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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
6
A catalog style list includes items such as washing machines razors Gillette safety razors razor straps shaving brushes coal vases carpet sweepers sewing machines hand bells carriage heaters. The collection reads like a period goods inventory with household and personal items.
Georgia faces a looming dry spell as residents with liquor stock from a case to a barrel scramble for storage. It cannot be kept at businesses or carried home without risk, and renting rooms for storage would incur a tax. Citizens must move their stocks within a week, but suitable storage remains unclear.
A historic ad extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic blood purifier and stomach tonic. It claims the formula on bottle wrappers is sworn to and highlights the root-based, glycerine-extracted ingredients with no alcohol. The ad urges patient, thorough use, notes strong endorsements from leaders, and states medicines are available at reasonable prices through dealers.
A Washington Post opinion notes an Ohio farmer burned his wealth before dying, suggesting he believed his heirs would waste it once inherited. The remark frames the act as a protest against inheritance and the behavior of future beneficiaries.
The BOMB BOMB makes the noise of a cannon. Children can shoot it with perfect safety. For sale by C. A. Kempeur and Nahoum Bros at 12 to 1 dollar in 1908.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt will spend Christmas as a family affair at the White House with presents exchanged after breakfast. The likely routine includes a church visit with the President attending services at the Dutch Reformed Church and Mrs. Roosevelt with the children walking to St John’s Episcopal Church for morning services.
Pupils of Miss Buchanan’s School of Music presented a recital last evening to a large audience. The program featured pieces by Kullak, Hummel, Chopin, Schubert, Durand and others, with performances by Marian Stalker, Alice McGehee, Ethel Rittenberry, Nina Belle Cannon, and several listed soloists.
Abraham Brown of Winterton New York reports doctors misdiagnosed his illness as heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach and liver trouble. His wife urged trying Electric Bitters which restored his health. One bottle did more good than five doctors prescribed guaranteed to cure blood poison weakness and stomach liver and kidney complaints from Eldridge Drug Co 50c.
The Washington Post reports that the new gold coins have been redesigned to stack, a change welcomed by working people who habitually store their savings in stacks.
An advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface remedy prescribed by physicians, with testimonials available. The product, with Hall's Family Pills for constipation, is sold by druggists for 75 cents.
Mr. Bryan comments in the Washington Post that Democrats appear more hopeful than usual this year yet mainly hopeful of heading off Mr. Bryan.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia and consumption. It emphasizes genuine product in a yellow package without opiates and lists pharmacy sales.
The Baltimore American quotes a view that what is gained by stealing is quickly lost by speculation while the Washington Post counters that sometimes hiring a lawyer is necessary to defend against such losses. The exchange highlights tensions between crime, risk, and legal defense in media commentary.
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