05 Apr 1888
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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1888
Page
1
A Georgia sample of letters of encouragement for Warner & Co Rochester notes unsolicited testimonials from locals praising a remedy. The page excerpt shows Atlanta readers endorsing the cure as a means to recovery and urging others in personal crisis to consider it, dated January 14th, 1883.
Norcross Georgia January nineteenth eighteen eighty eight man recounts five years of racing heart numb back pain and nervousness. after two doctors failed to diagnose he tried Warner's Safe Cure and within a day felt relief and after ten bottles felt as well as before.
An advertisement list highlights Warner's Safe Cure Hudsons Favorite Prescription and Buchu extracts along with assorted liniments. The short catalog suggests patent medicines marketed to health concerns of the period.
The letter from Chicago reports Augusta Filene of 2 037 Archer Ave bright and intelligent German girl employed by Singer Sewing Machine Co. She held one tenth of lottery ticket 73 185 in the Louisiana State Lottery drawing of January 10 1888 which paid 5 000. She hopes to buy a house for her mother and herself and is described as mother's sole support. Also notes Samuel Edison father of Thomas Edison is very ill at Fort Gratiot Michigan.
Putnam April 4. Mr Williams runs a mill but floodwaters moved the bridge 75 yards downstream after last week’s rain. Dozier’s mill house washed away, 800 bushels corn scattered. Dogs and cows die from a rabies scare. a child nearly drowns, saved by W C Kelley.
In Webster County on April 3, after last week’s rain a flood washed Kinchafoonee creeks bridges away leaving the Sherman bridge as the sole crossing. Turnpikes near Preston are ruined and county funds cannot cover $1500 to $2000 in repairs. Sampson Bell’s mill dam and facilities, plus nearby damage, leave losses estimated at $1000 to $1500. Peach crops fall to a third of average. Also notes a Shiloh church sermon by Rev T J Bell and a report on May conference fusion ideas for union and labor parties.
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