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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1903

Page

6

Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery touted for blood cleansing

A reader from Mieens West Virginia praises Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for curing scrofula erysipelas and skin eruptions. He claims weight gain from 130 to 175 pounds after six bottles and three vials of Pleasant Pellets. Asserts the medicine purifies blood, aids glands, and boosts overall health. Signals free medical adviser book offer with stamps.

Dr. Pierce Hilary Koons Mieens W.va Pierce Common Sense R. V. Pierce

Truss Fitting Service Promises Perfect Fit At Low Cost

A local shop advertises five years of private fitting rooms for hernia trusses and claims to have relieved numerous ill fitting devices. It offers expert fitting at no charge and a reasonable price for trusses, along with a wide stock of stockings bandages crutches and physicians supplies.

Local Society and visiting notes from the region

Society items include Mrs H T Hoggins returning from a visit to her father in White County and planning to go back soon. Visits by Mr and Mrs Hugh Price of High Shoals to Judge and Mrs Hamilton McWhorter. Mrs O Geisburg of Anderson, S C visiting her daughter Mrs Sol Boley. Ex President Powers of the University of Alabama returns from Athens. Mrs A L Franklin to winter with her mother Mrs J J Chandler. Delegates for Laura Rutherford Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy to the Georgia Division will travel to Atlanta next Tuesday morning. Mrs A H Davison’s condition remains unchanged. Several local notices follow about minor injuries, visits, illnesses, and travel.

Laura Rutherford The Daughters of the Confederacy Georgia Atlanta

A Crutch to Old Age in Ark Advertisement

A reader from Little Rock Arkansas reports how Cheney's Expectorant eased his grandfather's throat and lung inflammation and persistent coughing. The testimony credits a single bottle with removing the cough and soothing throat and lungs.

Cheney R. L. Brewster Little Rock Ark

Dr Nathaniel Garnet Slaughter Dentist

Dr Nathaniel Garnet Slaughter practices dentistry at Over Turger and Hodgson.

Nathaniel Garnet Slaughter Over Turger & Hodgson

Special Savings at Davison and Lowes

Advertises numerous discounted items including 200 pairs fleeced blankets at 95c, wool blankets priced to $6, cassimere boys pants at 35c, 1000 yards wool dress goods on sale, fine wool dress goods at 752, 2000 pairs children’s ribbed hose 2c, assorted cotton dress goods, fine satins at 10c, white quilts at various sale prices, corsets, Smyrna rage, and ladies tailor made suits priced well below normal, with emphasis on value versus worth.

Georgia State fair opens with large, rival county exhibits

Macon Ga October 22 Large crowds attend the Georgia State fair opening day. Exhibits from fourteen counties fill the new and existing fair buildings. A $1500 prize awaits the county showing the best overall display, with counties Bartow Cobb Spaulding Jones Bibb Twiggs Laurens Balloch Houston Worth Telfair Dodge Meriwether and Troup competing.

Macon Bartow Cobb Spaulding Jones Bibb Twiggs Laurens Balloch Houston Worth Telfair Dodge Meriwether Troup

First Cost Not the Cheapest Flour Test

A brief ad discusses Clifton flour as not the cheapest upfront but cheaper overall because a sack yields more bread and uses less lard and soda. It claims Clifton costs a bit more yet saves money in use and invites readers to test the claim. Also reports Wingfield Cash Grocery gained forty pounds in thirty days by using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for an uncleared digestion issue. The testimonial notes full recovery and lists H. R. Palmer & Son and W. J. Smith & Bro as sellers.

Clifton Wingfield Cash Grocery Chamberlain Holly Bros., Merchants Long Branch H. R. Palmer & Son W. J. Smith & Bro

Also Mentioned on This Page

H. R. Palmer & Sons Clayton Street M’gregor Press the McGregor Press D.W. McGregor Prop J. R. William H. T. Hoggins White County Hugh Price High Shhoals Hamilton McWhorter Mrs. O. Geisburg Anderson, S. C Mrs Sol Boley Daughterly Street Pres. Powers University of Alabama Athens A.L. Franklin J. J . Chandler A. H. Davison J. C. Mount Three Mile Bay N. Y George L. Freeman Toledo, Ohio J. T. Hart H. H. Linton Mr. S. T. Philpot Nashville, Tenn T. A. Glore Mabelton, Ga D. W. McGregor E E. Jones Crawford J. R. Crawford Barberville Family Ine P.stone S. Lumpkin St E. H. Dorsey C. A. Scudder Corner College Avenue and Athens, Ga Davison & Lowe's Central City Williamson's Cross & Blackwell Price Underwood Ritter Patton Patton Paint CO Lake St Milwaukee Wis Orr Drug Co Hawe Head & McMahon Huggins China House Onur Broad Street Eceoean Simmons R. Brandt’s Chiyton Street Ckerson, Pri Ckson, Vice Pres Athens Hardware CO Aso Broad Street Toa Chas. Stern. &”Co Young’s
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