State Democratic Committee Sets May 15 Primary
The State Democratic Executive Committee met in Atlanta with full attendance. It approved a statewide primary on May 15 for governor, state officers, two supreme court justices, and two prison commissioners by direct vote. It also ordered a June 14 state convention in the House to nominate a state ticket and delegates for the Democratic National Convention in Kansas City on July 4. County committees to set times and methods for county primaries.
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Atlanta
State
Democratic Executive Committee
F. G. duBignon
Aupreme Court
House of Representatives
Kansas City
Lifesaving Cure for Typhoid Pneumonia Heroic Recovery
Hannibal citizen J. E. Lilly survived a severe typhoid fever that progressed to pneumonia and lung hardening. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after a bottle brought relief and a full recovery. The medicine is advertised as the quickest cure for throat and lung troubles, with samples offered at E. J. Eland Drug Store.
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J. E. Lilly
Hannibal
Walor
E. J. Eland
Rain prospect 18 promising for Sumter farmers
Life damage is done here by recent freeze but favorable seasons may yield an immense grain crop. Wheat and oats look strong though cold damage has reduced some acreage. In Americus the wheat is tall and bright. Farmers plan to plant more corn as hog and hominy prospects brighten. This may be an all cotton year in Sumter.
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Sum
Americus
Sumter
Bismarck's Iron Nerve and Health Claims
Advert says Dr. King's New Life Pills restore strength and energy, claiming perfect health by correcting stomach liver eye and bowel issues. Promoted at E. J. El-Hage's drug store with price noted.
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Bismarck
Dr. King
E. J. el- Hage
Merchants Rally for Cochran Cotton Mill Funding
A mass meeting in Cochran saw $23,000 subscribed toward a planned cotton mill with a committee appointed to secure further subscriptions. Townsfolk and surrounding country residents show growing interest, with Sumter residents also pledging support if Americus backs the project. merchants expect mills to pay higher cotton prices and boost local activity.
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Sumter
Americus
Sumter County Teachers to Receive January Pay
A Sumter county school payroll will be distributed this morning totaling 2537 dollars for January salaries. Checks were issued yesterday to sixty teachers and will be paid promptly, with the full amount settled by the commissioner. The payment is expected to refresh memory and efficiency among the teaching staff.
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Nixty County
Sumter
Dutiful daughter and the pains of womanhood
A reforming letter urges mothers to inform themselves for daughters health and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash to relieve menstrual pain and leucorrhea. Miss Carkitt of Michigan and Mrs Adkins of Missouri share relief stories praising the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Nannie Adkins
la Due
Burglar Comedy Ends With Near Tragedy at Big Store
A one act scene in a large American store turned tense when a burglar triggered a near tragedy. Three policemen and about six frightened salesmen armed with buckshot loaded shotguns lined the stairs. The intruder surrendered after a clerk on the upper floor played along.
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Americas
Pretty grounds for picnics near city resort planned
Will and Lee Hansford announce a new picnic ground two miles from the Smithville road. They will convert part of their ten acre property with a natural lake, a fine spring and a grove into a seasonal destination featuring boats, bath houses and a chute. The site’s proximity to town suggests it will become a popular spring and summer retreat.
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Will
Lee Hansford
Smithville Road
Freeze Sparking Worries Over Georgia Fruit Crop
Reports from Georgia and the fruit belt describe a severe frost with temperatures well below freezing and quarter inch ice. While early fruit blooms appear relatively resilient, experts say two to three days are needed to assess potential damage as buds show any effects and millions may be affected. gardens suffered only minor harm.
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Americas
Georgia
Save Your Money with Tutt’s Liver Pills
An advertisement proclaims Tutt's Liver Pills cure diseases of the stomach liver or bowels and save doctors bills. It claims no reckless assertions and urges sick headache dyspepsia malaria constipation and biliousness to try Tutt's Liver Pills endorsed by a million people.
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Tutt
Insurance 18 Promptly Paid in Americus
A letter from Faxxre M Wins of Americus Georgia dated March 15 1900 to Fred B Arthur agent for Mutual Life Insurance Co New York thanks for check No 182258 for one thousand dollars settling policy 419990 on the life of her deceased husband and commends the prompt settlement.
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Americus
Fred B. Arthur
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
New York
M. Wins
Brady Announces Candidacy for Sumter Sheriff
Mr. Albert Brady formally announces his candidacy for sheriff of Sumter county. Joining him on the ticket as deputies are W. O. Barrow and J. F. Daniel. The trio are widely known in Sumter and the ticket is seen as very strong.
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Albert Brady
Sumter County
Brady
Messrs
W. O. Barrow
J. F. Daniel
Sumter
Prospect of Early Primary In Sumter County
Sumter County leans to an early primary after the State Democratic Executive Committee set May 15 for the state ballot. Judge J B Pilsbury, head of the county Democratic committee, plans a meeting next Saturday the 24th to agree on a date for county officer nominations. A May or June primary would please candidates as about twenty have entered the race.
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Sumter County
Democratic Executive Committee
J. B. Pilsbury
Sumter
Body Found In Deep Ditch On Wynn Street
Passersby on Wynn street discover the body of Bob Felton a sixty year old invalid in a water filled ditch. The coroner's inquest returns a verdict in line with the observed facts noting he likely fell in during a night of pain and drowned.
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Wynn Street
Bob Felton
Felton
Duckworth
Mosley's Lemon Elixir claims and testimonial notice
An advertisement promotes Dr H Mosley Lemon Elixir as a tonic for biliousness digestive issues and various ailments with a testimonial from L J Alldred Ga State Senate Doorkeeper stating weight gain and restored health after using the product. It claims prices 50c and 100 per bottle and lists Atlanta Ga as the prepared location.
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Mosley
Draemats
Dr. H. Mosley
Atlanta
L. J. Alldred
Doorkeeper
State Senate
Private testimonial on medicine for women's ailments travels Salem
A reader from A Gaesnam, Salem, N O writes that the medicine is the best for the diseases it was recommended for and that they have tried many kinds for women's troubles.
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Mozley
Gaesnam
Mozley Lemon Hot Drops Claim Cure All Throat Ailments
An old advertisement for Mozley's Lemon Hot Drops promotes a cure for coughs colds hoarseness sore throat bronchitis and throat and lung diseases. It states the product is prepared only by druggists and lists Dr H A Mozley of Atlanta Georgia as the maker. The line includes garbled text and misspellings.
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Icat
H. A. Mozley
Atlanta
Shipment of Fine Cattle to Cuba via Port Tampa
Three or four carloads of Georgia cattle were shipped through Americus yesterday totaling nearly a hundred head. The beeves were billed to Port Tampa and will proceed to a Cuban port.
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Americus
Port Tampa
Trainload Of Cotton Arrives For Americas Compress Co
A freight yard scene yesterday morning showed a trainload of cotton bound for the Americas Compress Co from points along the line. Twenty five carloads totaling about 1500 bales arrived, underscoring Americus as a leading cotton market in southwest Georgia with shipments flowing from Georgia and southern Alabama.
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Central Railroad
Americas Compress Co
Americus
Georgia
Alabama
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