Peace prospects sharpen as Spain delays endgame
Washington reports a long morning conference among President McKinley and Secretaries Day and Longfellow, with Day optimistic no major delays or bickering will stall peace talks while others fear Spanish procrastination. Officials foresee a preliminary agreement within a week and a final reply from Spain expected by week end.
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Spain
McKinley
Washegton
Day
Longwan
United States
Prohibition Barbeque Draws Civic Gala in Friendship
Citizens of Friendship plan a prohibition picnic next Thursday with a large local turnout. Prohibition speeches are scheduled by Rev. 8 C. Dean and other speakers as visitors from across the county attend the event.
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Citizens of Friendship
8. C. Dean
A TEXAS WONDER AND REMEDIES OF CHOLERA REMEDY
A collage of old advertisements and testimonials including Ball’s Great Discovery kidney cure claims and cholera remedy, with mentions of Wasp products sold by druggists in Georgia, Maren 1895, and testimonials from RB M. Jones and Jobo Mathias praising cures, alongside notes on Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and local pharmacy sales in Dodeon’s Pharmacy and J R Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuthbert
Maren
Ball
RB. M. Jones
W. B. Qostley
Brookbridge
Edenn
Chamberlain
Dodeon
J. B. Hudson
Jobo Mathias
Pulaski, Ky
J. R. Hudson
Impetus to Fruit Show Prompts Growth in Sumter
State Horticultural Society exhibition inspires Sumter growers to plan their own grand fruit exhibit next August. Local society discusses hosting a splendid Ameri can exhibit, aiming for high quality peaches apples grapes plums and melons, with strong community involvement and expected success. Also notes on a 15 month old with intestinal illness cured by Clam taberin s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and a Russia bore statistic.
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State Horticultural Society
Sumter
Anti Diuretic Claim Stirs Rural Backwater Markets
A fragmented note mentions Dr EB Detchon’s Anti Diuretic priced at $100 and hints at family legal peril over a child’s wetting issues. It also notes a bizarre claim by Eldridge of Americas Kentucky about water power supremacy, all set amid garbled references to bedding soils and noon use.
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EB. Detchon
Eldridge
Americas
Fragmentary medical note on kidney and bladder pain relief
Fragmented text references kidney and bladder disease and relief of pain. Mentions male and female patients and a doctor or clinic in Georgia. Reading unclear but notes rapid relief and a possibly medical advertisement or case note.
Allen’s Foot-Ease: a popular wartime foot powder
Since the war began babies are up in arms and opinions are fired at random. Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet, cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and eases tight shoes. It is promoted as the greatest comfort discovery of the age and is sold by druggists with a free package offer.
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Allen
Drucgate
Allen Reas
Olmstead
le Roy
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promises Big Value
E C Blanks of Lewisville Texas claims one box of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve was worth 50000 to him after curing piles ten years old. He recommends others try it as it also treats eczema skin diseases and obstinate sores. W A Rambert notes police court statistics claim Cornwall England as best behaved country.
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E.C. Blanks
Lewisville
Texas
DeWitt
W. A. Rambert
De Witts Little Early Risers Featured In Echo Of Cough Cure Claim
A fragmentary ad copy from Evans City Pennsylvania promotes De Witts Little Early Risers as a cure for coughs colds throat and lung troubles. It cites a local editor and a name like A Rambert or W A Remberk claiming relief after other remedies failed. The passage contains typographical errors and odd phrasing typical of OCR from old newspapers.
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Evans City
Globo
W. A. Remberk
Burgéai
Milesburg
DeWitt
W. A. Rembert
Reform Talk Targets Drunken Decay in Saloon Window
A 900 attendee meeting of the Rescue Evangel cites a speech urging merchants to display sober living as a contrast to tavern ruin. The speaker claims saloons manufacture drunkards and proposes window displays showing lives reduced from honor to crime with prices slashed to zero.
Robbed the Grave and salves in a crowded ad page
A fragmented newspaper item promotes various medicines and tonics with claims of pain relief and cures for womb issues, eczema, piles, and skin diseases. It mentions DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Balm, One Minute Cough Cure, and Emicure Tablets, with references to vendors E. Rembert and J. J. Eldridge’s Drugstore, plus a political jab about a man pursuing a political job.
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DeWitt
W. A. Rembert
Meeting of Elders Closes in Americus
The presiding elders completed their labors at noon yesterday with Bishop Turner presiding and Rev. Moore and Rev. Davis conducting devotions. Papers were read on The Progress of the Church in Georgia by Rev. Cooper, and many ministers from Brunswick Monticello Americus and Mobile contributed remarks. A vote of thanks was given to the church and to colored citizens of Americus for their hospitality. The council adjourned to meet next year in Birmingham, Alabama.
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M. EB
Ahhurch
Turner
D. W. Moore
Bainbride
J. A. Davis
Eufaula
J.A. Davis
Monticello
KR. Graham
Americus
L. Gardner
Mobile
B. B. Whittington
St Paul's M. B. Church
J. A. Thomas
Smithville
Tax Toms-Recomper
Atlanta Constitution
Birmingham
Ale
Georgia voters to decide on constitutional amendments for judges
Proclamation outlines a Georgia General Assembly act to amend the state constitution. It seeks election of Superior Court judges and a Solicitor General by the people, detailing sections, vacancy rules, and legislative publishing requirements before the next general election.
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Wuernas
General Assembly of 17
General Assembly
Georgia
Saxve
Ume
Teres
Remarkable Rescue of Mrs Uurteiv by King's New Discovery
Mrs Michael Uurteiv of Mainfield M reports a cold lodging in the lung grew worse over a month despite her physician's prognosis as incurable consumption. Dr King's New Discovery eased her symptoms after one bottle and she regained health after six more bottles. Free trials offered at E. J. Eldridge's Jug Store.
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Michael Uurteiv
Mainfield M
Abe
Abo
King
Add
E. J. Eldridge
Successful Physicians Endorsement Ad in Atlanta Ga
An advertisement touts Dr Hatha way and Co of 2 South Broad St Atlanta Ga as reliable and successful in treating chronic diseases of men and women. It offers free expert opinions by return mail and guarantees cures. The ad claims readers should write today and promises no cost initial guidance.
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Dr. Hathaway & Co
South Broad St
Atlanta
Public Sale of Land by Security Investment Company
Public sale of land in Sumter County by Security Investment Company under a deed to secure debt. The court notice states the sale will be by public outcry on the first Tuesday in September during reasonable hours, describing parcel dimensions and boundaries, with bids in cash and subject to prior liens and interest, as authorized by the deed and agreement.
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Receera
Sumter
Ereas
Mber
Sine W. Wilson
Fve Security Tveatment
Callaway
Tom Westheimer
Iis
Valle
HE Security Investment Company
J.B. Bureos
Bibb
Hopson
Lee
Eof Crawford Wheatley
Operty
Nistrator Mattie KR Burke
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