The following excerpts from the Friday, November 3, 1899 edition of The Sharon Herald (Vol. 36, No. 33), were reprinted in The Herald, Sharon, PA, www.sharon-herald.com in the Sunday, November 3, 1999 edition. Thanks to The Herald for allowing us to use this material and to Beverly Liston. Any notes in [ ] are my own remarks and were not in the reprint of the paper. >From page 2 of the newspaper (Advertisements) _________________ MOST BEYOND BELIEF If It Were NOT for Sharon Indorsement People Might be Skeptical. No wonder people doubt! So many statements are made. Statements indorsed by strangers. >From people living in distant towns. Don't know them and can't see them. Such indorsement has s hazy aspect. Sharon people want local proof. That's what we have here. It's not beyond belief because it can be proven. Read a local citizen's testimony. Mr. Fred Saul, of 22 Fifth street, says: "Two dollars spent for the Doan's Kidney Pills did for me what two hundred dollars spend for other remedies failed to accomplish. It was impossible for me to stoop to pick up anything from the floor without severe pains in the small of my back�..Learning about Doan's Kidney Pills, I procured a box at Chas. C. Irving's drug store and took two pills at each meal. They benefited me very quickly�." ________________________ Sharon Nat'nal Bank SHARON, PA. CASH CAPITAL, $125,000 SURPLUS and UNDIVIDED PROFITS $27,000 Interest Paid on Time Deposit Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. JOS. FORKER, President M. H. HENDERSON, Vice Pres. M. ZAHNISER, Cashier JNO. FORKER, Ass't Cashier ------ DIRECTORS JOS. FORKER, JOHN FORKER JOHN C. OWSLEY W. F. STEWART S. C. KOONCE M. H. HENDERSON JOHN PHILLIPS ____________________________ First National Bank, (Established 1870) BANK BUILDING, West End of River Bridge, SHARON, PA ---- J. J. SPEARMAN, President NORMAN HALL, Vice Pres't A. S. SERVICE, Cashier. W. F. PORTER, Ass't Cashier ---- CAPITAL, $125,000 SURPLUS $100,000 --- To all persons desiring to open a bank account we would respectifully offer our services, and solicit their patronage, ensuring them that all business entrusted to our care will receive prompt attention. --- Collections made on the principal cities in the United States. Buy and sell Gold Coin, Coupons, and Foreign Exchange Interest Paid on Time Deposits DIRECTORS.