Planters Bank declares 10 percent dividend at annual meeting
The Plant ers Bank of Americas held its annual meeting on a Wednesday evening the 3rd inst. It declared a 10 percent dividend and added to surplus. Directors were re-elected with Li G. Council as president and C. M. Council as cashier. Harris 8. Council was named assistant cashier. The bank, organized in 1891, has paid 10 percent dividends yearly and grown its surplus, reflecting strong management.
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Planters Bank of Americas
Li G. Council
R. J
Perry
C. M. Council
Harris
Thertoft
Planters Bank
Georgia
Foley's Honey and Tar advert claims cough cure
Certifies druggists refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It stops coughing, heals lungs, and prevents pneumonia and consumption. Says no opiates, genuine in a yellow package, and warns against substitutions. Distributed by druggists.
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Foley
Narrow Escape From Pneumonia Cured by Fol Ey’s Honey and Tar
A lingering cold led many to narrowly escape pneumonia and consumption. Fol Ey's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds, and is claimed to prevent pneumonia and consumption. Refuse substitutes. Sold by all druggists. cod & w.
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Foley
Cod & W
Raffle question echoes in Lippincott's quip
A vintage quip contrasts a child's query with a parent's definition of a raffle. The joke explains buying nineteen chances on a diamond ring, noting that the holder of a single chance wins.
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Pop
Lippincott’s Magazine
To Cure a Cold in One Day Cure Ad
An old style advert touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets with a claim to cure a cold in one day and offers a refund if it fails. The box shows “EB. W. GROVES” and a price of 25 cents. The ad mentions sale days and targets general readers with a moral line about imagined pleasure and others’ suffering.
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EB. W. Groves
Fiddlers Contest Enjoyable Evening at Opera House
Olde Tyme Fiddlers contest drew a large audience Friday night with seats filled early. Contestants and judges sat with favorite violins and new performers faced public exposure with eager support from friends. Judges found it hard to pick winners as special musical numbers punctuated the program.
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Opera House
Lifesaving Kidney Remedy and Cough Cure Ad
A medical advertisement warns that signs of kidney or bladder trouble may indicate Brights disease and diabetes and urges starting Fol ey's Kidney Remedy at first danger sign. It also promotes Dr Shoop's Cough Cure as a gentle, non-harsh remedy for tickling or dry coughs, claiming safety for young babies and urging demand for Dr Shoop's. Sold by Davenport Drug Co.
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Bright
Foley
Cod & W
Dr. Shoop
Bhoop
Davenport Drug Co
Astronomers Find Water Closer to Home Hinted by Mara Studies
A playful note suggests researchers chasing water on Mara may have overlooked abundant nearby clues. It hints at closer, Earthly sources of water or related discoveries awaiting attention.
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Mara
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Paro Ointment Ad
An old advertisement touts Paro Ointments promising cure for piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. The claim targets stoking, blind, bleeding or protruding piles at a price of 50 cents, accompanied by a New York Press quip about debt.
Rough on Candidates Running Second Race
Georgia may need a second primary for prison commissioner as seven or eight candidates split votes. The State Committee set June 17 as the potential date, but expenses of a statewide primary challenge small salaries. Critics note a two year term at 2000 dollars is hard to finance, possibly deterring entrants. The second primary could test the plan’s advisability and impact on voters.
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Georgia
State Committee
Cures and dangers cited in old medicine and crime note
An ad touts Foley’s Honey and Tar claiming it cures stubborn coughs and prevents consumption and pneumonia, noting it has cured incipient consumption and is sold by druggists. A separate report states over 7,000 people in Prussia committed suicide last year, reflecting grim social issues and a call for hope.
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Foley
Sod&w
Prussia
Cough Germs Multiply and Home Remedies Sold
How cough germs multiply during a cold inflamed mucous membranes harbor disease germs especially the pneumonial germ. Foley's Honey and Tar soothes heals the air passages stops the cough and expels the cold. Foley's Urine Laxative guarantees to cure constipation and indigestion with money back if it fails. Live and let live, yet some men reserve the right to live better than others.
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Foley
Cod & Wl
All Areata
Cod&w
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised By Carpenter
Suffering and dollars saved by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Lopez from Manilla New York says it heals severe cuts and is the best healing salve he has found. It also treats burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles. 25c at Eldridge Drug Co.
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Lopez
Manilla
N. Y
Eldridge Drug Co
Brown would favor law as it stands on prohibition
In Georgia the question of the hour is the prohibition issue and how Joseph M. Brown would position if he runs for governor. Friends expect him to align with prohibition elements, given his Baptist ties and family history with Governor Joseph E. Brown who opposed prohibition in earlier days.
