line of everything to eat." W.L. Walker, owner/proprietor of a shopping emporium between Burkesville St. and the west corner of Columbia's square, offered "special inducements in all departments;" to-wit, clothing and shoes, gents furnishings, and the "necessities of life," the latter encompassing the likes of calico material, Monarch brand roasted coffee, and coal oil. Mr. Walker also announced, "All sorts of produce taken in exchange for goods." Mrs. Sallie Bradshaw announced she had moved her millinery shop to new quarters (in a recently completed building) over the Page Drug Store, next door to Russell & Murrell between Burkesville Street and the south corner; and J.W. Coffey, blacksmith and woodworker if Columbia, stated he was "prepared to [do] all kinds of work" on his lathe and offered repair service for wagons, buggies, and farm implements. As always in that era, there were nearly as many ads for elixirs, nostrums, and sovereign remedies as there were ailments. In this edition of the paper, the Bradford Regulator Co. promised their product, Mother's Friend, an externally applied potion, took the stress and pain out of birthing , claiming its use made delivery "quick and easy" and would assure "a speedy and complete recovery for the mother," all the more so if applied during the entire term of pregnancy. Foley's Honey and Tar promised to cure Lagrippe, prevent pneumonia, heal lungs, and stop racking coughs, and folks suffering from chronic malaria were offered hope with "never fail" Wintersmith's Chill Tonic. Ayer's Sarsaparilla cured rheumatism, and its companion product, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, solemnly pledged to banish croup. This story was posted on 2019-01-27 12:30:41
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