Random News Snippets From Town Told In Brief
A jumble of items notes late travel northbound trains, heavy summer resort crowds, and a vigilant cop with a badgeless car collision on Lamar street. Farmers report baskets of chickens and peach loads, market prices steady. taxes near due with double taxation for late filers. Local legal figures from Macon and Oglethorpe visit for judge Littlejohn, while advertisements tout electric bitters, Chamberlain’s remedies, and Kodol Dyspepsia Digest to treat stomach issues.
Purity in better than plenty, cheap insurance
An advertisement touts Folens Kidney Cure as a cheap insurance against Brights disease diabetes and other organ ailments. It claims many men have been insured by a single bottle from Davenport Drug Co and urges readers to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Folen
Othr Davenport Drug Co
E. J. Eldridge
Americus
Foley
Davenport Drug Co
Busy station shed blocks car access and duties urging care
Often people park under the shed beside the ladies waiting room at the Central depot, blocking the approach to the station. Police on duty have to ask drivers to clear the way so carriages can enter. The shed was for passenger convenience, not as a carriage stand. Also promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills with booster claims.
Services At Churches Today in Americus Area
Divine services may be expected this morning at First Methodist St Pauls Farlow Lawn Baptist First Baptist and Presbyterian churches There will be no service at Calvary Rev K Read will preach at St Pauls tonight for the pastor Rev C BR Jenkins who fills that pulpit this morning Also mentions cycling ad and various patent medicine claims with local druggists noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
St Paul's
Farlow Lawn Baptist
First Baptist
Presbyterian
Calvary
K. Read
St Paul’s
C. BR. Jenkins
Davesport Drug Co
Health claim and patent medicine excerpt from old ad copy
A scrambled 19th century advertisement narrative touts Folgy's Kidney Care and One Minute Cough Cure with testimonials from Ira W. Kelley of Mansfield Pennsylvania and Peterson of Coldwater Michigan. It mixes medical claims, sales pitches, and local real estate touting reduced prices for Hinkle properties, all presented in garbled archaic prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira W. Kelley
Mansfield
Folgy
Davenport Drug Co
Passage of Birds and People in Americus Social News
A local column lists social and travel moves of Americus residents and visitors. Names include Rev. T C Tupper departing for Cordele and Tifton, Victor M. Brows arriving at Windsor Hotel, Miss Evelyn Rutherford heading to Atlanta, Miss Lillian Reese visiting Florence Page, and others visiting relatives or relocating. Also notes dental society meeting at Cumberland Island and new drug store shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Reese
Buena Vista
Florence Page
Rees Park
Willie Belle Matthews
J. W. Sheffield
Atlanta
H.S. Johnson
Braonawick
Mr. Johnson
O. P. Davis
8. H. Mc. Kee
Cumberland Island
The
State Dental Society
Hayler
Justin Hadson
Speedy the high diver dies in fatal fall
Reports say Speedy the high diver, who thrilled crowds in early spring, died after jumping from an eighty foot tower in Boston. His body reportedly struck the tower girders and fell lifeless into the water tank, leaving many in America to regret the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Speedy
Boston
Spendy
Eczema cure ad promises relief and free trial bottle
An aged newspaper ad touts B B B Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for eczema including itching skin pimples sores and hair loss. It offers a free trial bottle and medical advice from BLOOD CO Santa Ga while requesting readers to write for details. A quip about politicians and statesmen follows as filler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. B. Botanic
Reiss
Santa, Ga
Deneriba
Soldiers to Guard Streets Next Tuesday Tactics Arranged
The Americus Light Infantry will guard mount Tuesday night to gain trench ready experience as Capt. Clarks commands three detail groups relieved at half hour intervals. Sentries will line Les, Suvmar, Forsyth and Jackson streets, warning civilians of bayonet checkpoints to prevent holdups. Be alert for orderly, calm patrols as residents pass through the routine security measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus Light Infantry
Clarks
Ia JossaTames
Kruger Asks For Peace Negotiations Opened Through Wives
Rumor sweeps the city that Lord Roberts seeks surrender terms from Kruger and Botha, mediated through their wives. Reports mention reduced force and anticipated takings, amid a delicate diplomatic channel described as through spouses. A separate note reports a native uprising in Gambia with British commissioners and colonial figures involved on the south bank of the river.
