Prisoner Note Drives Texas Army Officers Into Friction
In the Usmp Northen area civilian and military authorities clash over a prisoner held for larceny after trust. Col Candler says war department orders require holding such prisoners until troops muster, while Deputy Freeman and local lawyers condemn the handling. The Houston county sheriff’s letter was declined, sparking sharp exchanges as officials returned to the city.
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Usmp Northen
Sawtell
Fort Valley
T. Freeman
Col
John 8. Candler
Candler
War Department
Thoee
Col Candler
Freeman
W. E. H. Bearey, Jr
Atia
Houston County
Horrors of War as 150 Sick Soldiers Reach Camp Wikoff
From the transport to Camp Wikoff, 150 wounded and dying soldiers were moved on stretchers and ambulances. A silent crowd gathered as tattered men file down the gangplank, many skeletal and weakened by battle, some carried as bodies, others wrapped in blankets. An infantry officer laments that staying in Cuba would have produced hundreds more dead by now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tal
Moxraux Pormr
N. Y
Camp Wikoff
Signs Corps
Ferwood
Cuba
Hall's Great Discovery Kidney Cure Patent Medicine Ad
An old Texas advertisement touts Hall's Great Discovery as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles. It promotes the product as effective for rheumatic pains and urinary irregularities in men and women, claiming swift relief and urging readers to buy from local druggists. It mentions E. W. Hall as manufacturer and boxes sent to Texas addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
E. W. Hall
Box Hig
Wace
Texas
Soldy W. A
Americrie
Millet Crop Delivers Profit for Broadfield
Farmer C T Broadfield profits from cattail millet instead of cotton. He expects about 10,000 pounds of millet seed from a 30 acre field, nearly ready for harvest, with potential earnings around $1,000 at a six cent per pound price. He markets seed to northern seedmen and advocates diversified farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Broadfield
Breadfield
Broadield
Many Going Away to School This September
Americus expects a larger flow of college bound students for the coming term with several young ladies and gentlemen listed among those leaving. Misses Susie Darby Yona Maggie Buchanan Ethel Shipp Genie Glover Annie Brooks and others head to southern colleges. The men include Allen Fort Jr Macon Dudley Jas Harris Shelton Harris Walter Page Ned Sawyer Steve Small Bert Small and others. Colleges open after September 1 and students will suspend sports until Christmas holidays.
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Americus
Southern
Susie Darby
Yona
Maggie Buchanaa
Ethel Shipp
Genie Glover
Annie Brooks
Mesers
Allen Fort, Jr
Macon Dudley
Jas
Shelton Harris
Walter Page
Ned Sawyer
Steve
Bert Small
Mozley Lemon Elixir Endorsed for Digestion and Fever Relief
A crumbling medical ad touts Mozley s Lemon Elixir as a cure for indigestion chills fever and liver and kidney disorders. It claims lemons combined with liver tonics improve bowels kidneys and blood with testimonials from several named individuals and towns. The piece ends with a quip about “the clothes you put on a colored youth.”
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South
Cerone lovers stir in public as cholera attack hits pastor
The Rev. W. B. Costley of Stockbridge Georgia, attending his Ellenwood duties, was attacked by cholera morbus. He credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as life saving after a bottle was found. Sold by Dodaons Pharmacy and J. B. Hudson.
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John Mathias
Pulaski, Ky
Chamberlain
Dodson
J. , Hudson
W. B. Costley
Stockbridge
Ellenwood
State
Hoe
Anle
Dodaon
J. B. Hudson
Castoria Advertisement Promotes DeWitt’s Pills and Salve
An old advertisement extols DeWitt's Little Early Risers for regulating bowels curing constipation and sick headache. It claims over twenty million free samples of Castoria Medicine and features W. A. Rembert and references a copper car brace. The copy touts the safety and reliability of the products with testimonial tone.
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DeWitt
W. A. Rembert
Coffin Trust to Form Here Amid Price Rise
Artayta reports a forthcoming gigantic coffin trust uniting nearly all U S coffin factories. Drezel, Morgan & Co representatives, backers of the plan, negotiate with Atlanta factories. Within ten days the Eastern founders expect to close the deal and raise coffin prices promptly.
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Artayta
Coffn Trust
United States
Coffin Trust
Drezel, Morgan & Co
Atlanta
Mrs Lascelles in Georgia with Ward in Fitzgerald
In Fitzgerald Aug 27 Mrs Viola McIntosh arrives with her ward Mrs Sidney Lascelles wife of Lord Beresford to attend her father’s estate and note she will reach adulthood in September. Also reports on local court fights involving Johnson Statham and Luke Ford, Rev Samuel C Dean’s itinerary, a local marriage and various advertisements and notices from the courthouse and drugstore.
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Beresford
Fitzgerald
Frizcezato
Viola McIntosh
Sidney Lascelles
Lord Beresford
Mexico
Lascelles
Mra Lascelles
Johnson Statham
Luke Ford
Statham
Ford
Profesor Marks
Turkey
Vasilsotos
An‘gel
Constantinople
State Department
Jag
Britain Ready to Begin War Over China Rift
Telegraphic despatches from Aug 27 report Britain considers China’s failure to meet demand a casus belli. Sir Claude MacDonald flags hard line as Anglo Russian talks widen. Other notes: Prof A J Marks dies. Spaniards head for Yucatan. Turkey bans wheat exports pending notices.
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Thei Potiukow
Piatti
Batik
Foreign Office
Offick
Charles Scott
St. Petersburg
Ir Pauls
Miraculous Patent Remedies and Household Cures
A collection of old patent medicine pitches touts Electric Bitters as a cure all for liver and kidney issues, constipation, headaches, and nervous disorders, plus Allen's Foot-Ease for foot pain and tight shoes. It also includes testimonies praising Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for children, and claims of quick relief from urinary and bladder complaints, all sold by various druggists.
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Edridge
Allen
Allen& Olmstead
le Roy
N.Y
Detchon’s Antidiuretic Pitched As Aid For Incontinence
A garbled ad arrays Dr B Detchon's anti diuretic with a claim it helps children and youths suffering bed wetting or nighttime incontinence. It mentions a price over $100 and lists mock brands and distributors like Amerivad and Bo J Eldridge.
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B. Detchon
Bo J
Eldridge
Amerivad
Campaign Workers Named by State Board in Aneape
In Lasta on August 27 Chairman De Bignon announced the state board authorized campaign committees. The body comprises 55 prominent Democrats from various counties. Also noted are postmaster appointments in Alabama Kentucky Louisiana and more notices about DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and One Minute Cough Cure with advertisements featuring W A Rembert.
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Lasta
de Bignon
State Board
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Alabama
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Kentucky
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Boone
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