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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1905
Page
4
A Brooklyn man recalls five months of facial eczema and confinement until Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent restored his skin in a month. He claims the treatment removed all scales and allowed him to resume normal life.
The advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as cures for eczema psoriasis scalp pimples ringworm milk crust tetter and other skin troubles. It claims immediate relief speedy permanent cure safety purity and economy making them standard cures worldwide.
Edward Bradfield forced entry at Mrs. Amelia Barnes home and was spray burned with lye. He suffered severe eye injury and facial burns, leaving him temporarily blind and prompting no prosecution from him.
Startling but true notice warns of deadly pneumonia cases from colds and influenza. It cites Chicago theatre fires and high mortality, urging timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to ward off pneumonia, with a testimonial from Laura Wilcox of Logan New York and local sellers listed.
Boston Transcript mentions CHE NEY'S EXpectorant for asthma and references local humor about names for a chauffeur, including Uncle Joseph, in a casual exchange.
Carrollton Ohio February 2 Mrs Pussey Pennock of Minerva identifies a photo as Alice Webb Duke wife of Brodie Duke. Alice’s life includes four marriages, three divorces, art study in San Francisco, Klondike gold rush reporting, and a later marriage to Webb before meeting Duke.
A notice lists an apartment hotel opening February 1 on Prince Avenue beyond the street with 19 large rooms, five bathrooms, and electric facilities managed by Mrs. D. E. ce W. P. Jackson. Various grocery and cookware ads tout Majestic Range demonstrations, fruits, canned goods, and new crop seeds at Williamson’s and Bailey Supply Co. Stray cow alert posted by G. M. Booth.
News reports from Mukden and Korea describe heavy Japanese attacks and Russian setbacks. At Sandiau the Japanese failed to drive off the Russians, with ten attacking battalions repulsed and Russian losses tallied at about 13,000. Other dispatches indicate Russian troops retreating to Songjin after destroying a telegraph line and rumors of limited campaign plans on the Korean coast.
In this ad style snippet the article extols happiness not in rich mansions but in middle class comforts. It promotes Green's August Flower as a universal family tonic for stomach issues such as indigestion dyspepsia constipation and loss of appetite with claims that druggists stock it.
St Petersburg reports the retirement of interior minister Prince Sviatopolk Mirsky. The press calls his tenure a ministry of good intention and notes its brief duration. In the Far East, Japanese forces near Dziantehan suffer defeats with many killed and wounded. Local humor and dialect exchanges appear in the Detroit and Judge papers.
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