Greater Georgia Work 15 Pushed to Promote State
The Greater Georgia Association launches a broad publicity push using Harper’s Weekly and national ads to attract settlers and industry. It mails state literature from a central Atlanta office, forwards inquirer details to thirty Georgia towns, and coordinates with railways to place agents across the Union for direct follow up.
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Gia Association
Georgia Taber
Harper's Weekly
Lberal
Northwestern
Dominion
Southwestern Railways
Sams
Northwest
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Oxlshami
Greater Georgia Association
Atlanta
Georgia
Three Dollar Bequest To Atlanta Negro Woman
Mary Ann Bell a Black woman living in the city gains three dollars from the will of John H Towne of Atlanta The will leaves most property to his wife and children but specifies a three dollar bequest to Bell The reason for this small bequest remains unclear though it may reflect a debt owed by Towne and paid from his estate
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Mary Ann Bell
John H. Towne
Atlanta
Towns
Atheny
Cheney's Expectorant Aids Grandpa in Suffering Throat
A reader from Little Rock Arkansas reports that a bottle of Cheney's Expectorant relieved his grandfather's throat and lung inflammation and his periodic hacking cough. The medicine acted as a balm and stopped the cough.
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Cheney
R. L. Brewster
Little Rock
Ark
Elixir of Life claimed by Dr James Kidd in Fort Wayne
An advertisement proclaims a universal cure named Elixir of Life by Dr James William Kidd of 2018 Baltes Building Fort Wayne Indiana. It promises free remedy by mail to cure rheumatism neuralgia stomach heart liver kidney and many other ailments with reports of restored health and mobility. It asserts no risk and urges patients to request treatment by mail and state the disease to be cured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James William Kidd
Baltes
Fort Wayne
Ind
Woge Kinnebrew to Lead Confederate Veterans Meeting
This afternoon at four at Stone's Chapel on Baldwin Street the regular monthly prayer service for Confederate veterans will be held. Judge E. O. Kinnebrew will lead the meeting with other veterans speaking. attendees are urged to attend for the city's veterans. Includes an advertisement for DeWitt's Little Early Risers with testimonial from Bob Moore of Lafayette Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone’s Chapel
Baldwin Street
E. O. Kinnebrew
DeWitt
Bob Moore
Lafayette
Ind
Georgia Baptists Convene in Athens This November
The Georgia Baptist Convention meets in Athens on November 19 for five or six days with at least six hundred messengers and up to two hundred visitors. Local families are urged to host delegates to ease hotel crowding, as the city prepares for a prominent gathering with many state and out of state Baptists attending. Also promotional notes praise Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments, with trial bottles offered by local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Baptist Convention
Athens
Athena
W. K. Haviland
Armonk
N. Y
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. RK. Palmer & Son
Oglethorpe County Fair Opens Tomorrow in Lexington
The Oglethorpe County Fair starts tomorrow in Lexington, with Athenians expected all week. Now in its third year, the fair promises improved exhibits, a bustling horse race, and high quality amusements, led by President John Knox and his team.
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Oglethorpe County
Lexington
John Knox
Athens
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