New York Sleighing and Politics Stir Holiday City
In New York on December 23 shoppers break the Christmas crawl with record sales. The piece notes sleighing returns amid snow and crowds, while Tammany leaders debate a senatorial candidate and a headwaiters group advances a diploma system to elevate service standards.
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New York
Gotham
Tammany Hall
Depew
Dix
Murphy
James W. Gerard
J. Sergeant Cram
Fifth Avenue
Tammany
Bronx
Billy Sheehan
Judge Parker
Edward M. Shepard
Ely's Cream Balm Note for Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever
Advertises Ely's Cream Balm as a purifying soothing remedy for nasal catarrh hay fever and cold in the head. Claims to address the disease not provide deceptive relief with no cocaine or mercury. Sold by all druggists for 50 cents mailed from Ely Bros New York.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
Jack Knight Signs Three-Year Deal With New York Highlanders
Jack Knight has signed a three year contract with the New York Highlanders. Following a strong 1910 season, manager Chase expects the tall player to be a standout next year.
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Jack Knight
New York Highlanders
Jack
Chase
Card of Thanks from Mrs. J. B. Toomer
Mrs. J. B. Toomer expresses gratitude through the Banner to friends who ministered during her husband’s illness and at his recent death.
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J. B. Toomer
Man Seeks to Help Others After Long Suffering
Fer tile Missouri resident J F Boyer writes that after thirty years of illness he found relief with Electric Bitters claiming five bottles cured him completely. The remedy is advertised as guaranteed for liver trouble dyspepsia blood disorders female complaints and malaria and is sold for 60 cents at local stores W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
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J. F. Boyer
Fertile
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Athens Cotton Market Report Fragment
Partial market notes show middling cotton and trading activity in Athens. The text mentions Griffith and Welch Cotton at Athens with limited legible details and no clear prices or dates.
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Athens
Griffith & Welch
Esesasras
Cotton in sight totals rise to 7,773,152 bales
New Orleans reports weekly cotton totals with eight month accumulation at 7,773,152 bales, up from last year and the year before. Weekly overland and southern consumption figures are given, with comparisons to prior periods. An Ohio mother notes Foley's Honey and Tar as relief for a child's cold.
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New Orleans
Hester
Overland
McGregor Company Offers Value Pens at $1.00
The McGregor Company promotes its new line of pens priced at one dollar, marketing as the biggest value on the market for affordable writing instruments.
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McGregor Company
McGregor Co
Christmas Dinnerware and Toys Auctioned at Bargain Rates
Christmas sale offers English porcelain sets by the Haviland Limoges and Gold Band lines with prices from 8 to 35 dollars. American and Japanese china dinner sets, plain and decorated, range from 3.50 to 12 dollars per set. Toy cabs, dolls, velocipedes, trunks, and miscellaneous gifts fill a large Christmas line with affordable options for gifts and tableware.
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Haviland
Limoges
Rogers
Asthma Cure Promoted By Senpine Offer
Expert medical scientists announce startling results from Senpine a New York mail order remedy for asthma catarrh hay fever and bronchitis. The Woodworth Co Dept 6 1161 Broadway New York offers a free experimental package claiming widespread cures and urges patients who failed other treatments to try this Vienna University professor created compound.
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New York
Woodworth Co
Dept
Broadway
New York City
Vienna University
Judge Brand and the Pistol Toters Debate
Judge Brand spoke at Banks County Superior Court last week about pistol toters. The Commerce News warns that light penalties fail to curb the habit and keeps pockets filled with pistols as the practice grows.
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Brand
Banks County Superior Court
Commerce News
Calamity Averted by King’s New Discovery
Fayetteville North Carolina resident recounts a family crisis saved by Dr King’s New Discovery. He claims it cured his sister’s consumption and ongoing coughs, praising it as the best medicine seen. Trial bottles available, guaranteed by local druggists W J Smith and Bros H R Palmer and Sons.
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A. D. McDonald
Fayetteville
N. C
RJ F. N
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Banner Printery Holiday Closure Notice
TO OUR PATRONS The Banner Printery will be closed Saturday afternoon and Monday for Christmas.
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Banner Printery
XMAS STATIONERY AT MCCREgor CO
The McGregor Co presents a premier display of Christmas stationery with a wide range of styles and prices. Shoppers find festive designs in rich colors and durable papers ideal for gifts and correspondence.
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XMAS
Lity
the McGregor Co
Short Notes of Interest and Local Ads
Real Estate Erwin and Company handles listings while Jester and Home Building Co promote insurance and house repairs. Bondurant’s offers nickel plated copper fixtures, bath room accessories, wall papers, and gifts. Bondurant’s also buys Christmas knives and razors. W. A. Mallory and J. L. Arnolds advertise rental listings and paint services.
Short Notes of Interest from Local Advertisers
Fire insurance Lipscomb and Co and Leathers and Avenson offer tin work and real estate services. Wanted home seeker for Cotton School students and for barber trade learners. Rentals listed for Jester building and a six room cottage. other ads include a Christmas candy order line, an Angora goat with wagon and harness, and engines for sale. Contacts provided by Bondurant’s, Erwin & Co, Juhlin Bros, and Moter Barber College.
Dunaway Fund Reaches One Thousand Dollar Mark
The Banner fund for the late Val entine Dunaway’s widow and children has surpassed $1,000 with $1,068 total now acknowledged. Contributions yesterday added $11, as the drive nears its $1,500 goal. listed donors include Aaron Cohen and others.
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Valentine Dunaway
Letters to Santa Claus from Little Folks of Athens
A 1910 Banner feature prints child pleas to Santa Claus with requests for toys and treats. Messages from several young writers, including Will Flanagan and Arthur Flanagan, mix simple wish lists with playful signoffs and hometown notes.
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Santa Claus
Little Folks OF
Athens
Kris Kringle
Saint
Santa
Carrid
Mama
Lillie Flanagan
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