Metropolis Fights Food Price Graft and Crime Surge
New York launches a broad campaign against food price extortion led by the Special Grand Jury and city agencies. Milk and beef barons retreat as prices are cut cent by cent while garroting and highway robbery spark public panic. Legal combatants Osborne and Littleton prepare for the Allds Conger bribery inquiry, promising a high stakes battle in the city’s graft saga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Warner van Norden
Fifth Avenue
Gotham
Jesse James
Bingham
Father Knickerbocker
Tammany Town
Allds-Conger
James W. Osborne
Martin W. Litteton
Jim Osborne
Moliineux
Patrick
Civil unrest described amid crowd on the block
A terse account references a brigade of stone masons and iron workers seeking to impinge thereon with an ornate gate frame. The text notes that more briefs than blood have been drawn in this civil warfare, while a constant crowd provides amusement by the fare.
Parisian Sage advertised as hair remedy in 1909 letter
A Belleville Ont note from August 21 1909 praises Parisian Sage claiming it regrew hair on a bald spot after one bottle. Readers of the Banner report the Giroux Mfg Co and H R Palmer & Sons disclaim guarantees to regrow hair while promising to stop falling hair dandruff and itching scalp. Large bottles priced 50 cents available at druggists and Palmers stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sear Armstrong
Belleville Horshoe and Roling Mill Co
Belleville
Ont
The
Giroux Mfg. Co
Armstrong
H. R. Palmer & Sons
H. R. Palmver & Sons
Athens Compress Company Seeks Stock Increase and Debt Approval
The Athens Compress Company asks the Georgia Railroad Commission for formal approval to issue 25000 dollars in additional common stock, declare a stock dividend of that amount, issue 50000 dollars in preferred stock, and approve debts payable beyond twelve months. A hearing is set for February 16, 1910 at 10:00 A.M. at the Commission's Atlanta office, with B F Hardeman as secretary and Cobb and Erwin as attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Compress Company
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia
Athens Compress CO
B. F. Hardeman
Cobb & Erwin
General Wilder's 80th Birthday Celebrated in Knoxville
General John T. Wilder, famed head of Wilder's Brigade in the Civil War, marked his eightieth birthday in Knoxville Tenn. He has been a Knoxvillian since the war's end and is recognized as a leading capitalist and manufacturer in the region. Wilder began as a private in Indiana, rose to captain and then colonel in 1862, forced Bragg to evacuate Tennessee, guided Rosecrans' forces to Chattanooga, and led his brigade through Chickamauga.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John T. Wilder
Wilder
South
Indiana
Bragg
Tennessee
Rosecrans
Chattaurooga
Chickamauga
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures LaGrippe Coughs
A brief note claims Foley's Honey and Tar relieves LaGrippe pains loud coughs and strains. It touts the remedy as mild laxative, safe and certain with prompt results.
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Foley
New College Head Installations Spark National Delegates
Worcester January 31 official delegates from many colleges arrive for the inauguration of Dr Edmund C Sanford as Clark College president. Attending are Ira Remsen Johns Hopkins Lar Olivet Richey Purdue Hill Missouri E B Delabarre Brown Reed Dickinson Needham George Washington Lowell Harvard McCracken NYU Titchener Cornell Atkinson Brooklyn Polytechnic Seale Smith College.
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Worcester, Maes
Edmund C. Sanford
Clark College
Ira Remsen
Johns Hopking University
Lar
Olivet College
Profesor Richey
Purdue University
Hill
University of Missouri
E. B. Delabarre
Brown University
Reed
Dickinson College
Need
Dean's Kidney Pills Improve Back Aches in Athens
Athens readers learn Dean's Kidney Pills help back pain and kidney symptoms. J P Martin of 671 Thomas St. Athens testifies the remedy relieved his back pains and kidney secretions after using Palmer & Sons drugstore supply. Sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Athens
J.P. “Martin
Thomas St
Palmer & Sons
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Stuart's Buchy and Juniper Compound Ad
An old ad copy touts Stuart's Buchy and Juniper Compound for liver and kidney troubles claiming relief from Brights Disease and prices at $1.00. The text repeats the claim twice, as printed. It references New York and a pool world championship match in New York with Thomas Heuston and Jerome Keough, mentioning a $1,000 purse and three-night event.
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Stuart
Brights
New York
Thomas Heuston
Jerome Keough
Rochester
Houston
Keough
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Sgt Sen
Georgia Railroad
Traina City
John Potts & Son
C. P
E. P. Taylor
College Ave
V. L. Darby, M. D
Southern Mutual
Athens Hardware Co
R. H
J. R. Crane & Co
Home Building Company
Corner Broad
Lumpkin Stree
Bulding
Clarence N. Walker
American School « Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
A. 'T Still
Science
Athens, Ga
E. C. Kinnegsrew
Cerner Lumekin
J.P., Wilson
Metropolis
Mr. Armstrong
General Wilder
Rocker
Boston
Miller Furniture Company
House of
Athens Transfer & Livery Co
Clayton St
Griffith & Welch
W. A. Mallory
Dornblatt Plumbing Co
Lucy Cobb Institute
Harris St
Milledge
R. T.goodwyn
John L. Arnold
Clayton and
Jackson Streets
J. P. Waldrep
E.H. Dorsey
the Cobb Place
Corner
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