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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
3
A poet learns, by registered post, he won the Whirl of Fate prize and one hundred pounds. He imagines buying a seal skin, suit, tour, and shop goods for Mary, then prepares to celebrate when a second letter reveals only a request about fabric samples from his wife.
Luther Burbank leads a sweeping program of plant breeding with some 15 years of progress yielding 200 new hybrid plums 10,000 seedling crosses and many other fruits and crops. The work aims for durable scientific results from broad studies, with potential gains in science and economy noted by the Carnegie Institute Year Book.
Springfield Ohio reports a riot and race clash after the shooting of M. M. Davis by Ladd and Dean. Militia restored order but mobs torched two houses and damaged many others as hundreds mobbed central avenues prompting negroes to flee to nearby cities.
Public health notice warns against mercury based catarrh ointments and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and orally active. It emphasizes sourcing genuine products, urges consulting physicians, and notes testimonials and druggists sell points with a 25 cent price for Cheney's Expectorant cough and cold remedy.
Washington reports indicate Judge Jim Griggs will head the Democratic congressional campaign committee with about 22 of 34 votes likely, possibly without opposition. Flood supporters acknowledge Griggs strong House backing and potential unanimous election, aided by veteran organizers.
Do not neglect a bad cold and let it run the course. The cure warns that untreated colds can lead to pneumonia and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is claimed to promptly cure the cold and counteract lung trouble with sales by H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro.
A Chestnut street cobbler Charles Webert has kept lasts and foot patterns for over 2,000 customers including Henry Irving Maude Adams Julia Marlowe and Ruth White He weighs feet draws outlines and preserves a last for each client claiming feet predict futures He has made shoes for Buffalo Bill and Frank James earning 487 diplomas and medals His highest single pair price was 40 and he offers half soles while you wait Death rate in New York and Chicago section notes pneumonia deaths in November December 1903 with Foley's Honey and Tar promoted as preventive medicine
Alfred Kennedy a familiar figure in Baltimore sit years in whiskey and exposure begged his last drink today and went to Bayview for care. Once a fresco painter he told Justice Loden he was worn out and hoped to die there as a white man while a note blamed his ruin on alcohol and exposure as a Cheney's Expectorant ad blurted from the floor.
The Boston Transcript mocks the New York Dog Show for awarding a Magnificent first prize to a creature it calls not a dog. It argues breeding and garbling deform many dogs while questioning what constitutes a genuine hound.
The Original Foley Co Chicago originated Foley’s Honey and Tar a throat and lung remedy and warns against imitations. It is mildly laxative contains no opiates and is safest for children and delicate persons with all druggists selling it.
Mrs. Macbelle Lyon of Parsons Nan writes that her baby suffered months with infantile eczema starting on the head and covering the body. After failing with a family doctor, a Cutlurate treatment from Mazon Ill. led to quick improvement and eventual full recovery aside from remaining rough skin.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as a complete external and internal treatment for a range of skin issues. It promises relief from infancy to adulthood and emphasizes affordability at one dollar for a set.
Harry N. Roach once Blaine's private secretary lives in a log cabin at Bruce's Lake near Winamac Indiana. He plans to publish a life story from a zinc lined box buried in the dirt door of his cabin claiming society ruined him. He recalls Blaine Conkling Garfield and other Republican figures and complains of Washington society while asserting he has wife and child in Baltimore.
The piece asserts moon atmosphere supports life in some form though not humans. It advertises Electric Bitters as a universal tonic curing headaches biliousness malaria chills fever jaundice dyspepsia dizziness and more. Guaranteed by W J Smithro and H R Palmer agents at 50¢.
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