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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1903
Page
3
A vivid account contrasts New York’s lower district at night with a daytime view, noting gaslit streets, elevated trains, and night hawkers. The piece recalls Sewell Ford on horses and urban life, then shifts to miscellaneous anecdotes and ads including a tale of Ingersoll, a botanic cure, and rural neglect of fruit trees.
A mosaic of maxims and testimonials. It mixes philosophical lines on character with farming proverbs and moral reflection. The page promotes Dr King's New Discovery for lung and throat issues with a testimonial from Mrs C. B. Vanmetre and notes free trials and standard drugstore pricing.
Beginning May 17 1903 and ending October 15 1903 the Seaboard Air Line Railway offers Sunday round trip tickets to Atlanta for 1.00. Tickets valid on train 41 leaving Athens at 5 85 city time. Agents J Z Hoke Athens W E Obrium Atlanta O B Ryan Portsmouth Va.
A Springfield Alabama mother recounts using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for three children including a three month old with whooping cough last summer. She says all stayed plump and healthier than others whose parents did not use the remedy and notes the oldest daughter called for cough syrup between whoops. The ad states the remedy is sold by all druggists.
Kentuckians boast fast horses whiskey and women yet Clifton flour from native Kentucky wheat proves the state’s unexcelled product Wingfield Cash Grocery sells it in this city.
A discussion of old beliefs in natural history as critiqued by Sir Thomas Browne in Inquiries Into Vulgar and Common Errors. The essay notes how many imagined creatures and dangers arose from dubious reasoning, including basilisk myths and fantastical seeds spreading pests.
A collage of old patent medicine claims for Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles diabetes and related ailments with mail order options and testimonials. Separate notes promote Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming mercury free internal action and nationwide druggist sales. Also short jokes and a medical anecdote section appear among the clippings.
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