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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1902
Page
8
A primitive clock setup from Great Sangir involves two linked bottles and sand, with twelve notched sticks and a time telling system. A sentry marks hours on a pony clock as a subplot, while a dialogue snippet links conspiratorial chatter about a professor and a planned argument over Jourwinism.
An 1901 Texas newspaper item promotes Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder ailments including gravel diabetes and nervous disorders. It claims mail order availability for $1 per bottle and includes testimonials from Dr E W Hall and a Tennessee reader. Also mentions unrelated medical tales and advertisements for DeWitts Early Risers and Cheney's Expectorant.
A Clay County resident and his wife debated attire for a party. He drafted a humorous reply declining the hostess invitation, claiming his wife’s gown issues made dressing difficult and joking about not attending. He then misdirected the note to the hostess, who sent it back to his wife.
Various medical remedies and anecdotes including Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for children and bronchial ailments, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a skin cure, mercuriale swords noted as a curiosity, a Scotch pharmacist tale on thrift, One Minute Cough Cure advocated for coughs and lung issues, and light humor about doctors and lawyers. Also Cheney's Expectorant recommended for whooping cough.
A New York Telegram account recounts an elderly man offering his seat to a woman on an elevated train between Ninety third and Fifty third streets and Eighth Avenue. The moment prompts reflections on chivalry and a lighthearted note on polite behavior in the city. The piece weaves in product ads and meteorology tidbits about storms and ozone, as well as health notices promoting Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets.
A vintage advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a universal cure for severe coughs and lung troubles. It claims the remedy heals tissues, destroys germ disease, reduces inflammation, aids expectoration, improves sleep, and cures patients, urging one bottle and noting widespread dr gists endorsement. Palmer & Sons distributes it with Green's Special Almanac.
On account of the Christmas Holidays the Southern Railway will sell tickets to all points east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio Potomac rivers at one and one third fare for the round trip. Tickets good for continuous passage in each direction from December 23 24 25 and 31 1902 and January 1 1903 with return limit January 8 1903.
Teachers and students may buy travel tickets from December 16 to 22 with return by January 8, 1903 upon presenting certificates signed by school officials. For details contact R. W. Sizer, 106 Clayton Street, Athens, Ga, or W. H. Taylor, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga, and H. Hardwick, G. P. A., Washington, D. C.
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