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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
3
A. J. Hughes of Pomerayton Ky. recounts five years of stomach trouble and severe headaches. After trying various medicines he credits Thedford's Black Draught with curing his condition in three months, praising its gentle yet effective action and urging families to keep a package on hand.
Major General Daniel E. Sickles body will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery with Third Army Corps veterans. Secretary Garrison selected the plot and the funeral will include military honors. Sickles died last Sunday after a long public life marked by the Gettysburg incident and a dramatic career from New York politics to Civil War command.
Mrs. Frank Clark of Richmond Pennsylvania reports dramatic improvement after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She suffered internal troubles nerves and insomnia but after two bottles she feels much stronger and able to work. The endorsement cites decades of use and urges other women with female ailments to try the tonic from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
The article chronicles General Sickles lifelong fame and scandal. It notes his long tenure in politics including sheriff in New York and a later congressional seat at 67. It describes domestic troubles with his daughter and a penniless Spanish nobleman, his estranged marriage, bankruptcy issues, and final days at 23 Fifth Avenue New York surrounded by war relics and a faithful servant.
Government stenographer and typewriter examination announced by R. M. Jennings, local secretary of the United States civil service. On May 19, 1914, at Athens, Ga, eligibles may be selected to fill a vacancy in the office of J. Phil Campbell, state agent for Farmers' Co-Operative Demonstration Work, Athens, Ga. Salary $600 per year.
Indigestion from improper diet is warned against as heavy greasy foods wear down digestion. The piece urges self observation and notes that proper eating restores health, illustrating a personal recovery story from indigestion.
Railroad managers urge Congress to adopt a four point system for mail transport payment. Weigh mails annually by weight and distance, pay for traveling post offices in cars, cover side and terminal messenger duties, and set definite pay scales and service terms. Aimed at ending disputes and ensuring parcel post payment. Fo ley Kidney Pills marketed with kidney health claims and a local dealer.
A big rally for farmers and citizens of Jackson County and Northeast Georgia is announced for Saturday May 9 in Jefferson. Prominent speakers include Dornblazer of Texas L M Rhodes of Tennessee Charles S Barrett national Farmers Union president and J J Brown. Organizers urge attendance promising world famous orators and a turnout of a thousand farmers.
A fragmented text mentions a house and painting and a person named Jack or Donald, but details are incomplete and no clear event or outcome is discernible.
Atlanta on May 8 stages a thrift fundraiser labeled Tag Day led by a committee of charity-minded women. They plan to canvas streets with hundreds of local maids and matrons collecting donations to care for orphans, adopting a playful yet provocative approach to raise funds.
An advertisement from Nevof Talmage Hardware Co. urges homeowners to start painting now, noting two parts to a job the paint and the work with the work costing about three fifths. It laments men waiting for higher pay while real costs and timing favor timely effort.
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