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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1891
Page
3
A reflective piece ponders the nature of a bore as an utterly uninteresting person and explores how people describe farewells. It cites a young lady’s remark that “People are bores” and laments the overuse of the word donate while contrasting genuine goodbyes with insincere farewells.
An old time piece contrasts belief in magical cures with the promise of Dr. Westmoreland's Calisaya Nelse. The remedy, prepared from a reader-claimed formula, purports to aid digestion, restore appetite, and strengthen the weak system. Sold by L. J. Sledge & Co. and R. C. Orr.
A fragmented poem recalls a couple roaming rural lanes and sharing music and love. The speaker remembers long summer days, hedge rests, robins, dewberries, and hay. Farmers wives listen at dusk as violin and song sustain a homeless romance across a fading era.
An old man recalls the Cedar Creek mill built by Ben White, its ruin now a cabbage patch. He shares memories of wartime service with Stonewall, breakfast with Mrs White and Kitty, and a perilous flood wheel accident that changed his life with Kitty forever.
A Chicago News account recalls a couple’s near drowning near a wheel mill, their romance sparked in danger, and a later life on Cedar Creek farm where Ben and Martha lie. The story weaves the old mill into a family legacy as the couple’s daughter Kitty grows into a wife.
An old gentleman praises B B B as a life and strength booster for men and women, claiming it revives vitality in spring. The ad cites P A Shepherd of Norfolk Va who says his family has kept it for two years without a doctor.
Notice states posting or tucking bills on telephone poles is prohibited and violators will be prosecuted. Signed by H C Conway, petitioner.
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