Grand Jury Adjourns for May Term in Sumter County
The Sumter County May term grand jury adjourned after three weeks with key presentments. They praise county officers, fault minor clerical practices, urge salary pay for officials, and call for at least 100000 dollars in road bonds plus systematic road work and better jail conditions. They note pension, tax, and treasury items and commend the Board of Roads and Revenues.
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Sumter Superior Court
Stalr
Rorth
Board of Roads and Revenues
Grand Jury
Sumter County
Littlejohn
Aliee Nall
Electric Bitters Promise Health For Charming Women
The ad touts Electric Bitters as a cure for nervousness and irritability in women, claiming they purify blood, improve digestion, and beautify skin. It suggests constipation and kidney poisons cause pimples and a dull complexion, and credits Eldridge Drug Co as the seller.
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Eldridge Drug Co
Hog-raised cure for stubborn nut grass, expert reports
JT of Douglass Ga recounts testing hog farming to combat nut grass. He visited fields in June July and August counting seven surviving sprigs after hog rooting, concluding hogs outperform plows. He sold the farm to a hog-raising owner uninterested in the grass.
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Fditor Southern
Douglass
Examination of teachers set for June 18 and 19
The general examination of teachers will be held on the 18th and 19th of June. White teachers meet at the court base and be colored at McCoy Hill School Building. Examinations begin promptly at 8 o'clock. Apply as directed by W. Moore.
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Court Base
McCoy Hill
Moore
How the Sexes Differ Atchison Globe Note
How the sexes differ in social calls and behavior. A brief humorous blurb contrasts women seeking friends at home and men hoping to meet people. Also advertises GO FLY drug store files for horses and cattle at 25 cents and 50 cents.
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Atchison Globe
Go-Fly
Summer girl Anadyomene learns to swim
Anadyomene from New York Sun notes Venus rising from the foam and declares she will learn to swim from a nice young man. The line marks her as a summer girl embracing youthful leisure.
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New York Sun
Venus
First Bloom Of New Cotton From Sumter
A royal purple cotton bloom symbolizing prosperity was sent to the Times-Recorder from Anthony Glaze near Cobb Station Seaboard. Glaze cultivates fifty acres with a luxuriant stand as Sumter reports exceptionally good crop conditions and optimism for a fine season.
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Sumte
Times-Recorder
Anthony Glaze
Cobb Station
Seaboard
Sumter
Insurance writer sought for Jefferson Standard Life in Georgia
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes H. H. Bass, manager, seeks a vigorous man to distribute insurance across the county for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. Address 312 English American Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Eliot’s claim that men are not born equal is dismissed by the piece as it mentions trusts obtaining benefits anyway.
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H. H. Bass
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co
Adress
American Bldg
Atlanta
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Eliot
Trusts
Instant relief from catarrh with Hyomei treatment
Advertises Hyomei as a complete air antiseptic inhaled three to four times daily to kill catarrh germs. Claims quick relief from hawking and cures for catarrh asthma croup bronchitis with money back guarantee. Includes price for inhaler and refills. testimonial from Ada Hopkins of Coldwater Michigan dated August 22 1908.
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Australia
Ada Hopkins
Cutter Ave
Coldwater
Mich
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Justice of the Peace
Sheriff's Office
Superior Court
F. W. Griffin
Board of Education
Humber
Americus ‘Times-Recorder
Americus News
Geneseo Pure Food Co
le Roy
N.Y
Americus
Ured
James
Gatarrh
Chas. L. Ansley
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