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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1909

Page

8

Sale Continues Today at Discounted Prices

A local sale advertises continued discounts with items priced at 2.50 and a choice option at 0.98. The notice highlights ongoing deals and invites shoppers to visit the store today for продолжение savings.

Tradesman List Details Big Southern Industry Growth

Chattanooga report lists numerous new Southern ventures with capitalization of 100000 dollars or more. Includes Virginia power plant and mining firms, Texas sugar mill, North Carolina land and furniture plants, Missouri tobacco and machinery firms, Mississippi lumber and storage, Florida land and telephone schemes, Alabama investment outfits, and numerous others across Georgia Kentucky Arkansas Oklahoma Tennessee Texas Louisiana Missouri and beyond with varied manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure projects. Many entries note specific cities and company types such as canning plants, electric light operations, furniture factories, and land development firms.

Chattanooga Tenn Wade South Virginia Texas North Carolina Missouri Mississippi Florida Alabama Abama Leslie Coal Hill—Mining Company Eureka Springs DeWitt—Rice Mill Fort Smith Leola Pocahontas Bartow Jacksonville Perry Pensacola Bonifay Tampa Union Hardware and Implement Company St. Louis Tobacco Company Land Company Kansas City Jopin High Point Brevard Lumberton Canton Maxton Webster Goldisboro Oklahoma Spiro—Oil Company Chandler Wetumka Mannford Oklahoma City Muskogee Tennessee Binghamton Humboldt—Manufacturing Company Rockford Memphis Brownsville Hardware and Furniture Company Bristol Wharton Plagerville Hondo Dallas Fort Worth Terrell Arkansas Pass Jefferson Fce, Light and Power Company Sweetwater Orange—Oil Company Rockdale—Mining Company Lexington San Benito Stacy Nocona—Hardware and Implement Company Tyler Rotan—Water Works Winesap—Mining Company Ellersons Richmond Emporia Roanoke

Wakefield 4000 dollar telephone system in WV

A fragment from a 1900s style page notes Wakefield's 4000 dollar telephone system in West Virginia and a Fairmont mining company. It then recounts a crude anecdote about Rockefeller and a driver Timothy, linked to a government suit against Standard Oil and a horse stall cobweb joke.

Wakefield West Virginia Fairmont—Mining Company John D. Rockefeller Standard Oil Company New York Tribune Rockefeller Timothy

Grape-Nuts Help Woman Save Health and Job

An Oklahoma woman describes near resignation due to severe stomach distress. After trying Grape-Nuts and cream alone, her burning stomach pain vanished, she continued work and gained 26 pounds in three months, crediting the food and Postum Co. with renewed health.

Oklahoma Postum Co Battle Creek Mich Wellville

Market quotes and reflections from a bachelor column

Market notes list ex change ruling prices for cotton with regional quotes from New York Chicago and Southern ports. Reflections of a Bachelor column offers comic lines about women and domestic life from the New York Press.

Liverpool New York New York Press Senate

HyomeiNo Pay Catarrh Remedy Endorsed by Mrs Karberg

Michigan woman Mrs E Karberg of Ann Arbor reports Hyomei cured her chronic catarrh affecting head nose and eyes. Ad touts Hyomei as a dry antiseptic inhaled air that relieves inflammation and stops snuffles and coughing. Complete outfit with inhaler priced at $1.00 from H R Palmer & Sons.

H. R. Palmer & Sons E. Karbert Kingsley St Ann Arbor

Claims authorship of Lincoln yarn story evolves

Chicago dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer notes the Rev. David C. Marquis of McCormick Theologies Seminary claims he originated a popular Lincoln tale about a dog tail. Dr. Stevens recounts a Hampton Roads conference version, and Marquis says Lincoln later credited the tale. Also advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Remedy cures kidney or bladder trouble if treated promptly.

Lincoln Chicago Dispatch Philadelphia Inquirer David C. Marquis McCormick Theologies Stevens Hampton Roads Dr. Marquis

Jones against Johnson in Southern Georgia court

Justice Bluff calls for the defendant in a case about stolen chickens found in a complainant’s possession. The accused William Johnson pleads poverty and fear of a court-appointed lawyer, insisting he wants to defend himself to enjoy the chickens. The tale mocks courtroom procedure with a humorous, dialect-filled exchange.

William Justice Bluff Georgia Harper's Weekly Jones Johnson Dr. Jones William Johnson Willyram Johns

Foley’s Honey and Tar Remains Trusted Cough Remedy

The advertisement urges choosing Foley’s Honey and Tar over unknown remedies, claiming it is safe and drug free and that it cures obstinate coughs and colds. It notes the product costs no more and is sold by all druggists.

Foley

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