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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1905

Page

3

Skin Humors Blood Humors by Guticura

A brief item presents Skin Humors and Blood Humors attributed to Guticura. The note frames a medicinal or promotional claim in a compact card style typical of early period health notices.

Caticura Treatments Promised for Harsh Skin Ailments

An advertising notice touts Caticura Sexp Ointment and Pills as cures for torturing skin and blood humors including bad blood scrofula and infantile eruptions. It claims success where other remedies fail, appeals to parents, and lists prices and depots in London and various locations.

May use living trees as wireless masts

Major John Squires of the United States army announces experiments indicating living vegetable organisms can form part of a circuit for electric oscillations. He suggests trees could substitute for masts in wireless telegraphy by inserting two iron nails into the tree and linking the receiving apparatus between them, enabling distant messages to be read by a telephone.

San Francisco John Squires United States Army Major Squires

Hay’s Name Was Hissed At Public Meeting In Portland

At a Portland public meeting to endorse Roosevelt and Hay reconvening the Hague peace tribunal a large opposing group hissed the name of Secretary Hay. An earliest speaker charged Hay with being guided by British and European money powers. After four votes the original laudatory resolution was finally passed.

Portland Ore Roosevelt Hay Hague

Robert B Glenn to be sworn in as North Carolina governor

Robert B. Glenn of Forsyth county, elected by a large majority over Charles J. Harris, will be inaugurated January 11 as North Carolina's governor. The legislature set the date. railroads offer reduced fares and special trains for citizens and militia. Winston will send a large escort train led by the Forsyth Rifles.

Charlotte N. C Robert B. Glenn Forsyth County North Carolina Charles J. Harris Winston Forsyth Rifles Guard of Honor

Electric Bitters Promised To Cure Malaria

Sickening shivering fits of ague and malaria can be relieved by Electric Bitters a true curative tonic. It powers malaria from the system with none of quinine’s after effects. E S Munday of Henrietta Texas reports a life saved after taking Electric Bitters at local drug stores price 50c guaranteed.

E. S. Munday Henrietta Tex W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons

Faith and Medicine Clash In New York Injury Case

Arthur Griffith-Hughes, once a Christian Science advocate, is now backing medicine after a street altercation left him with a nephritis. Seven morphine injections saved him. he now recovers at home on West Ninety third Street. Police seek Clara Belle Brantley, 18, missing from Atlanta, amid suspicions of self harm related to prior drownings.

New York Arthur Griffith-Hughes Bretton Hall Eighty Sixth Street Broadway Hughes West Ninety-third Street Atlanta Clara Belle Brantley Windsor Street Sophie Klueckler Lakewood

One Killed and Another Murdered at Logansport Dance

Logansport Indiana January 2 Flor ence Mitchell shot and killed Hine Swisher early today at a road house dance near here. Both are from respectable families. Swisher danced with C L Morgan and kissed him as she left. Mitchell fired a revolver wounding Swisher, then again as she fled, and a third shot struck Swisher in the heart. Mitchell has not been captured.

Logansport Ind Ence Mitchell Hine Swisher Miss Swisher C. L. Morgan Miss Mitchell

Doan's Kidney Pills Restore Back Health Says Atlanta Man

A Atlanta shipping clerk praises Doan's Kidney Pills after relief from months of backache and kidney troubles. He describes dark, sediment filled secretions and nocturnal weakness that vanished after using the pills as directed. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.

Athens B. L. Williams Windsor Street Atlanta Dean Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo, N. Y United States Doan

Alcohol as nourishment and tuberculosis remedy discussed

Philadelphia January 2. Papers at the American Association for the Advancement of Science session cover diet, race, child labor and other themes. Dr W H Wiley, chief chemist, states alcohol in beer wine whiskey and brandy is a valued nutrient for tuberculosis patients and has been used advantageously in certain maladies.

Philadelphia W. H. Wiley Department of Agriculture

Richardson Fond of Eating Rats

Columbus, Ohio January 2. Sam Richardson in Comisky's saloon cooked two rats caught in a trap for his noon meal. He said he prefers rats to chickens and ate both after the dog killed them.

Ardson Richardson Comisky’s Sam

Brain anatomists propose a brain study society in New York

New York January 2 brain anatomists have proposed forming a society modeled on the medical autopsy society to advance human body study. Three expert anatomists have been appointed to prepare a general form of brain check and advocate family consent to preservation and study despite moral concerns.

New York Inet Tere Torite Jhiyeo Lang Coline

Car in transit nearly killed man in box car incident

James McNevitt, from near Altoona, fell asleep in a Champaign bound box car. Sealed inside, he endured five days with corn and chaff, freezing and starved, until car inspectors found him unconscious and revived him. He had sought to visit his dying daughter.

Ilfinois Altoona Champaign James McNevitt Trans

Tompkins Hurt in Runaway Accident in Charlotte

D A Tompkins a well known cotton manufacturer of Charlotte was seriously injured in a runaway accident this morning. The buggy struck a street sprinkler and was picked up by a policeman minutes later. He sustained severe bruises to the head and chest but has no broken bones and is expected to recover after being taken to his hotel.

Charlotte, C D. A. Tompkins Mr. Tompkins

Mystic Rheumatism Cure Promises Quick Relief

A claimed miracle remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia asserts cure in 1 to 3 days. The advertisement states the cause is removed and the ailment disappears after the first dose. Priced at 75 cents and 1 dollar, sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons at 105 Clayton Street.

H. R. Palmer & Sons Clayton Street

Fancy baskets and handbags on display

Readable shop notes advertise fancy baskets in satin work and infants baskets, plus Japanese handkerchief and cuff boxes. Also offered are new brooches and collar pins suitable for turning out gift items and accessories.

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Guticura Depota London Beaton Columbur Proprietors E. C. McEvoy Uity Seaboard Air Line Southern Railway Georgia Railroad Central Georgia RY J. R. Crane & Co Obert B. Glenn Clara Belly Aatley Missy Fio Mitchell Chime Dha Mattie Maren Bone Latey Science Columbus, Ohio Sam Rich Tompkins Charlotte, N. C Mee Jell-O America Mount Merrick Rosa A. von der Lieth Muel Robt, Toombs DuBose Barber Street Pringdale Bloomfield Street Milledge Avenue Childs Street Pulaski Southern Mutual J. K. Kinney Hancock and Meigs St J. T. Anderson Agt Frent Hancock Ave Express Laurens Ross Walker Street Augustaza
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