Shoes on sale offer variety and discounts
Readable fragment shows footwear sale items including ladies comfort shoes in four styles priced around 1.35 and odd lot shoes on bar gain counter at 1.95, marked down from 2.50 to 3.00.
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1905
Page
3
Readable fragment shows footwear sale items including ladies comfort shoes in four styles priced around 1.35 and odd lot shoes on bar gain counter at 1.95, marked down from 2.50 to 3.00.
A Harlan Michigan merchant Geo L Chubb endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy calling it the best cough medicine he has used. The ad claims it will cure a cough or cold faster than any other treatment and suggests keeping it at home for quick relief.
Bristol Tennessee reports a trio of vanishings in the Black Mountain area spanning 1903 and beyond. J Harvey Wood travels toward Pennington Gap while local kin await word. Earlier cases include Edward L Wentz and John B Gearhard, with unresolved fates and lingering mystery.
In Dubois Pennsylvania on May 20 Bert Brown jealous of his sweetheart writes a death note naming rival Charlie and describes a supposed fatal railroad accident. He and companion John Friedman step aside for a freight train and are struck by a second passenger train, both killed.
J E Stearns of Belle Plaine Minnesota reports a friend suffered severe blood poisoning from a hand injury. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve drew out the poison and healed the wound, claimed to save a life. Sold by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Jones Drug Store.
Chicago housing conflict ends with Chas Prosser seeking divorce from Anne Prosser amid reported chair smashing and other denials of support for his devotions. In Indiana, a pigeon on Logansport courthouse clock stopped the town clock for an hour, delaying residents until the janitor removed the bird and restarted the mechanism.
In Louisville on May 20 Will Bridger was fined $5 in the police court after punching his wife in a dispute over onion salad dressing. Bridger said he intended to attend a party but felt unwanted after eating the salad and an argument followed, leading to his arrest.
Fragmentary text hints at a question about whether a proposal occurred before or after a kiss with Maud. The passage is garbled and references unclear names and details, offering no verifiable events or context.
Lemon City resident C B Wainwright writes manufacturers claiming Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy gives better results for stomach pains colic and cholera morbus when taken in water as hot as possible. He says this method doubles the rapidity of relief and reaches the right spot instantly.
Johann Hoch, a notorious bigamist accused of marrying numerous women, was found guilty of murder in Judge Kersten's court. The jury recommended the death sentence for the killing of his last wife, Marie Welcher Hoch, after Hoch allegedly poisoned her with arsenic and fled with her sister's money.
Columbus, May 20. John Clark died at the City Infirmary from complications after eating a portion of his hat while in delirium tremens. Police report he chewed pieces as he was arrested, raved when his hat was taken, and was moved to the infirmary for treatment.
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