Masons Buy Twenty Acre Site For Americus Orphanage
The colored Masonic grand lodge selects Americus as the home site for widows and orphans. A twenty acre tract in the northern suburbs was purchased by local committee members J W Russell Joe H Covington Austin Jones and William Booker with Grand Master W E Terry. A two story brick building with an industrial school will be erected and serve as a state institution modeled after Tuskegee with future grand lodge meetings held there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Colored Masonic Grand Lodge
Americas
J. W. Russell
Joe H. Covington
Austin Jones
William Booker
W. E. Terry
Columbus
Arthur Rylander
Tuskegee
Ala
Colored College
Grand Lodge
Your Cough and Emulsion Offer Boost Against Illness
A vintage medical ad urges readers to treat coughs as signals of foreign intrusion and promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod liver Oil as strengthening the body to fight disease. It claims the remedy does not target only symptoms and notes free literature on prevention. Scott & Bowne, New York, markets 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowne
New York
Church to Call a Pastor in Americus Meeting
The First Baptist Church of Americus plans to call a new pastor to succeed Dr Turpin. A Thursday night conference deferred final action to an adjourned meeting at the church tomorrow night, where the choice should be largely formal.
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First Baptist Church of
Americus
Turpin
Ely's Cream Balm Trial Brings Relief for Catarrh
A Rahway resident Marcus Geo Shantz reports testing Ely's Cream Balm during October for catarrh. He could not taste or smell and could hear poorly, but relief came after using the product. The ad invites 10 cent trials via druggists or the 500 Sica Wa mailite Ely Bros at 56 Warren St N.
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CrEly
ELY Bros
Warren &T
Ely
Marcus Geo
Shantz
Rahway
Leased Hinkle Rooms Size Upgraded Offices
The Hinkle building on Yay has been leased by the owners for half the space, with partitions removed to create a larger, more commodious area. The setup aims at better convenience and efficiency for the tenants.
Old Way to Treat Dyspepsia by Dieting Disputed
An article condemns dieting as a cure for indigestion and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It argues the body needs abundant nutrition and that tablets digest food for weak stomachs, claiming a tablet digests 3,000 grains of meat or eggs. Druggists confirm safety and purity. a free booklet offered by Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
All Drug Grover
Stuart Co
Marshall, Micb
Heroes Line Proposed For City Transit
Citizens read in yesterday's paper that a new heroic line will soon serve every city area. The company plans to invest about $1000 to start and operate herdics at five cents a ride, with a council adjourned meeting tonight to grant the franchise.
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Trarms-Recorpen
Americas
Reconpek
Lower Cotton Press May Start At Church Street
A lower cotton press at the foot of Church street may be started soon to handle rising cotton traffic as the yard near the Central depot becomes crowded. Workers are preparing the press, and Americus is well supplied with presses. the Angel of the Wiregrass could be deployed if needed.
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Church Street
Central Depot
Americus
Peruna cure touted for recovery from severe illness
A Greelyville mother reports her daughter, once gravely ill with cold fever and nervous headache, recovered after using Peruna. She credits the remedy and asks others to publish the testimonial while noting Dr. Hartman and Perruna literature offer guidance to women.
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Gibson
Greelyville
Peru
Hartman
Parona Drug Manufacturing Co
Columbus
Two Luetgert witness faces possible perjury indictment
In Indianapolis on September 28 Intimations arose that perjury may be charged against defense witnesses in the Luetgert case with a grand jury in session. Maury Siemmering could be indicted despite Mary Siemmering’s differing testimony. She said Inspector Shaack threatened her to testify against Luetgert.
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Luetgert
Onicaco
Criminal Court
Maury Siemmering
Mary Siemmering
McEwen
Kersten
Inspector Shaack
East Chicago
Arenny
Mary Stemmering
Atttorney McEwen
Nex
Quarantine Steady as Savannah Board Reports Health Status
Savannah reports no new quarantine changes at a sanitary board meeting. An Indy rider was detained at Meldrim for lacking a health certificate while other travelers face no charges locally. Deserters join Anglo Egyptian lines near Khartoum as Osman’s forces gain momentum. Dr. Degraffenreid leaves Conyers for Edwards to attend yellow fever events in Memphis.
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Bavasnan
Sanitary Board
Savannah Indy
Meldrim
Ds Lehardy
Tymington
Seakim
Hudsons
Mamowah
Cassala
Osman
Sinkat
Georgia
Edwards
Convmnus
BE. P. Degraffenreid
Mias
Memphis
Fever Casts Shadow Over New Orleans Health Measures
Five fever cases and two deaths were reported in New Orleans as yellow fever signals rise. A detention camp 1,500 feet from hospitals will house developing cases until transfer to an isolation facility. Dr Carter and Dr Guiteras joined health officials to discuss stricter quarantine rules for Louisiana and Texas labor needs in sugar districts. The city delays enforcement of a new health law to avoid undermining the fever campaign.
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New Orleans
Carter
Marine Hospital Service
John Guiteras
President Oliphant
Shreveport
Louisiana
Seven More Yellow Fever Cases in Edwards
Up to 10 30 a m seven new cases reported five whites and two Negroes total town and country 204 convalescent and discharged 110 under treatment 904 Major cases serious and ill W T Howle died Tuesday evening relative of Noblin family in business here 15 years sick Sept 25 fatal within 12 hours Captain Montgomery convalescent Mayor Rettfield resting easy A McCallum down with fever druglist needed as several cases are critically ill and mortality may rise soon
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Epwanps
Asa
W. T. Howle
Noblin
Captain Montgomery
J. L. Rett Field
A. McCallum
Cotton Market Forecast From October Crop Report
The October crop report from Commissioner Nesbitt notes a severe backset in the cotton crop after early expectations of a record yield. Prices have dropped about one cent versus last year, while a small world surplus and high manufactured goods stocks temper demand and farmers face the risk of selling now versus waiting.
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Nesbitt
AtLanta
State Agricultural Department
Rhea
Train Crash Kills Three Near Chester Pennsylvania
Three people die when a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train hits a wagon on the track below this city. Victims include Mytro Dobrinski 35 George Baldwin 4 and Maud Baldwin 12. The Dobrinski child and Baldwin boy were killed instantly. the others died minutes later.
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Chester
Peneayivants
Onrster
Baltimore and Ohio
Mytro Dobrinski
George Baldwin
Maud Baldwin
Dobrinski
Baldwin
Ala
Celery compound testimonials boast cure for insomnia and fatigue
An anonymous letter from July 9 claims Paine’s celery compound cured nervous exhaustion and sleeplessness after over a year of illness. It touts improved appetite and rest, and urges others to try the remedy, noting widespread praise from patients and doctors.
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Department of Agriculture
Wang BC ‘Ashin, . O
Wells, Richardson & Co
Palno
James 8. McCarthy
Paine
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Colored Grand Lodge of
First Baptist
Columus
National Conference of Mayors and Councilmen
Nathan Straus York
Traus
Espec
Petu
Jen
B- Burrows
Dave
Brown
R. A
Browder
Hilliard
C—Castleberry
I. J
Clark
Mary L
D—Davies
John
Davis
Mary
H—Harrison
Mollie
Hunt
Peter
Hayse
Emma
J—Johnson
Dora
Kennedy
Tutt
L—Lawrence
Jessey
M—Murray
Elvira
Maret
Wilborne
Savannah
Alabama
Jack Fright
Texas
Aes A
Hon. J
McCarthy
Alt Reilly
Sony
Cotton
Cardus
W. Laddison, M.D. Cary, Klas
Bays
Dudley
Will Dudley
Amerisus, Georgia
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