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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
6
Willam Zimmerman, a Postal Telegraph messenger from Dubois, proved a rabbit can swim by catching a rabbit on the island north of the Boulevard and leaping into Sandy Creek. He swam like a duck and disappeared toward his home in the rushes.
Ad warns kidney issues can hit anyone and promotes Foley’s Kidney Cure as a remedy to stop irregularities and cure bladder problems not beyond medicine’s reach. Two paragraph ad emphasizes universal risk and suggested cure.
Columbus Ga February reports show Georgia and Alabama boosting industry and construction. US Steel plans new furnaces at Ensley Alabama with Birmingham district investments. A Jesup Georgia water power project and a 500000 dollar corporation form. Dozens of new corporations, mills, bottling plants, a Cairo Georgia turpentine distillery, rail line talks, and multiple city projects across both states.
Ottawa February 5 delegates from Maritime Provinces to British Columbia attend the second convention of the National Live Stock Association of Canada. Three day sessions promise extensive discussion on export import inter provincial trade in breeding and commercial livestock. Speakers include R G Matthews Alberta Robert Sinton Regina Theodore Ross Charlottetown George H Greig Winnipeg Dr A G Hopkins Ottawa and F M Logan Victoria BC.
Noted under the National Pure Food and Drug Law the Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy is declared not affected as it contains no opiates or harmful substances. Sold by Ry a0. Sraxete February 19th.
Adjutant General A. J. Scott announces inspection dates for Georgia National Guard units and regular army officers. Inspections run Feb 24 through Apr 24 starting Atlanta February 24 and ending Columbus April 24 with dates listed for each city. One regular army officer will conduct the work.
In Leipzig a bookshop proprietor Paul Gleger vanished in November. His housekeeper Minna Doell later claimed he was in Vienna hospital, then fled as police uncovered a decomposed body in Gleger’s bed. Doell had slept with the corpse for weeks, stole 2500, and awaits arrest with a suspected lover.
Mrs. John Engleheardt of Gera Michigan recalls a severe episode with her two year old daughter who developed croup from a cold. She credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving the child's life after a dangerous choking moment.
Augusta Georgia February 5 under terms of a franchise granted to the Atlanta and Carolina Construction company the city council requires actual operation on Augusta streets two years from February 3 1908. The line from Atlanta to Augusta will run via Athens Lexington and Washington with a through service to Columbia South Carolina and a main power plant likely at Athens with steam then water power.
The Memphis Times editor asserts Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs colds and lung trouble. He claims it has achieved many permanent cures and recommends refusing anything but the genuine product sold by all druggists.
In Salem Kentucky on February 5 two hundred masked riders torched Bennett's tobacco warehouse and distillery in Ducsburg causing about forty thousand dollars in losses. They fired on the foreman's home William Groves and assaulted Henry Bennett tying him to a tree. The mob dispersed after Groves fled with his family to safety.
Ely's Cream Balm has been tried since January and is now found in thousands of homes. It sits in family medicine closets as a reliable remedy for colds in the head, providing immediate relief once sneezing begins and potentially stopping a cold from becoming chronic.
A Louisville Courier-Journal snippet notes a playful exchange about Lent and self restraint. The dialogue hints at returning to familiar habits and the need to give up something during the liturgical season.
A humorous dialogue features Captain Salter and an officer as the speaker apologizes for a wife leaving abruptly. The captain replies his wife was mistaken for a mate, but turned out to be a skipper. The exchange appears in Current Literature.
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