Mr Gilbert to Leave Americus for Augusta Pastoral Post
Rev O P Gilbert and family will depart Americus to serve as pastor of a larger church in Augusta, effective December 1. His three year tenure in Americus ends with his resignation after morning services. The First Baptist Church plans to select a successor after the new year. In related notes, Confederate veterans selling near beer face a $200 state tax under a Hart ruling. local licenses vary and Ocilla imposes a $3,000 municipal license.
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O. P. Gilbert
Americus
Augusta
Gilbert
First Baptist
Church
Church In Conference
Americas
Hart
Court of Appeals
Ocilla
J. M. Burch
Burch
State Treats Rabies Patients Free of Charge
Americus faces dog problem but reports no recent rabies case. The state board of health arranged free treatment for rabid patients either in Atlanta or via physician delivery. Since July 29, about 250 patients have been treated, a key accomplishment of the board’s program.
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Americus
State Board of Health
Atlanta
Favorite Prescription Promoted for Women’s Health
An advertisement by Dr. R V Pierce asserts that Favorite Prescription treats female weaknesses including irregularities and pelvic distress. It claims to ease painful periods, strengthen expectant mothers, and support childbirth, backed by authorities and a free booklet offer from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York.
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Pierce
St. Vitus
Song & Postal Ca
R. V. Pierce
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Death of Wrightsville boy from accidental pistol wound
Thomas Darley, a young lad and son of Rev. and Mrs. T W Darley formerly of Americus, died from an accidental pistol discharge while he and a companion played with a pistol at Wrightsville. He was buried at Vienna after the fatal injury.
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Thomas Darley
Wrightsville
Vienna
T.W. Darley
Americus
Meeting of D A R this week at Covington
Americus chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution ITS expressed strong interest in the state convention meeting in Covington. Delegates Mrs H B Simmons and Mrs M M Lowrey left for the city. The program includes greetings from national and state leaders, reports from chapter regents, a luncheon by the Daughters of the Confederacy, and lectures on Revolution heroines compulsory education and the DAR's growth. Officers to be elected Friday.
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Americus
OD. A. R
Covington
Americas
H. B. Simmons
M. M. Lowrey
I. Y. Sage
National Society Daughters of the Amrican Revolution
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Pledge by Cheney Firm
State of Ohio Toledo firm F. J. Cheney & Co. swears to pay one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case. Notary A. W. Gleason witnessed on December 6, 1886. Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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State OF Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
S. G
Frank J. Cheney
F., J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Surgery A Cure For Morals Degenerates In Philadelphia
A Philadelphia report states Dr. Herbert L. Northrop performed a skull operation to relieve brain pressure, transforming a 22 month sober, industrious former drunkard and thief. Before: drank quart daily, stole from employers, failed at work. after: upright life, promotions. Case kept private pending results.
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Philadelphia
Herbert L. Northrop
Hahnemann College
Northrop
Head Injury and Moral Change After Surgery
A man injured in May 1891 endured a scalp contusion and frontal hematoma with brief unconsciousness. Despite later drunkenness and misuse of funds, his memory stayed clear after surgery on January 18 1907 to remove parts of the frontal lobes. He recovered, abstained from alcohol, returned to work, and was twice promoted, supporting the view head injury can affect moral conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolando
Not Plattering Pie Talk From Cleveland Plain Dealer
Public tongue in cheek exchange about pie choices appears in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, with one speaker noting most pies are homemade and the other seeking a different kind. The brief quip captures local kitchen humor.
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Cleveland “Plain Dealer
Seed Crushers to Meet with Cotton Conference Delegates
H J Parrish announces delegates from the Interstate Cottonseed Crushers Association will attend the Cotton Conference in Memphis November 10 to 12. Ransom Atlanta W H McKensie Montezuma GA J C Hamilton Baton Rouge LA A D Allen Little Rock AR Gibson secretary to meet with cotton growers. Alabama Governor Comer to attend and delegate list sent. Letters flood in from bankers cottonseed crushers and manufacturers. Conference aims to fix cotton price.
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Atlanta
Interstate Cottonseed Crushers’ Association
Harvie Jordan
Memphis
Parrish
Mr. Jordan
Ransom
W. H. McKensie
Montezuma
J. C. Hamilton
Baton Rouge
A.D. Allen
Little Rock
Ark
Gibson
Association
Guv. Comer
Alabama
Farm for Rent Near Americus on Hugh Speer Place
Listing describes a three mule farm six and a half miles south of Americus with a five room dwelling recently painted, several hundred dollars in improvements, good tenant houses, barns, and cultivated land. Located in a good neighborhood with a nearby Methodist church and Baptist church within a mile and expected quick occupancy.
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Hugh. Speer
Americus
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