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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1900
Page
3
A jumble of vintage testimonials promotes remedies for coughs grip and dyspepsia. Advertised products include Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Mystic Cure for rheumatism, with endorsements from merchants and readers across Maine Virginia and Georgia.
A collage of small notes from Americas and nearby: lighter items on railroad steel rails delivery, guano shipments, and garden plans. court sessions and county board schedules. a busy political season with many candidates. theatre show Brown draws crowds. street scenery could improve with pole painting. a Sunday School joke ends the roundup.
Advertisements for Mozley’s Lemon Elixir a lemon tonic claim to ease biliousness constipation indigestion nervous symptoms fever and kidney issues. Also promotes Mozley’s Lemon Drops and praise from users. mentions Dr H M Mozley of Atlanta Ga and prices. Also includes quack claims and assorted testimonials.
An Atlanta Georgia advertisement touts Swift Peel as a guaranteed cure for obstinate catarrh claiming it penetrates deep seated blood disorders. The copy asserts dramatic relief after years of failed treatments and urges readers to order by mail from the Swift Peel Mail Company.
An appreciative audience saw Faust last night with a strong cast though Mr. Morrison was absent. The scenic and electrical effects impressed the crowd and the production was hailed as one of the season’s best attractions. Also noted is an advertisement for Dr King’s New Life Pills promising relief for headaches and nervous ailments and sold by E J Eldridge.
An OCR fragment urges readers to buy Witch Hazel Salve and Banner Balm for piles, skin cures, and barn wounds. It warns against counterfeits from W. A. Rembert and promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a remedy, noting Davenport Drag Co as distributor.
The readable text offers faded references to a girl named TORIA Beara and a general claim of boyhood dreams. It includes an old time patent remedy claim for coughs and throat issues, praising a product as harmless and immediate in effect. It also mentions Blanche Bickford resuming a law office role and Mrs Calvin Zimmerman in Milenburg Pennsylvania.
Americas People and Tacit Friends Who Are Going on Business or Fiene urr Some You Keen and Some You Dea Fresh seeds. Hudson's Drog garden to Mr. Ren B. Perry a well known citizen of Daweoo came up to Americas yesterday on business. H. Coolidge registered from Atlanta yesterday among the arrivals at the Hotel Windsor. Read Lee Allen's offer to the Iaties this morning. Mr and Mrs W C Farlow spent yesterday at Midway Ala and will return to Americus this evening. Mr Henry J Fite returned from a business trip to Atlanta and the Carolinas. Mr and Mrs Harry Fain of Bainbridge guests of Mr and Mrs A J Hamil arriving today. Mrs E D Sheffield will have ex husbands that week Minsea Julia Bacon and Sarah Willingham who come from Albany tomorrow.
A newspaper note highlights nature’s cycle of death and renewal occurring twice yearly, underscoring the persistence of life across seasons. The account frames this recurrent transformation as a fundamental ecological pattern observable in plants and animals.
A fragmented note contrasts hearty and delicate tastes in cuisine, mentioning 'BAL ENOUGH' and Jean as example phrases. The text hints at diverse audience needs and richer options to please all diners, suggesting a broad menu philosophy.
An 1898 testimonial column touts Hall's Great Discovery as a cure for kidney and bladder diseases including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. It notes mail sale from W Hall and lists endorsements from druggists in Americus Georgia and others, with various unrelated medical testimonials and advertisements.
Churches from First Baptist to Calvary Episcopal plan both morning and evening services with visiting preachers and new pastors. Universalist Rev Q H Shinn speaks at city hall on faith and sin. Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist and Scientific churches hold usual schedules. Public urged to attend. Shanzers invited.
Cotton prices surged to the highest level in six years with May at 9 80 and August near, amid strong demand and limited supply. Dealers in the Americas forecast a ten cent level before the next harvest. In Bransonau Alabama a contractor, Charles J. Knighton, was robbed at pistol point after resisting a hold up, losing cash and a watch while the assailant fled.
The narration by John Oliver of Philadelphia describes a severe illness with yellowing skin and loss of appetite. He credits doctors as giving up and recalls a friend advising Electric Bitters, which he says improved his condition after three weeks of use. He claims the remedy saved his life and warns others to try them at Eldridge's Drug Store for 50 cents per bottle.
A compact clipping notes human nature likened to a mule that becomes troublesome if not corralled. It promotes Chamberlain's Pain-Balm for rheumatism sprains and bruises with a money back claim, and DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a bowel and liver remedy, citing user testimonials from J B Hodson Dodson's Pharmacy and W A Kembort.
A and the Tight Infantry will be measured for uniforms Tuesday under the provision to form state troops. Infantry companies form first, then cavalry artillery and naval reserves. The Light Infantry needs uniforms and will soon be outfitted to pattern the gallant soldier boys.
reporting from La Guaira Venezuela on March 2 indicates ongoing civil conflict spillover into neighboring Colombia. factions claim victories. government forces under General Palacio clash with Uribe loyalists near Barranquilla with significant casualties and prisoners reported.
A local advisory links many serious diseases to gut disorders and urges attention to health. Officials in Davenport urge residents to seek medical evaluation for persistent symptoms and to follow preventive steps.
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