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Roberts
Lord Roberts
Kruger
Botha
Gambia
Care Tony
Gambia Colony
Poths
Babe Mildsh Sankennandi
Gambia River
Mandinagoes
Delegates Rush to Philadelphia from Chicago for GOP Convention
Western delegates and politicians travel through Chicago on June 16 en route to the Philadelphia Republican convention. Large delegations from Cooke County and several states join organizers and clubs amid a busy transit of hundreds heading to the Quaker City. Nearby items note a weekly bank statement, pine railroad inducements, a presidential draft, and an 80 year lease of a regional railroad.
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Chicago
Chicaco
Philadelphia
Cooke County
Quaker City
Beeilton Club
Stulied
Aortion
Fecla
Shine
Iowa
Cookey Republican Marching Club
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Georgia Pine
TallLawassee
Georgia Pine Railroad
Tallahassee
Phlei Ah
War County
Jana
Wreck of a Steamer on Victorian Coast Claims 23 Lives
Reports from Vancouver dated June 16 describe the steamer Warrimo’s wreck off the Victorian coast near Sydney. The 1400 ton Sicera Nevada disaster killed 23 aboard, with several crew members later dying from injuries. Other items include mining property sale in Bowmera Alabama Iron Company purchase and a discussion on soldiers’ rights and Banner Balys medicine claims.
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Vancouver
B. C
Warrimo
Sydney
New South Wales
Bowmera
Ala
Alabama Iron Company
Eastern Capital
Pertins
Inger
Yeh
Mos Reaphal
Operas
Mozley’s Garmon Tonics Heal Indigestion Claims
A fragment from an old advertisement claims Mozley’s Garmon tonic cures indigestion stomach liver and nervous headaches. It mentions users in Parkersburg West Virginia and Birmingham Alabama reporting relief after taking seven bottles and praises Dr Homer Templeton.
Production of Stock VaiSera Enables Meats Offer
A fragment notes that the production of several stock VaiSera enables the offering of meats. The readable text suggests a manufacturing or supply chain context, implying increased meat availability due to stock processing or equipment named VaiSera.
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ED. Shepfield Company
Taylor
Kentucky
Syperstitis Angus Te
Miller. & Clark
Beales
Agen
M, Callaway
Moffett
Jg Atestriatag
Brogzists
ST Louim
Cummer Resorts
Volme
Lamar Street
Hecsiver Raiford
Sumter
Jackson
Forsyth
Col. Jordan
Felton Hatcher
Macon
R. L. Groor
Oglethorpe
J. W. Gardner
Idaville
Ing
Chamberisin
Chambériale
Whedon
First National Bank of
Winterset
Towa
Io Bis
Heesyr
Che
J’, Hudson and Dodson
W A. Rembert
Dodaon
J. By
Hudson
Eamie
Chamberlain
Mithen
de Crys
Bradfield Regulator CO
Dr. King
Ol Rand
Ibis
Peterson
Coldwater, Mich
E. J. Bridge
Ameri Ious
Dean
Scuvarrrr Star Co
T. C. Tupper
Cordele and Tifton
Connet
Victor M. Brows
Griffin
Windsor Hotel
Misa Long
Leeaburg
Col. F. A. Hooper
College Street
Evelyn Rutherford
J. W. Stallings
Fannie Stalling
Preston
Inez Shealey
Nannie Guerry
Mr. Davis
Elizabeth
Sandersville
KR. L. Meldrim
Sarah Wheeler
Susie Taylor
Monteagle, Tenn
Ecezma
B.B
Daily Market Reports
Istiga Botha
Enroute
New York
Wasurorox
Smith
White House
Philadele
Iatrix Rock
Jans
White and Black River Valley
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Com
Virconana
Wasmmarox
Jane
Mitchell
United States
Santree Iene Br
Mozley
Gamon Stee
der H. Mozley
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Avaus
Birmegham
Als
Woodstock, al
Ea Daves
H Temon
Dis Foley
Sherlock & CO
America
G. W. Stallings
Pony & Brawn
Forayth St
Wall Street
Brooks, Bands
Thetreau & 60
Broad Street
Windsor Hore
Georgia
Chas. A. Fricker
Fropristor
Wettrgoth
Maxiger
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