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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1897
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss success and claims about courses for inventors not imitators. The text mentions slogans, loans, and warnings about diseases, blood issues, neurology, and mental vigor. It references a paper with unclear specifics and asks readers to distrust certain claims.
A coal black man about 85, named Harvey or Hitt, was killed by a through freight near the Central rail yard in Ames. His mangled body lay for fifty feet as a grain train arrived and the first section halted nearby. An inquest may be held. Harvey was well known in town for years, working in warehouses. The scene showed blood and mangled flesh, shocking residents.
Real estate loans advertise farm and city property with low rates and quick service. Several health products claim rapid cures and boast testimonials from unnamed customers, including DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh. Warnings note druggists and patent remedies. snippets include household antiseptics and tonics.
Surravinie Georgia October 30 court week looms with quarantine rules affecting court flow. Mr Paul burned by overturned lamp but recovering. Mrs Alice Hailey ill at home. A traveling photographer is working locally. Funeral held for Mrs Will Richardson who died after brief illness. Col G W Warwick at Masonic convention in Macon. Miss Annie May McAfee of Americus visiting Miss Minnie Wells.
Hundreds of soda water drinkers lose Sunday supply as local dispensers agree to halt all soda water and similar drinks on Sundays. The notice urges use of the artesian well for relief and warns to guard against contamination. Also included is a cattle stray notice seeking information about a red and white Jersey cow and a horned country cow that broke from pasture Friday.
A man recounts a dramatic scene at a Georgia Alabama depot where a young woman seeking a Pullman ticket endures rude treatment from a ticket clerk. An elderly nurse helps, a shouting passenger accuses the clerk, and the woman sobs before being led to a private office to secure her ticket. The incident exposes class and race tensions in a crowded waiting room.
Lectures claim to reveal the latest medical science on chronic catarrh of the nose throat and ears with Dr De Mertensa's Peruna remedy promoted as curing numerous cases. Advertisements urge readers to contact the Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co Columbus Ohio and to request free maps.
Judge H G Ewart faced scrutiny after remarks to his defendant in Asheville. The proceedings and retort by Judge Denver prompted questions over contempt of court and potential sanctions as the grand jury watches the ongoing case.
An 1880s style advertisement touts Mozley Lemon Elixir as a universal remedy for indigestion constipation headaches biliousness malaria kidney diseases fevers and liver ills. It features testimonials from readers in Georgia praising cures and health benefits amid period medical claims and patent medicine rhetoric.
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