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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
7
An ad style fragment touts Banner Salve as effective for cuts piles skin diseases and eczema. Mentioned brands include Foley’s Kidney Cure and the weather commonplace notes mix with product claims. Davenport Drug Co is named as a point of sale amid dubious health claims and insurance mentions.
An old time advertisement promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as a pleasant aid to digestion and liver function with a free sample at Dodeons Pharmacy and J K Hudsons drug store. The message also touts One Minute Cough Cure for grippe and pneumonia and Foley remedies for kidney and asthma issues with testimonials from users.
June reports from Kier and Savanal describe Prince Tuan's rise as general-in-chief after dismissing Yung La. He vows to march on Tien Tsin, attacking settlements at dawn June 21 with 43 Krupps, burning the US consulate, while foreign legations remain besieged and hold out under perilous conditions.
June 23 dispatches describe three days of bombardment on Tien Tsin with Chinese forces inside the city and 15,090 Chinese casualties. British and French settlements said destroyed, foreigners fleeing to the town hall as reinforcements are sought. Russians entrenched, Admiral Seymour absent, foreigners evacuating to Shanghai and Japan.
An 1894 advertisement proclaims Hall's Great Discovery as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles and related ailments, touting mail order availability from E W Hall and local druggists A recent testimonial from H I Hoxtos, ex marshal, praises the remedy's efficacy for rheumatism and urinary issues, alongside a contrasting dyspepsia pitch for Kodol Digestive Cure attributed to W A Rombort.
Quittas Ga June 23 An accident at Pidrock cost one life and property damage. A freight train backed into the main line to let another pass, tearing up cars and overturning a moving engine. A tramp on a lumber car was killed. Trains delayed five to six hours.
London officials warn no plans for China’s final settlement have been presented to Great Britain. Experts weigh risks of Japanese Russian rivalry, Boxer crisis, and European suzerainty while Americans observe Democratic and Republican conventions and hotel demand surges as many travel to Europe.
A general meeting of all Masonic Lodges in the Third district will be held in Americus on July 1. About two hundred Masons are expected to attend and participate in greetings and Masonry work. District Deputy A V Whipple of Cordele has sent notices. an informal delegates’ meeting is set for the afternoon of July 10 followed by an exemplification of the Third degree by teams from Americus Lodge No 13 and Council Lodge No 05.
Dr J O Tupper will deliver an entertaining address on Masks and Faces at Glover's Opera House Friday evening. The Mason lodge event features a musical program by local talent and a small admission fee to fund a new carpet for the lodge room in the Planters Bank building.
A citizen committee left for Washington to invite President McKinley and his cabinet to Atlanta on July 20 for a Blue and Gray reunion. They will also invite Gov. Roosevelt in Albany. The event will be on Peachtree Creek battlefield with a Georgia barbecue in the trenches.
Haller & Black of Pittburg Pa member T J Blackmore touts Mystic Cure as a fast relief for rheumatism after nine months with bed. Eldridge Americus Ga druggist sells it. warns backache signals kidney trouble risking Bright's disease. Foley's Kidney Cure praised. Davenport Drug Co promotes trifies and DoW pills as liver and bowel cleansers.
New York report quotes Dr. W G Wicks, ex Bellevue physician and Nicaragua canal commission surgeon, describing a tide water level route for ships and the challenges faced by the commission. The piece alludes to earlier symptoms warning of kidney or bladder trouble and promotes Foley’s Kidney Cure and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
A patent remedy advertises a stomach cure claiming permanent relief from indigestion under a “great health-giving force.” It touts safety and universality, with Druggist Eldridge in Americus listed as seller. Other items note prison statistics on drunkenness, Wollford's Lotion claim, and Governor Candler shipping regimental colors to Georgia units.
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