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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
5
Dr. John A. Hunnicutt Jr of Athens earns national recognition by contributing a technical article on The Thyroid Gland to the American Medical Journal. His Johns Hopkins work drew attention and helps establish his standing in medical circles.
A Texas man recalls using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for his wife's months long bowel trouble. After trying doctors and various medicines, a $1.25 bottle cured her after the second bottle. For sale by all dealers.
An advertisement touts Eckmans Alterative as helpful for tuberculosis and related respiratory ailments. It claims to reduce night sweats and fevers, boosts the system, and notes no narcotics or habit forming drugs. Dealers are urged to seek the booklet from the Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
A flood of 1914 Georgia political notices announce candidacies for the Eighth congressional district and Clarke County legislators. Samuel J. Tribble and A. J. Stovall seek Democratic favor while O. H. Arnold Jr. and J. F. Rhodes contest Clarke representation. W J Speer vows re election as State Treasurer. Charles H Brand aims to succeed as judge Western Judicial Circuit.
A historical overview of the Triple Alliance and its evolution from 1882 to 1912. The piece details Bismarck's rationale for allying with Austria, Italy's shifting role after French Tunisian actions, and how Balkan tensions and naval considerations shaped the alliances and their longevity.
The U S Department of Agriculture will send a Bureau of Soils team to Polk County Georgia to conduct a multi month survey. State and federal surveyors will map soils and produce a color coded map noting roads schools churches railroads water courses and provide a detailed report on soil types crop suitability and improvement recommendations. Farmers and landowners are asked to cooperate and provide borings and samples.
Dodson's Liver Tone is proposed as a gentle vegetable liquid that starts the liver’s action like calomel but without over stimulation. The ad claims calomel can worsen conditions and cause salivation, while Liver Tone relieves safely. A large bottle costs fifty cents and the druggist offers a money back guarantee with a smile if not satisfied.
Special to the Banner reports a representative will be sent to the Bureau to survey DeKalb County Georgia. Investigations will map principal roads schools churches railroads watercourses and soils. It will assess soil suitability for crops and suggest improvements by fertilizers cover crops and rotations. The full report will take months to circulate after survey completion.
The Panama-Pacific Exposition will be international in fact and name, honoring a world event. Georgia should claim the place her wealth and standing entitle her to. Every other state plans representation. Georgia risking contempt if absent.
Atlanta reports the Randolph Anderson rally at Columbus tonight as a major campaign event. Several speakers will present and new issues are expected, with a record crowd anticipated at the courthouse venue.
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