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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1903
Page
8
State Entomologist W. M. Scott reports a lime sulphur salt wash as a summer remedy for San Jose scale on peaches. The mix, ready for brush application, slows scale breeding, with best results after fruit removal and in August, while avoiding foliage contact.
After LaGrippe a healthful diet is urged with corroded tissues to be rebuilt by consuming the most nutritious flour. Clifton promotes a Kentucky wheat flour claimed to digest quickly and nourish the blood. Winefid Grocery supplies the product.
Dr James William Kidd of Fort Wayne Indiana announces a universal remedy named Elixir of Life. He claims it cures rheumatism neuralgia stomach diseases and more and offers free bottles by mail upon request with no risk.
Beginning Sunday May 17 and through October 15 1903 the Seaboard Air Line Railway will sell round trip tickets to Atlanta for 1.00. Tickets depart train 41 from Athens at 5 85 city time with a good return date of sale. J Z Hoke Agent Athens GA W E Christian AGP Atlanta GA OG B Ryan GPA Portsmouth VA
Southern Railway offers tickets to Asheville North Carolina and return for one fare plus 25 cents from Athens. Fares start at $6.85 with travel dates June 11 to 13 and return by June 25. Inquiries to R W Sizer Athens Ga agent or home officials H Tayloe and S Hardwick in Atlanta and Washington D C.
State departments of agriculture assess peach crops in mid April. California forecasts normal overall with late ripening. Delaware and Illinois predict heavy losses. Massachusetts expects virtually no harvest. New Jersey around 25 to 80 percent of average. North Carolina about 60 percent. Ohio about 77 percent of average. Texas half crop. Virginia and West Virginia show reduced yields. Georgia ner notes improving prospects but light in north.
An Atlanta Georgia drug advertisement touts Dr Bigger's Huckleberry Cordial as a universal stomach and bowel remedy for dysentery diarrhoea and flux. It promotes 25 and 50 cent bottles sold by Haltiwanger Taylor Drug Co and quotes ex chief justice O E Lochrane endorsing the product for summer use.
A. L. Mitchell, county commissioner, invites Clarke County residents to help compile an official roster of Confederate soldiers from the county. He asks for names and service details of those in county companies or residents who joined elsewhere, with contact at the Insurance Building in Athens, Georgia.
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