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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
7
An advertisement extols Kodol for indigestion restoration of digestion and blood health. It claims digestion is the root of many illnesses and offers a money back guarantee with a large bottle alternative. The copy emphasizes ease of use safety and universal benefit with laboratory backing.
Mr Charles A Fricker has been appointed assistant secretary for Georgia for the Railway Watch Inspectors Association. He travels to enlist members and spoke after returning from Baltimore where the second meeting was held with forty inspectors. Fricker urged expanding the South as a manufacturing base while praising agriculture. He toured Pennsylvania and New York visiting plants and reported a hopeful business outlook. Delays in kidney issues are warned. De-Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills are recommended for back ache and urinary disorders.
Rev John F Eden pastor of First Baptist Church of Cuthbert resigns to become pastor of Curtis Baptist Church in Augusta. His departure comes in early August after years of steady growth at Cuthbert. Eden has many friends in Americus and Cuthbert who regret losing him yet praise the Augusta call.
A Kansas City Times quote fragment discusses an acquittal based on insanity and questions whether the jury erred, noting the accused did not appear insane while asserting the jury's judgment was at issue.
A pithy quip notes the difficulty of living on a salary while suggesting the greater challenge lies in living without it, attributed to the Herald.
R P Kenyon of Americus earned third prize in a Georgia contest awarding 50 25 and 15 dollars in gold for essays on cotton seed products as human animal and plant food. Over 12000 entries were judged by a panel including Commissioner Pound State Chemist Stallings and A M Soule. First place went to Miss Sarah Hansel of Thomasville second to Miss Ruby Brown of Thomson. Prize money to be sent by R G Riley of Albany.
Hawlon N Higginbotham announces Americas largest convention hall to be built in Chicago. The 45000 seat Amphitheatre will mimic the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome and part of the ground has been purchased with rent under option.
Olin Speer was removing furniture to a new home on Church street when a load shifted and a piece of furniture fell, pinning him beneath a wagon wheel. Dr. Cato attended him. no bones were broken and the injured man was expected to recover.
Chicago surgeons performed a pioneering graft at Frances Willard Hospital using a section of bone from a lamb leg to replace a shattered right leg of Docerearl Townsend. They claimed it was the first such American attempt, with only five prior cases in history.
A brief quip from the Louisville Courier Journal recalls a hotel summer season anecdote about opening dining room doors, framed as a humorous exchange about being surrounded by wolves.
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