RATTLESNAKE IN BEER KILLS EIGHT LABORERS
Richmond June 15. Joseph M. Blaten railway bridge inspector reports eight Italian workers died after drinking beer from a barrel in a shack on the Piney Creek branch near Raleigh. A rattlesnake was found at the bottom. poison thought to have entered the beer, though overindulgence ruled out.
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Richmond
Joseph M. Blaten
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
West Virginia
Piney Creek
Raleigh
Staten
Sumter County Schools Progress Report 1908
County School Commissioner Moore presents the 1908 annual report to the Grand Jury showing 23 white and 37 colored schools, 950 white pupils and 3,006 colored pupils. White attendance 783, colored 1,778. nine more white pupils but higher average attendance. libraries total 20 with 1,700 volumes. Two districts levy local tax to fund nine months schooling. Financials include bank balance 3,393.52 and convict fund 2,822.01.
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Americus
Sumter County
Board of Education
Huntington
Sumter
Thomson
Moore
Bank of Southwest Georgia
Senator Admits Affiliation With Aldrich Adherents
A Chicago Record-Herald item records a young woman asking a senator if he belongs to the progressives. The senator replies he does not belong to any group and that Mr. Aldrich permits him to say he is one of Aldrich’s adherents.
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Chicago Record-Herald
The
Moderation In England Coroner Warns On Drinking
City Coroner warns at an inquest that a man can drink moderately once a week, but the constant nip is what causes harm. The Punch item notes the importance of moderation in English drinking habits.
Faultless Mi o na prescription promoted for stomach relief
An advertisement touts Mi o na as a faultless stomach remedy from Dodson’s, claiming it cures dyspepsia and related symptoms. It promises a money back guarantee and urges readers to try a week, noting 50 cents for a large box at local pharmacies.
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America
Dodson
Times-Recorder
Mathis Leads Empire Life Expansion in Alabama
Mr J E Mathis of Empire Life Insurance Company organizes the company’s Alabama operations from Montgomery with plans to build a large local clientele. He will return to Americus on Saturdays and reports an encouraging outlook for the state market.
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J. E. Mathis
Empire — Life Insurance Company
Alabama
Mathis
Montgomery
Americus
Perry Davis Painkiller Promoted for All Aches
An advertisement touts Perry Davis Painkiller as the oldest and best remedy for internal and external pains. It claims decades of use in households worldwide and urges carrying the 60 cent bottle or the larger 35 cent size for emergencies.
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Tiy Killer
Perry Davin
Grand Representative Re-elected by Red Men of Georgia
W. W. Dykes of Americus was chosen Supreme Representative for a third time at the Great Council meeting in Atlanta. He had already served two two year terms and was informed of his victory by telegram since he could not attend in person.
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Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men of
Georgia
Atlanta
W. W. Dykes
Americus
Great Council
Esbnsen
Detroit
Supreme Council
Mammoth Mushroom Found Near Pittsburg Measured 82 Inches
In Millvale six miles from Pittsburg on Monday Dr. Allen J. Willetts of Carnegie Tech unearthed a polyporas mushroom weighing 33.5 pounds with a 38 inch top and 9 inch stem. The Carnegie Institute notes historic mushrooms of forty five pounds exist but this find may exceed them. Dr. W J Holland speculated it weighed over forty pounds when found and the fungus appears edible though uncultivable.
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Pittsburg
Millvale
Allen J. Willetts
Carnegie Tech
Carnegie Institute
Lonce
Pittsburgh
W. J. Holland
Institute
Tax Returns Notice From Sumter County Receiver
Tax Receiver W. A. Sper alerts Sumter County residents to file state and county tax returns promptly. The notice cites sections 854 and 840 and warns that if a return is incomplete or property values are not affixed, the receiver will value tax—double taxation in the digest for each year of default.
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W. A. Sper
Sumter County
Court House
Dit
Italian Labor Force Faces New Plague At Savannah Camp
In Savannah on June 16 a group of forty to fifty Italian workers building a saw mill near McIntosh faced what they believed to be a new plague. They suffered red bug bites. after initial panic, a woodsman advised fat meat as a remedy and the camp settled into quiet, with the men seeking comfort in their tents.
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Savannah
New York
McIntosh
Buffalo
Walker's remedy praised as morale booster
Weston extols walking as a mental lift and notes rising community walking habits. He credits Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for comfort in shoes, calling it a merit with wide use.
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Allen
Weston
Eod & W
Bitten Twice by Rattler on Chambliss Plantation
A negro man on Mr. J. S. Chambliss plantation twelve miles east of the city was bitten on the foot and leg by a rattlesnake. Dr. Houston provided prompt treatment and the patient is reported improving though still seriously ill. The man was struck by lightning last year.
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J. S. ‘Chambliss
Men Past Fifty Find Relief with Foley's Kidney Remedy
Elderly men suffer from enlarged prostrate gland. L. E. Morris of Dexter Kentucky reports his father improved after using Foley's Kidney Remedy, with relief after the first bottle and no further trouble after the second.
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Foley
L. E. Morris
Dexter, Ky
Wooten and Leonard Ty son visit Greenville trio
Mrs. J. A. Wooten, Miss Patty Wooten, and Miss Anna Leonard Ty son from Greenville, N C, visit Miss Ada Wooten at the Windsor and plan to stay in Americas for a month. J Roscoe Parker becomes bookkeeper for Harrold Bros, replacing Walters who left to focus on farming.
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J. A. Wooten
Patty Wooten
Anna Leonard Tyson
Greenville, N. C
Ada Wooten
Windsor
Americas
J. Roscoe Parker
Harrold Bros
Walters
A Sure Enough Pippin
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes Mrs. Pippin is clever. Her husband provided funds to buy graduation dresses for their two daughters, but she bought herself a lovely gown with the money.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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