Alabama hog claims weight record at 1524 pounds
The Athens Banner reports on T. W. Williams of Decatur Alabama who claims the world’s largest hog at three years old weighing 1524 pounds with a length of ten feet two inches and a height of four and a half feet. The hog’s breeding is half native southern stock and half Berkshire and shows an average yearly gain of about 508 pounds. Additional items discuss famine relief efforts in India, Boer War perspectives, cotton mill expansion in the South, and Georgia Democratic primary governance concerns.
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Alabama
New England Agricultural Paper
T. W. Williams
Decatur
Als
Berkshire
Baltimore
Georgia
Epindlee
Piedmont Manufacturing Company
Elizabeth Cotton Mills
Baldwin Cotton Mills
O. L. Perkins Et al
Bibb Manufacturing Company
Macon
Middle Georgia Cotton Mills
Pacolet, Manufacturing Company
Pacolet
8. O
Community Cotton Mills
Hawkinsville Cotton Mills
Unity Cotton
State Democratic Committee
Seasion
Yeaterday
McKinley
Mark Hanna
White House
Republican Party
Carl Sohura
Bryan
Crime rise debate across lines of morality and immigration
The Wheeling judge warns crime is increasing, blaming population growth and declining public morality. The Philadelphia Ledger argues the rise stems from the larger foreign population and erosion of native American moral standards, noting earlier immigrants were mostly educated, industrious and churchgoing.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Jackson
United States Court
Philadelphia Ledger
America
Germany
Neitherlands
England
Ireland
Scotland
Scandinavian
United States
Cancer Cure Claims Swift's Specific as Remedy
A letter touts Swift's Specific as the cure for cancer and blood diseases, claiming it removes internal poison where surgery cannot reach. It recounts a patient from Walshtown, SD, who allegedly improved after using the product. The piece also warns against relying on external treatments and promotes free books mailed from Atlanta, Georgia.
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Ordin
Wm. Walpole
Walshtown
Swift
Atlanta
Georgia
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure All Ailments
An 19th century advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best and cheapest remedy for a wide range of maladies. It claims cures when others fail, citing poor health, nerves, digestion, energy, and sleep improvements, and asserts the product has helped a weary reader and their husband.
Free Blood Cure ad promotes B. B. B. Balm for skin and blood
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm B. B. B. as a purifier for blood and cure for ulcers and skin diseases. It claims deep seated conditions and blood poison improve, with trial offers and pricing. Also promotes Kermott’s One Day Cold Cure as a cold remedy.
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Atlanta
Mrs C A Abney Laid To Rest At First Baptist
Funeral services for Mrs C A Abney were held at 4 p m yesterday at First Baptist church. Dr W H Young led scripture from Psalm 90, preached on a mother’s love as a type of God’s love, with hymns and prayers, followed by burial in Oconee cemetery.
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C. A. Abney
First Baptist Church
W. H. Young
Jesus
H. L. Embry
Dr. Young
Oconee Cemetery
Remembering Gen Cobb at Lucy Cobb Institute
The Lucy Cobb Institute observed General J A A Cobb's birthday with a holiday, wreaths at his grave, and a reading on its founder's history. Students sang songs and celebrated the benefactor who inspired the institute's naming after the death of his granddaughter Lucy. Also praised were Dr King’s New Life Pills, advertised as health boosters.
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Lucy Cobb
Thos. R. R. Cobb
General Cobb
Lucy
Dr. King
Smith Bros
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Georgia Tax Payment Rule Dictates Voting Qualification
Major Carlton notes Georgia is the only state in the U.S. requiring payment of all taxes before voting. The 1877 law applies to all elections, with Delaware Pennsylvania Tennessee also imposing prior requirements. The record lists the tax payment rules by state and age.
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Carlton
Georgia
Union
Georgis
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Kidney health ad and social commentary tease
An old newspaper fragment touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a kidney remedy and notes widespread trouble with kidneys and bladder. The ad promises relief from frequent urination and pain, urging readers to obtain samples and bottles from druggists, with a remaining incomplete line about a sample bottle and brochure.
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Athens Weekly Banner
Ely
Athens
Hoa
Kansas
India
Topeka
Corn
Stovall
Savannah Press
Great Britain
South Africa
S. S
M'Kinley
Danald Ottendorfer
New York
Staats Zeitung
Kansas City
Ottendorfer
Anya
Democratic Party
Chicago
Mae
Ker~mott's
Mrs. C. A. Abney
Gen. J. A. A Cobb
Lucy Cobb Institute
Gen Cobb
Maggie
Boston Courier
Indianapolis Press
Castoria
What Is
Cenune Castoria
Eaeceses
R. E. Weatherly & Bro. Iron Brokers
Aecee
R. E. Weatherly & Bro
Broad St
R. R
J.L. Arnold
Lipscomb & CO
Athens Gas Co
Andalli
Broad Street
A.P. Dearing
Oliver Chilled
NEW Hardware
Tallulah Falls
Liv
Beom
Lan Ae
Shalah Falls, Purnerville
Na Ntidle
Samuel C. Dunlap
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