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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1897
Page
7
Dr. Hathaway Co advertises a $50 reward for any man or woman a cure for chronic diseases. The notice claims success where others fail, offering at home treatment or travel to the office with covered rail and hotel costs. It asserts professional referrals and promises strict financial and professional conduct, urging readers to write now.
Director R J Reppiva critiques the two cotton seed varieties noting Welborn's Pet and Jackson's Limbless are not the world’s most prolific. He says the limbless seed seems misrepresented and overpriced at over 200 dollars per bushel, urging farmers to beware and highlighting high culture land and expected yields of about 60 bushels per acre on rich soils.
The article promotes using hydrocyanic acid gas to control San Jose Scale on fruit trees and nurseries. It notes risks to fruit crops if continued after Christmas and recommends fumigation, detailing the method's cost and care. Mr A F Hoffman of Tifton Ga is cited as a proponent and contact for details. A forthcoming Bulletin 35 will elaborate and illustrate remedies.
A historic warning on the San Jose Scale as a dominant, destructive pest. Originating in California, it has spread to about twenty counties and threatens orchards and forests. The article details appearance, life cycle, host range, natural enemies, and urges drastic measures and laws to suppress the infestation.
Georgia dairymen and citizens are invited to the Fourth Annual Meeting in Macon on November 17 1897. Premiums for butter and cheese quality, with speakers including Hon Henry Q Alvord and ex Governor W D Hoard. Railroads offer discounted round trips from Georgia with specific travel dates. Also notes a testimonial about Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy from The Banner of Liberty.
A reader from Gaars Mills La. cites chronic diarrhoea sufferer Mr IP E Grisham endorsing Chamberlains Cholic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a reliable cure. He praises its effectiveness for colic cholera morbus dysentery and diarrhoea and notes availability in 25 and 50 cent sizes. A proverb about bridling a woman’s tongue closes the piece.
An OCR fragment lists various remedies and claims. It mentions DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve offering instant relief and permanent cure, One Minute Cough Cure by W A Rem bert, and Mystic Cure for rheumatism and neuralgia. Also references a distant arsenal and Americus, Georgia, with garbled measurements and pseudo medical claims.
A diffuse 19th century ad style collage notes kidney and bladder ailments in both genders, urging Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy. It also promotes One Minute Cough Cure, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, and E. J. Eldridge drugs. Includes assorted testimonials and moral quips about health.
Wesleyville press notes De Witt’s Little Early Risers as a safe pill for biliousness and sick headache. W A Bembert endorses the remedy. The brief lines suggest a medicinal advertisement from the era.
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