Real Freaky Stories Jump From Local News
A batch of odd tales includes Jack Smith coughing up a bullet after years lodged in his throat during a Fort Hill swim near Dalton Georgia. Other items report an 84 year old mother chastising her 60 year old daughter, a $6,000 telephone-disconnected case in Little Rock, a pawned $400 diamond sold for 4.25 cash, a Riverside man’s suicide, and a Monticello cow corraling a killer pickerel by tail line.
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Dalton
Bear Creek
Here
Jack Smith
Smith
Fort Hill
Chattanooga
Philadelphia
Margaret Armstrong
MacFarland
Maria Dean
Seven Years of Misery Ends After Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs Demma Bethune of Sikeston Missouri recounts seven years of monthly illness and weakness eased after taking Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The letter urges other women to try the remedy for displacements inflammation irregularities and nervous prostration once other methods failed.
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Sikeston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Demma Bethune
Soldier’s son fires bullet. father rushed for surgery
In Louisville area, Everett Thompson was hurried to hospital after a 22 caliber bullet pierced his stomach fired by his six year old son who was playing soldier with a ball. Doctors performed an operation to remove the projectile and the family fears for the father’s life. A separate item reports a lightning strike near Harpersville injuring Mrs Polly Harper and briefly knocking her unconscious, but relieving her chronic rheumatism.
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Louisville
Normandy
Everett Thompson
Harpersville
Polly Harper
Results Tell There Can Be No Doubt About the Athens Results
Athens resident Mrs J F DeLay details relief from backache and kidney trouble after using Noans Kidney Pills. She reports rapid improvement and full recovery after three boxes, endorsing Deans Kidney Pills sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sole US agents.
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Athens
J. F. DeLay
Broad St
Noan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
For Sale 50 Acre Florida Lot in Anthony Corporate Area
50 acre parcel in Anthony Florida within corporate limits near railroad, churches and school. Land yields vegetables including tomatoes cabbage cantaloupes with typical values from 300 to 500 dollars per acre. Willing to exchange for Athens property.
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Anthony, Fla
Athens
Verbal Promise to Pay Back Stolen Money Ruled Not Binding
In Georgia the court of appeals held a verbal promise to repay stolen money is not a binding civil contract. The Athens case involved two boys who took $102 from C. J. Wilkins and Frank Burns agreed to repay half if the lads stayed out of jail. Wilkins sued Burns but did not obtain a judgment.
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Atlanta
Georgia
State Court of Appeals
Athens
C. J. Wilkins
Frank Burns
Wilkins
Burns
Begg's Mustarine Promises Quick Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Begg's Mustarine as a quick cure for corns bunions and callouses and claims to relieve earache toothache backache and neuralgia in minutes. It also sells for 25 cents and is said to aid sore muscles strains sprains and stiffness without blistering.
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Begg
H. R. Palmer & Gons
Banks county race for roads and revenues officials stirs voters
In Maysville Georgia Banks county debates the proposal for commissioners of roads and revenues with a $392 cost cited by supporters versus opponents who doubt the funds suffice. Contests include for ordinary Logan Perkins challenging Senator T F Hill, for clerk C A Meeks versus Gillispie, and a four candidate sheriff race: George M Barden D H Griffin John Wood and Walter Reynolds.
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Maysville
Banks County
Commissioners of Roads
T. F. Hill
Logan Perkins
Delightful Mountain Resort Opens For Season In Georgia
White Sulphur Springs Hotel and cottages in the North Georgia mountains near the Southern Railway line opened for the season on June 15. Rates range from 10.00 to 15.00 per week. The resort features sulphur springs tennis bowling alleys and a bathing pool. Address A. N. McBride proprietor White Sulphur Ga mail address White Sulphur Gainesville Ga.
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White Sulphur Springs
North Georgia
The
Southern Railway
A. N. McBride
White Sulphur, Ga
White Sulphur
Gainesville
Thomas County Roads Praised By Engineering Expert
Professor Koch of State University’s school of engineering visited Thomasville to inspect the Big Creek bridge on the road to Moultrie. He praised Thomas County roads as better maintained and less washed than those in most nearby counties.
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Thomasville
Koch
School of Engineering
The
State University
Big Creek
Moultrie
Thomas County
Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
An advert urges readers to buy Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy now for summer emergencies. Sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
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Little Rock
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C. W. Simpson
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