Thanksgiving Day notices and political chatter in Athens
The item surveys subscription notices and carrier practices, praises Thanksgiving, and comments on Georgia football, Atlanta mayoral mudslinging, Rockefeller, Tall, and Uncle Joe Cannon. It also notes Georgia farmers urged to attend cotton and roads schools, Athens housing demand, welcome to new Methodist preachers, and university extension lectures. Official election returns show Republicans winning Georgia districts nine and seven, with expectations of a Democratic realignment in four years.
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Farmers of Georgia
Farmer's Conference
Good Roads
University of Georgia
Georgia
China Friendship Grows From US Indemnity Return
The United States kept enough of the fourteen million dollars paid as China's Boxer indemnity to cover military costs and return the remainder. China plans to send a high official to thank President Roosevelt and the American people, signaling stronger future ties and cooperation. The note then shifts to a separate legal dispute over Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller, with expectations that Rockefeller will prevail.
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America
China
Uncle Sam
United States
Roosevelt
Thomas L Hisgen Independence party candidate noted
Thomas L Hisgen born Petersburg Indiana November 26 1838. Moved to Albany New York at 16 and worked as a clothing store clerk. Later earned capital and entered oil business in Springfield Massachusetts gaining prominence for opposing Standard Oil. In 1907 he ran for Massachusetts governor as Independence League candidate and had the second largest vote among governors candidates.
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Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence Party
Petersburg
Ind
Albany
XN. Y
Hisgen
Springfield
Mass
Standard Oil Company
Independence League
Massachusetts
Stomach and Liver Tablets Offered For Relief
Advertisement notes sick headache linked to stomach disorder and promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Free sample offered at H. R. Palmer & Sons drug stores Warren J. Smith & src E. C. McEvoy L. P. Canning's Drug stores. Try it.
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Chamberain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Sir Drug Co
Warren J. Smith & Src
E. C. McEvoy
L. P. Canning
Card explains eye injuries from colliding with everyday objects
The New Orleans Picayune notes a humorous idea: a man with an eye injury can buy a card listing absurd possible causes from a stationer. Explanations include a brick house colliding, a baby’s colic, or rescuing orphans, among others, all offered as explanations for why he was hurt.
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America
New Orleans Picayune
Hall's Catarrh Cure Fifty Cent Trial Ad
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co to pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimony dated December 6, 1886 before Notary A W Gleason. Company sells internally treated cure. address Toledo Ohio. price seventy five cents. includes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Paris Fur Hat Rescues Ill Woman in Cleveland
In the Cleveland Plain Dealer tale a sick woman’s crisis is abated when her husband enlists a Paris fur hat delivery from Mme Merrywid. A trim courier arrives with the box just as the doctor doubted recovery, and the patient regains strength moments later.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jane
Mme. Merrywid
Paris
Fording the Stream and the Kaffir Stone Tale
A reader recalls a tall tale from the New York Press about Roosevelt and forty officers fording a stream with trinkets on a head as a mock procession. John Donaldson recounts a Kaffir country native who balances a heavy stone on his head and walks through a torrent while soldiers attempt the crossing.
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New York
Roosevelt
San Juan
John Donaldson
Mr. Hoolfa
Kaffir Country
Hoolfa
Specter Moose Seen Near Lobster Lake Maine Legend Grows
Bangor reports sightings of the giant moose dubbed the spatter moose near Lobster Lake. Descriptions from guides and hunters claim antlers at least ten feet wide, a neck bell 18 inches long, and a weight possibly 2000 pounds, with the creature standing around fifteen feet high.
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Bangor
New York Times
Maine
Lobster Lake
George H. Houston
Clarence Duffy
Oldtown
Duffy
John Ross
Big Lobster
Little Lobster Lakes
Granville Gray
Gilman Brown
West Newbury
Mass
Brown
British Columbia
How to Treat a Sprain and Relief Claims
How to Treat a Sprain discusses using Chamberlain's Liniment to relieve sprains swellings and lameness. It claims inflammation and soreness are reduced enabling a cure in about one third the usual time and lists 25 and 60 cent sizes sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co Warren J. Smith & Bro C. McEvoy and L. P. Canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
Warren J. Smith & Bro
C. McEvoy
L. P. Canning
Charity Rejection Highlights Hard Times Exchange
An insurance man recalls offering two nickels to a hungry man who refused the coins saying he never accepts less than a quarter. The man explained he was out of work for three months and only accepts higher offers, revealing perceptions of value and pride amid hardship.
Chamberlain’s the Most Popular Remedy Ad
An advertisement proclaims Chamberlain's remedy as preferred for colic and diarrhoea. It lists sellers H R Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co Warren J Smith & Bro and C McEvoy and P Canning and notes the product in stock at their outlets.
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the Athens
Jd. Rowe
Athens Daily Banner
Auburn
Montgomery
Georgia Boys
Atlanta
Maddox
Woodward
Mr. Rockefeller
Uncle Joe Cannon
Mr. Tall
Uncle Joe
Savannah
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
John D
Athens
Standard Oil Co
Philadelphia
Joseph Black
Edinburgh
Scotland
Bordeaux
France
Oliver Ellsworth
Bushbrod Washington
George Washington
Virginia
Hunter's Hill
Madame Patti
St. Louis World's Fair
Thomas L. Fisgen
Tutt’s
Foley
Bears
Orr’s School
Pulaski and
Docherty Streets
S P. Orr
John L. Arnold
Clayton and
Jackson Streets
M. Stern
M. G. Michael
A. Mell
B. Y. Harris
The
Athens Savings Bank
Deupree Hunnicutt
W. T. Bryan
H. Phinizy
M. G. Michael, J. A. Hunnicutt, T. S. Mell, J. F. Edwards
Meadow-Crest Dairy
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
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