Random Short News Items From Town Salons and Streets
A collection of brief notes from a town scene with farmers hauling guano and prices up, three business men inspecting fishing poles, eight empty chairs signaling investor gloom after a landslide, and a lull in amusements as Manager Fields reports no near term bookings. Police celebrate two more years in service while crowds observe Brown in Town and a Stewart county case en route to Milledgeville. Rebuilding plans for the Virginia Carolina Chemical acid plant linger as sightless street performers make pennies. The day feels like early summer with seventies heat and fans replacing fires.
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Cotton Avenue
Brown
Plains
DeSoto
Cord
Ellaville
Sheriff Holder
Stewart County
Milledgeville
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co
Company Reaping a Harvest in Cotton Fertilizer Deals
Reported on good authority that fertilizer firms will receive vast cotton payments for fertilizers. A major Georgia supplier reportedly sold large fertilizer contracts at 7 1/2 cents per cotton. The firm is said to have contracted cotton with a prominent Atlanta house for 7 cents, netting about 27 dollars per ton versus last year’s under twenty dollars.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Volcanic Eruptions and Salves Claim Wide Cures
An ad laden page touts Arnica Salve for burns and ulcers and Chamberlain pain balm for rheumatic pains, sprains, and boils. It also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. Testimonials claim curing pain, indigestion, and bowel relief with various remedies, with local druggists and distributors named.
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Baskien
Eldridge
Draggtet
Chamberlain
J. B. Hudson and
Dodeon
Blaze In A Grass Patch Near Church Street
Fire broke out in a vacant lot on Church Street near Brown yesterday and spread to fencing before firefighters arrived. The blaze was quickly brought under control.
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Church Street
Brown
Fir Department
Old Time Patent Remedies and Quack Claims
A collage of 1890s style advertisements tout Tutt's Liver Pills for digestion and headaches, Hall's Great Discovery for kidney and bladder issues, Mystic Cure for rheumatism and neuralgia, One Minute Cough Cure for colds and throat illnesses, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children, and assorted testimonials. The text mimics era patent medicine credibility with urged purchases and customer endorsements.
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Hall
Bkana
Aco
Texas
Birds of Passage Coming and Going in Americus
Americus residents and visitors are listed on a bustling business and social circuit. O.V. Lamar and J. W. Forrester traveled for work, while Miss Emma Slappey visits relatives in Butler. Mayors, doctors, and Atlantans join others in Americus for brief trips and gatherings.
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Americus
Hadion
Richland
J. W. Forrester
Leesburg
I. H. Kalman
Lumpkin
D. T. Wilsom
Macon
Emma Slappey
Butler, Ga
Callie Slappey
Church Street
B. T. Wise
Frank 'Qato
Plains
Brown
Don Goodman
Americas
Eshton Buchanan
Rodgers
Sumter City
Clifford Green
L. W. DeLacy
Tifton
J. A. Raiford
Columbus
E R. Raiford
Jackson Street
John D. Charlton
Slavery of disease and quack cures in a 19th century page
A collage of sensational testimonials and health advertisements from a historic newspaper page. Claims include a enslaved wife freed by Elixir Bitters, a South American Nervine Ton function, and various patent medicines. The page features personal opinions, medical claims, and a notice of temporary office absence by Dr S H Morzs.
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George D. Williams
Menibiatsr
Mich
BE. J. Eldridge
E. J. Eldridge
Americus,Ga
Remarkable Faith Cure Restores Young Lady in Americus
A Richland youth at Americus recounts a striking recovery after a faith healer visit in Columbus. The young woman, unable to walk for months, returned by train in improved health and walked unaided, a change greeted with astonishment by relatives and friends.
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Richland
Americus
Columbus
More Chicago Strikers and Barthes Move in Uncertain Time
Fragmented OCR item references Chicago strikers and Barthes with mentions of Polishers and Werlketd. It hints at labor council discussions and upcoming actions before week’s end, noting a potential shutdown and sympathy protests affecting multiple sites.
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John
Unfos
Terial
Elixir restores health for ailing Capitol worker
At the Capital I am in my seventy third and for fifty years I have been a water, for indigestion, and biliousness. I have tried remedies advertised for these and got no relief. About one year ago, ease as at and came very weak, and flesh. Dr Healey's Elixir gained twelve pounds in three months. My appetite and strength were restored, and I feel young and vigorous again. L. J. Antonio, Door-keeper, Ga State Senate, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga.
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Cela
L. J. Antoneo
Door-heeper
State Senate
Atlanta, Ga
Mozleys Lemon Elixir Endorsed by Salem Reader
A Salem reader from New Orleans endorses Mozleys Lemon Elixir as the best medicine for various diseases and recommends it for women's troubles after trying many kinds, praising its effectiveness.
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Mozley
Gresnam
Salem
Mozley Lemon Drops And Cough Remedy Ad
An old newspaper ad promotes Mozley Lemon Drops for coughs colds and throat and lung ailments. It includes testimonials from George W. Waitt and others praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Banner Salve. Also mentions Oley’s Kidney Cure. Products sold by J B Hudson Dodson's Pharmacy and Davenport Drug Co.
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Davenport Drag Co
Chamberlain
F. P. Moran
Petersburg
BR. Hodson
Dodson
Harriet Evans
Biesdale
Jobildren
Croup
Joe Minnte
W. A. Reimbert
Mozley
Ouren
HA Meney
Atlante
George W. Waitt
South Gardiner
J. BR. Hudson and
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Gallard's
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Peat
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Cchawkins
Teetape Te Pom
Svenues
NE Peoples Bank
Americus, Ga
W. H. Simmons
Amenices
Johnson & Harrold
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New York
Boston
Jelly Ferniabed
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Southern Railway
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Birmingham
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New Orleans
Memphis
Washington
Chattanocoga
Louisville
Cincinnati
Florida
F. Dany
Cherry Street
Foley
Dardeport Drug Co
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Lewis Ackerman
Goobsn. Ind
DeWitt
Risore Alway
Ayer
W. A. Rembert
Tutt
R. P. Smith
Chilesburg
Texas Worder
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Mia
Calvin Zimmerman
Milesburg
W. A. Fembert
Fowark
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Overisel
W. A. Rambart
Cccabto Miei
Nater
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B J. Eldridge
Hotice
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Young Lady of
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Cme Garriven
Port Arthi Pris
Cregte Laval
Igabes
Ohinatown ii
Duontsia
Root Arcis
Hiwanm
Havana
Root
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Ludlow
Wood
Department of
Chilton County
Shariff Obey
Takeo
Rutherfordton
N. C
Vindicator
J.R. Hudson and
Ely
Marcus G. Shantz
Rahway
N. J
Myson
Franklin Freeman
Dover
N. H
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Preasonville
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