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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1912
Page
6
A promotion highlights Georgia made shoes "King Bee" and "Easy Street" from the Red Seal Shoe factory. It urges buyers to ask for two new lasts named "Ty Cobb" and "Red Rock" for better feel and durability.
William De Graff a hunchback was brought to trial in U S district court charged with the murder of Captain Charles H. Wyman of the coal barge Glendower. The crime occurred as the barge sailed from Philadelphia to Boston and the skipper’s head was crushed by a heavy instrument cast into the sea.
Dr. Reeder discusses preventable diseases with Chicago vital statistics expert Dr. St Clair Drake. Panels show 18 500 of 22 800 Chicago deaths last year from preventable illnesses and 4 929 pneumonia deaths in 1911, urging ventilation, temperance, clean air, pure water, and personal responsibility to avoid sickness.
Coach Frank Anderson announces plans to start practice for Georgia for 1912. With last year’s infield broken up and few returning players, the team faces a challenging outlook as trials begin and talent from raw candidates is awaited against strong southern schedules.
The text prescribes poulticing the carbuncle with flaxseed and goldenseal, making a deep incision, applying tincture of myrrh, and changing poultices every four hours. It advises washing the ulcer surface with witch hazel extract and borax, using a syringe to remove debris, and maintaining nourishment, exercise, and sleep in ventilated rooms to support health during suppuration.
Cochran Georgia man Tom Moore reports a bad instep sore healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The ad touts relief for running sores ulcers boils burns cuts and bruises. Available for 25 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
In Muncie Indiana on February 5 a circuit court trial pits Jesse G White a Democrat against W A O Harra the Republican sheriff of Delaware county White seeks to prove he was elected sheriff in November 1910 instead of O Harra by 89 votes The suit centers on a voting machine that reportedly registered 100 more ballots for O Harra than were cast and O Harra argues Indiana law forbids going behind the machine returns.
Wet feet can chill the nose throat and lungs and may lead to grippe bronchitis or pneumonia. Children need care as coughing may persist. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound soothes inflamed membranes and heals the cough quickly. Take no substitute. for sale by all dealers.
Megadore Ohio resident Mrs Lee Manges credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of female troubles without surgery. The ad urges women to consider the remedy for displacements inflammations irregularities and other conditions and notes confidential letters are answered by women at Lynn Massachusetts headquarters.
Palatka Florida February 5 Delegates and alternates to the Republican state convention are arriving for tomorrow’s meeting which will elect six at large delegates and six alternates to the national convention in Chicago next June. Florida Republicans are believed to unite for President Taft and will likely instruct for his renomination without dissent.
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