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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
7
A San Francisco disaster reports a roof collapse at a glass works during the Stanford California football game viewing, sending over 100 spectators into furnaces and causing at least fourteen deaths with 83 injured. Rescuers pulled burn victims from the hot retorts as managers denied responsibility.
A cryptic aphorism appears to reflect social disparity, contrasting perceived wealth with hidden burdens. The phrase implies that even the rich suffer but the poor understand different hardships through experience.
An extensive city merchant display promotes Violet Soap four ounces and 4711 Soap, Packers Tar Soap, Mollen's Glycerated Tar, and Waltki's Heliotrope in multiple cake counts. Also featured are ladies purses, stationery, various papers and envelopes, Carter's Ink, lead pencils, cut glass items, cologne, and toilet water bottles. Fresh Lowney's Candies, Gooth Brushes, Yeats Enamels, Dodson's Toilet Cream, Frostilla, Pansy Lotion, and Vaseline Cold Cream are highlighted with price cues and appeal to daily shoppers.
In Istanbul diplomatic circles the settlement of American claims from Armenian massacres is seen as near after a U S cruiser presence backs U S representations and a trade incudes building a U S cruiser. Russia reportedly pressures and may oppose exequatur for Dr Norton, while no details reach London about the Kentucky voyage. Local ads promote Foley kidney cure and Chamberlains tablets for health.
An advertisement promotes Dr E Detchons Anti Diuretic with claims of curing both old and young ailments and urges purchase from Davenport Drug Co. The line also touts Foley Honey and Tar for colds and warns against substitutes. The copy ends with a remark about week old women and babies.
Vienna reports from Temesvar in South Hungary describe two Mormon elders from Salt Lake City who faced hostile reception as they spoke against polygamy. An enraged audience, including 850 irate matrons, dragged one man, struck him, and later dunked the other in a horse pond before police rescued them. The interior minister forbade further Mormon proselyting as a state danger.
An early 20th century advertisement page touts Fo Ley’s Honey and Tar for voice restoration and Pain Balm for pains, alongside DeWitt’s Little Early Risers liver pills and Minute Cough Care. Wollford’s Sanitary Lotion claims quick relief for infections, with druggists E. J. Eldridge and Dodson’s Pharmacy among the sellers in Americas Georgia and nearby towns.
A collage of product pitches and ad copy notes Foley's Honey and Tar as the leading cough remedy of the era. Other items urge DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, De Witt's Little Early Risers, Foley's Kidney Cure, and Dodson's Pharmacy offerings, with booster lines about appetite, health, and practical wit from merchants.
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