Tenderfoot in the South notes and social quirks
Don Seltz surveys Southern life from New York to Charlotte. He notes red strawberry embankments in Virginia and the Carolinas, jokes about shortcake, bonnets versus pompadours, and local politics. He mentions Richmond’s busy rumors and John Skelton Williams’s building fund, plus scarce farm labor and the state of roads and saloons in Mecklenburg County. Lester Nelson credits Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung troubles, praising its long-standing reputation and availability locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charlotte
Don C. Seltz
New York Evening World
Southern Railway
Virginia
Carolinas
Richmond
Thomas F
John Skelton Willams
Mecklenburg County
North
Caroline
Lester M. Nelson
Naples
Maine
Ays
Dr. King
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Danger in Virtue and a Medical Patent Claim
A comic exchange from Philadelphia Press features Jimmy seeking a birthday gift while urged to be good. An Arkansas reader praises Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for coughs and lung trouble, claiming it cured consumption in early stages and noting satisfaction with the product.
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Jimmy
Tommy
Philadelphia Press
A. A. Herren
Finch, Ark
Foley
Poley
Sympathy Winner Story Fragment
A dialog from Pick-Me-Up shows a scheme by a wayfarer to obtain meals and clothes by fabricating a balloonist descent. The first and second wayfarers discuss the ruse, with the narrator claiming the plan guarantees sustenance and garments from any house.
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Wayfarer
A Lesson in Health and Kidney Cure Claim
An ad extols Fo ley's Kidney Cure to make sound kidneys and cure kidney and bladder diseases. It purports to strengthen the entire system and is marketed as available at all druggists.
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Foley
Lainges
Express
Avec
Paige
One Change in Georgia Delegation From Balloting
Georgia returns show Elijah B. Lewis defeated by Dudley M. Hughes by 300 to 400. Other incumbents faced safe majorities with Griggs winning in the second district and Bartlett in the sixth. Multiple counties shifted for Gordon Edwards, Griggs, Hughes, and Lee as the delegation reshapes the House slate.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Congress
Elijah B. Lewis
Dudley M. Hughes
J. M.griggs
Charles L. Bartlett
Charles Gordon Edwards
Bulloch
Burke
Chatham
Emanuel
Tattnall
E. K. Overstreet
Jenkins
Screven
W. W. Sheppard
Liberty
McIntosh
Griggs
Baker
Berrien
Calhoun
Colquitt
Decatur
Dougherty
Miller
Mitchell
Quitman
Terrell
Tift
Turner
Worth
Ss. Anderson Roddenberg
Grady
Thomas
Lewis
Crisp
Dooly
Macon
Pulaski
Wilcox
Ben Hill
Crawford
Houston
Lee
Schley
Stewart
Sumter
Taylor
Irwiges
W. C. Adamson
Leigh
Coweta
L. F. Livingston
James L. Mayson
Bartlett
Baldwin
Bible
Pike
Spaliing
Upson
C. H. B. Bloodworth
Buttley
Henry
Monroe
Gordon Lee
Goulden
W. M. Howard
Fifteenth Anniversary of Great Fargo Fire
Tomorrow marks the fifteenth anniversary of Fargo's great fire which destroyed forty two city blocks and caused three million dollars in losses. The business district was wiped out but recovery was rapid and Fargo is now a substantial flourishing city in the Northwest.
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Fargo
N. D
Northwest
Bucklen Arnica Salve Claims Quick Cure for Sore
Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga reader Tom Moore writes of a rapid recovery after applying Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to a painful instep sore. He notes a complete cure from less than half of a 25 cent box and mentions sale by Soldriver and druggists W. J. Smith & Bro. H. R. Palmer & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Tom Moore
Coch- Tan
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons Drug Stores
Sons of Veterans Annual Encampment Opens in Williamsport
Visitors pour into Williamsport as the twenty eighth annual encampment of the Pennsylvania division of the Sons of Veterans begins tomorrow. The week long program features a sham battle and a parade as the spectacular events attracting thousands of visitors.
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Sons OF Veterans
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
The
Famous Georgia Cocktails at Jack Cranston Co
A Baltimore ad lists Famous Georgia Cocktails including Manhattan gin whiskey and martini offered by Jack Cranston Co at 113 115 Mercer Street.
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Georgia
Manhattan
Jack Cranston CO
Mercer Street
Baltimore
Baltimore, Md
Fight on in South Dakota Senate Contest Heats Up
In South Dakota the stalwarts and progressives clash ahead of next Tuesday's primary to decide if Alfred B. Kittredge or Governor Crawford will hold the U.S. Senate seat. The factions also name rival state tickets and battle for congressional seats as Philo Hall and W. S. Glass run for the progressive banner while E. W. Martin and C. H. Burke head stalwart lists. If Democrats gain control of the legislature the next senator from South Dakota would be chosen in 1906 by the new body.
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South Dakota
Chicago
Kittredge
Senate
Crawford
New Hampshire
Yale
Sioux Falls
United States Senate
James H. Kyle
Huron
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Congress
Philo Hall
W. S. Glass
Codington
E. W. Martin
C. H. Burke
R. S. Vessey
H. C. Shober
S. C. Polley
C. H. Cassill
John Hinning
H. A. Astrud
S. W. Clark
O. C. Dokken
F. C. Robinson
Best Pills Ever Sold and Reading in Bed Cases
Uses anecdotes from Dr King’s New Life Pills praised by B F P Ayscue of Ingleside N C and other health notes. A light column discusses reading in bed and a comical tale of Isaac Hollar and his silent wife after a quarrel lasting fifteen years.
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Dr. King
B. FP. Ayscue
Ingleside
N. C
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Isaac Hollar
Mr. Hollar
Man Without Pulse In Arms Noted In Watertown Report
P J Donovan in charge of Watertown post office construction is claimed to be the only living man with no pulse in either arm. Doctors counted no wrist heartbeat and used other methods. The condition followed heavy lifting and contracting work with two surgeries by Dr McDill of Ogdensburg who cut and tied arteries below the throat.
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Watertown
New York Herald
P. J. Donovan
Donovan
McDill
Ogdenburg
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Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Tenderfoot
Pelt
T. FR
Independence
Lincoln County
Quarts
Hamilton ‘Co
Gibson
Hamilton Co
North Carolina
E. B. Gibson
Seventh Street
Chattanooga
Tenn
E. Main
Harges
Gal Eral
Westover
Donald Kenny
Blue Ridge
Mountain
Huron River
Maryland
Mississippi
Kelly
Alabama
District of Columbia
Allarges
Lreakage
Tidewater
Osceola
Major Comfort
Old North State
Old Valley
Bond
Phil. G. Kelly Co., Inc
Sozpiccitecsr Ce Fine Liquors
Richmond, Va
Andrew E. Lee
Vermillion
Jacksonville
New York World
Athens
Chattanooga Brewing CO
P. O
Chattanooga, Tenn
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