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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1906
Page
3
A late March report discusses Tom W protest and John Williams pointing to the danger of current representation in Congress. Debate centers on the electoral college and southern representation, with consideration of how shifts in power affect river, barber, and rural free delivery issues.
A Georgia article argues for state action to establish a Farm Colony to rehabilitate and protect mentally challenged children. The piece notes many are poor or orphaned and that existing orphan homes are insufficient, urging the next legislature to provide humane care and prevent further suffering.
The article asserts the moon has an atmosphere enabling some life but not humans. It then shifts to a patent medicine advertisement for Electric Bitters claiming to cure headaches biliousness malaria chills fever jaundice dyspepsia dizziness torpid liver kidney complaints debility and female weakness with a general tonic effect.
Market notes from Athens show mixed spots while New Orleans reports Liverpool cotton trading. The piece highlights selling by Egyptian interests, a firm local tone despite weather woes, and cautious outlook on further gains amid suspected manipulation in the cotton market.
New York reports Liverpool opened at 1 to 2 points higher with steady early trade. US market opened steady to four points lower but showed better than cables. May futures rose to 11.22 with July at 11.20 as shorts aided bulls before a second hour reaction from favorable weather and crop reports.
Washington reports postmaster general orders delaying mail to fifty two illegal medical offices in New York and Brooklyn and blocking mail addressed to fictitious names. Inspectors tracked evidence to close these operations, previously barred in Boston and Philadelphia, with links to murder cases and dope fronts. The crackdown cites high daily operations and weekly incomes up to two thousand dollars.
Henry Croll Jr of Beaverton Michigan fell ill with bowel trouble while traveling in Suffolk Virginia. A traveling salesman recommended Chamberlain's Cough Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which cured him. He urges others to carry a bottle when traveling as it may be needed and isn’t readily available on ships or cars. Sold by H R Palmer Sons and W J Smith & Bro.
W W Kearney of the Independent Lowry City Missouri urges every family to keep Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy at hand to check colds early and prevent croup in children. The product is sold by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro.
Ida La Due, 25, linked to the Savannah man Grant La Due case, traveled from Syracuse to Cleveland to reach Martin Castle. Castle, imprisoned for bigamy, allegedly received saws hidden in a cake box via Mrs La Due to break him out. she faced grand jury action after July and January proceedings.
A historical notice warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury as harmful to smell and the whole system. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, claiming it contains no mercury and is taken internally. Testimonials free and available through druggists. Price 75 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Cold care warning urges prompt treatment to prevent pneumonia. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is advertised as the cure for a cold and to counteract lung danger. Sold locally by H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro.
An eczema sufferer details a dramatic recovery after five weeks using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After failing at a hospital, the treatment cleared skin from scalp to hips, restored employment potential, and prompted simple nightly regimens with Cuticura Vintment and Soap.
The Cincinnati Enquirer offers a free six page wall chart set valued at 2.50 with nine maps including Ohio and U S maps, world rulers, and a Russian Japanese War district map. A subscription offer available for one dollar or a one fold subscription, with agents invited to solicit orders.
Sanitary Inspector A M Center urges citizens to follow the hog pen ordinance. From April 1 to October 1 no pen may house more than two hogs unless it is at least forty feet square.
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