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Joseph M. Brown
Americas
Georgia
Mr. Brown
Joseph E. Brown
Brown
The
Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church of
Atlanta
John E. White
General Assembly
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Frank J. Cheney Ad Patents
A historical Toledo ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with claims of blood and mucous surface effect and includes a 1886 oath by Frank J. Cheney as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. plus a testimonial request. It also references Hall's Family Pills for constipation and a light wedding-room quip from the Washington Herald.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Frank J, Chene
A.D
A. W. Gleason
Hall
Keeping Open House Everybody Welcome Wholesome Digestive Promise
A vintage ad style item extols Dr. King's New Life Pills to regulate stomach liver and bowels with a claim of renewed comfort and energy. The snippet also includes a Chicago Record-Herald quote about a city's alert young man always learning new cocktail names, reflecting newspaper joke tone.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Neighborhood Favorite Mrs. Charles Endorses Electric Bitters
Harbor Me resident Mrs E D Charles calls Electric Bitters a neighborhood favorite and says it provides relief for dyspepsia liver and kidney troubles malnutrition nervous debility and general weakness Its blood cleansing action makes it a tonic medicine sold under guarantee at Eldridge Drug Co 606 dw
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E. D. Charles
Harbor
Electric Bitters
Eldridge Drug Co
Ely's Cream Balm Liquid for Nasal Catarrh Sold by Ely Bros
Liquid Cream Balm designed for atomizers promises the same qualities as Ely's Balm. It does not irritate air passages and seeks the root of nasal catarrh. Persuades stubborn cases to yield in weeks. 75 cents with spraying tube offered by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. A girl will tell who kissed her as quickly as anyone else.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Warren St
New York
Return to Old Plan in Paying Georgia Veterans
Campaign issue grows over whether Confederate veterans in Georgia should receive pensions quarterly under the new law or revert to annual lump sums. Public protest spreads statewide as legislative candidates are pressed for clear positions. Veterans generally favor annual payments, while legislators face pressure to repeal the quarterly plan to aid timely salaries for state teachers.
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Confederate Veterans of
Georgia
Women Who Wear Well and the Hidden Drains of Marriage
An newspaper feature argues that marriage and motherhood chill women’s freshness and charm due to ignorance and neglect of pelvic drains and weaknesses. It promotes a health product made from native roots claiming to restore vitality without alcohol or habit forming drugs.
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Faye
Dinner Royal Served to Visiting Agricultural Train Guests
The agricultural train’s visit featured a superb dinner in the Pullman dining car hosted by Mrs. Thomas G. Hudson wife of Georgia’s agriculture commissioner. A menu of roast turkey pavory barbecue and other dishes was prepared at her home. After the exhibition closed at 1 30 p m the tired tourists were invited aboard for the feast, which was eagerly enjoyed and promptly vanished.
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Americas
Thomas G. Hudson
Georgiia
Enemy Nasal Catarrh by Cream Balm
Fragmentary OCR text describes a product claim for Cream Balm to cure nasal catarrh with promises to relieve soreness remove discharge and heal inflamed membranes. The readable lines are garbled but suggest health advertisement language and a price mention of 1.00 in the fragment.
King’s New Discovery Praised By Grimesland Man
George Morae of Grimesland North Carolina credits Dr. King’s New Discovery with saving his life after a severe cough and cold. He states improvement began with the first bottle and after a dozen bottles he felt well again. The remedy, priced 60 cents to 1.00, is sold at Ridge Drug Co. A note mentions a law on wearing stuffed bins on hats.
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Dr. King
George Morae
Grimesland
N. C
Hidridge Drug Co
Legal puzzle on alcohol proof and Georgia law
A fragment notes a court puzzle over intoxicating power and proof of alcohol. It discusses whisky beer and liquor limits, Supreme Court views, and doubt whether any Georgia law should fix a specific alcohol percentage. It mentions opposing authorities and a 3 percent beer doubt.
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Supreme Court
Sears
Georgia
Catarrh Disease Linked to Airborne Germs
Catarrh is not a blood disease but caused by germs lodging in air passages, leading to irritation and offensive mucus. It often becomes chronic or progresses toward dangerous complications before sufferers realize the risk. Hyomol is promoted as a healing agent, offered by Sea n's Pharmacy with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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Sean
Beggars Must Obtain Permit Under City Law
In Americus beggars and mendicants face a permit system enforced by the city. A blind, elderly man was taken to court and granted a permit after proving not an imposter. Police are instructed to move those on street corners who beg or sit in squalor, ensuring charity precedes work.
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Americus
Store at Sumter Robbed by Thieves
The store of B. R. Chappell at Sumter eight miles below Americus on the Central Railway was broken into Friday morning. Keys and a cash drawer were taken, about four hundred pennies, and a registered letter in the post office portion of the store was rifled of its contents. Mr Chappell suspects a local man, noting the thief only wanted money.
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B. R. Chappell
Sumter
Americus
Fragmentary dialogue overheard in hallway scene
An incomplete OCR fragment presents a garbled dialogue exchange including a kiss and pursuit in a hallway. Names and full context are unclear, leaving only disjointed phrases about returning home, questioning, and affection. The text is too fragmentary for a fuller summary.
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