Names and travels fill Americas social page
A compact social column records visits and registrations in Americas. Names include B Blake and W S Blake from Atlanta, Miss Mary E Carter and Mr T F Gatewood visiting friends, C A Ivay from Montgomery, W A Cable from Abbeville, J M Fagan from Columbus, and Miss Jessie Morgan and Miss Belle Ansley visiting or returning home. Local shops cite Huyler's and Justin Hudson's drug store offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E Carter
Atlanta
J. M. Fagan
Columbus
Jessie Morgan
Bargain Clothing Sale with Remnants and Low Prices
A mixed sale of remnants and short lengths across men’s and women’s apparel. Lot items include 2c yard remnants, 69c shirts, 85c madras shirts, $1.39 suits, 8 1/3c undervests, 25c lisle vests, and 6Sc boys’ wash suits. Shoes and men’s shirts offered at deep discounts with emphasis on quantity and last pairs.
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United States
Colored citizens raise funds for Americus Institute dormitory
The Americus Institute, a high school led by Prof. M. W. Reddick, received over 500 in subscriptions at Dowdle's Hall to erect a female dormitory. Donations ranged from 5 to 100 and further meetings were planned. Reddick noted anticipated support from Northern friends if local interest continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Americus Institute
M. W. Reddick
Friends of the Institute
Dowdle's Hall
R. Monson
G. W. F. Philips
J. H. Dismuke
Prof. Reddick
Reddick
Life and Death Fight Cures by New Discovery
W A Hives of Manchester Is states exposure after measles led to serious lung trouble and consumption with hemorrhages and coughing. He credits Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption with a complete cure and says he would pay $5.00 a bottle. He notes hundreds have used it on his recommendation and endorses it for throat chest and lung troubles. Free at E J Eldridge's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hives
Manchester
Dr. King
Telas
E. J. Eldridge
Ladies Will Serve Lunches At Exchange Today
Elegant lunches are served at the Womans' Exchange on Saturdays. Ladies will serve at the exchange Dudley's bicycle store or deliver lunches. Pine lunches of fried chicken and other foods cost 16 and 25 cents each. Proceeds aid a worthy cause while promoting health and outdoor activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans’ Exchange
Dudley
Lightning Havoc Strikes Bell Telephone Office Scene
In the city Lightning disrupts Bell Telephone Co exchange as three operators fall ill and Manager Epps Brown covers the switchboard. Dupont Murphy attends to night duties. Brown reports twenty five poles destroyed between American and Macon, service remains satisfactory despite outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epps Brown
Bell Telephone Co
Brown
Dupont Murphey
Tate Springs Tennessee Health Resort Promo
Prominent features praise Tate Springs Tennessee as a premier health resort in the East Tennessee Mountains famed for its large spa and amusements. The copy touts water cures for indigestion and digestive ailments, with spacious buildings and social amenities, inviting requests for information.
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Ametic
Onatisnoora
Inessee Mountains
Wall Ana
Comana Ameri
Iver
Pure Book
Tomlinson
Tales of the Town in a Day in Americas Georgia
A row of brief local notices from Americas Georgia recounts varied happenings from yesterday and today. B Y P A delegates in Atlanta and visits by residents frame town life while odd items include a large blackberry crop report, a freak watermelon vine, a ban on banana peel littering, and a local forecast of heat. Local wagers on McKinley, local rail overhauls, and a kissing bug sighting at the Western Union office illustrate daily chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stanfield
Western Union
Buga
Wealth Shortcut and Cough Remedies in a 19th Century Letter
A Winterset bank cashier relays a carpenter’s tale of fortune through theft and a cure for diarrhea via Chamberlain's Colic Cough and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad-like piece touts druggists selling the remedy, with endorsements from J. Goldsmith of Van Etten and others. Cited are local pharmacies J. H. Hudson and Dodgen's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Whedon
First National Bank
Winterset
Iowa
Chamberlain
J. R. Hudson
Dodson
Droggtat J. Goldsmith
van Ettee
N. Y
J. H. Hudson
Dodgen's Pharmacy
Texas Wonder and Cures Promoted by Patent Remedies
A garbled ad set touts Texas Wonder and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for digestion and happiness, with claims of rapid stomach relief, and notes on cough remedies, kidney cures, and warning against delays. Mentions Davenport Drag and various endorsers amid ads and misprints.
Strength of Gibraltar Shown by Prudential Life Ins Co
On the third page of the Timon Recorder today a statement praises the Prudential Life Insurance Co likening its strength to Gibraltar. The company is represented in Americus by Jas. Cargill & Son who invite inquiry into its advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Timon Recorder
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Mediterranean
Americus
Jas. Cargill & Son
Also Mentioned on This Page
Geo D. Wheatley
Geo. D. Wheatley
Wari
Wilkauilpe
Madras
Victoria
Irisc
Getty
Wexford
Wales
Ibe
Iclec
NOVE
Seach
Gawain
Old Reliable Jewelry Store
G. T. Sullivan
Gronericos Jewelry
Georgia
Alabama
Windsor Hotel
Americas
Scucurent Sox Co
Blake
W.S. Blake
Mrs. T. F. Gatewood
C. A. Ivay
Montgomery
Ala
W. A. Cable
Abbeville
Belle Ansley
Mount de Sales College
Macon
D. H. White
J. A. Davenport
W. H. Glover
Mra. Bailey
Acworth
Mina Jettie Hardy
Mra. Thomas
Church Street
Huyler
Justin Hudson
Geo, D.wheatley
Locker Yard
A. G. Duncan
Institute
Abs
California Fig Syrup Co
Tate Springs,’ Tennessee
Dodgen's
Mr. Walton Callaway
Mrs. Callaway
Florida Central and Peninsnter Railway
McKinley
Bilton Parker
Bryan
Charlie Perry
Sumter
Ed. Littleton
George Seig
Zeigler
Oxford
E. Cary
the Guide
Washington, Va
Hudson and
Dolbon
S. B. Baldwin
Columbus, Ga
Texas
Hall
E. W. Hall
Louis
Waco, Tors
W. A. Hombert
Dragish Americas
Covington
Rembert
A. Rembert
Bright
Bates
Foley
Fouliah
Davenport
Roel
Gibraltar
James Fricker
Sewelers
Bis
Rembert’s
Drug Store
Maxt Te
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