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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1904
Page
6
Advertises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a sole remedy for female weakness prolapse and leucorrhea with a $500 cure guarantee. Promotes mail order from Common Sense Medical Adviser and Dr. Pierce with offer to pay if not cured.
Social happenings fill the page with visits from Mrs Graves Stephenson and others. Marriages noted include Alma Hauser to Hinton Booth, with a quiet home ceremony and departure to Statesboro. Various out-of-town guests visit Athens as speakers, lecturers, and family reunions unfold at homes and churches.
When seeking wedding presents for relatives and friends, consider C. A. Scudder, Jeweler. The shop promises satisfaction with every visitor and highlights quality, style, beauty, real worth, and fair prices on purchased articles.
A Philadelphia Ledger item blends a courtroom style line about a kiss and a joke on minutes with a stray note on India's sacred fires. Dialogues feature two congressmen's daughters and a playful verdict by Judge tied to eyes and a nose.
LaGrange Georgia resident P A Danforth suffered a six month frightful sore on his leg and reports Becklen’s Arnica Salve cured it in five days. The advert promotes the salve for ulcers wounds and piles and lists local druggists HR Palmer & Sons WJ Smith & Bro as retailers.
An old advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a great vitalizer curing stomach disorders, weakness, and blood conditions. It also references Keen's acout Hower as a popular remedy and promotes a tonic for various ailments with testimonials and lofty claims.
A noted natural history writer describes a tiny canine member as exceptionally small and nearly unbelievable to strangers. He compares it to a white woolen toy doll on bellows that, when pressed, emits an indistinct sound meant to imitate a bark.
A father asks what happened to his sister and her four year old son, and a motherly reply downplays the worry by saying she will be found when the house is swept. The exchange reads like a domestic vignette with a darkly humorous undertone.
A playful exchange between a woman and a man about ugliness and gifts highlights how small moments reveal character. The dialogue underlines humor in social tact and the value of thoughtful behavior in everyday life.
An anonymous note from Millville Indiana quotes S T Powers claiming Cheney’s Expect orant is the best cough medicine tried. The writer says they tested it and agree with the compliment and passes the endorsement along.
Promote CALIFORNIA PRUNE WAFERS as a laxative and digestive aid. Claims include curing bowel troubles biliousness bad breath and indigestion by dissolving foods and cleansing the system. Suggests daily use after meals with price 100 wafers for 25c and notes reduced doctor bills.
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