Prominent Editor Relieved by Perana in Letter
Washington editor Hobart Brooks praises Peru na after a year of catarrh recovery and health improvement. Letters from Prof J F Turner and W B Steffy laud Peruna as a reliable tonic curing catarrh locally and seasonally. Free book offered from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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Hobart Brooks
Washington “ Capital
Pennsylvania Avenue
N.W
Washington, D.C
Hartman
Bir
J. F. Turner
H. B. High School
Edgefield
Tenn
Peruna
Skiff's Once-a-Week Talk Wishes New Year 1900
The piece reflects on Christmas and a quiet New Year, urging readers to renew honest debts and good deeds. It praises Brother Skiff the jeweler for a satisfactory trade and invites readers to shop for New Year gifts, engagement rings, and silver items at Skiff's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skiff
Christiaan
Brother
Bourke Freed After Coroner Butcher Found No Foul Play
Mike Bourke, a white man in Savannah, released after coroner's jury verdict exonerated him on charges of choking his elderly mother. Officials determined the death was due to natural causes, with injuries from a fall misinterpreted as possible foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Mike Bourke
White
Receiver Parker Hard at Work
Receiver Parker continues collecting assets of the Exchange Bank of Athens at the National Bank. He moved the books to avoid interference with his teller duties. Bank experts remain at work on the missing cashier's records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Exchange Bank of Athens
Exchange Bank
National Bank
Hardware prices rise for nails and wire across South
Hardware dealers in the south report a telegram from Chicago effective December 30 announcing a 25 cent per hundred rise in nails and wire with details by mail. All shell hardware up 11 percent and another increase expected due to steady iron and steel gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
South
Chicago
American Steel and Wire Co
Brilliant New Year Banquet for Athens Bar Members
Col and Mrs J J Strickland host annual New Year reception for bachelor Athens bar members. The event is praised for charm and restraint from marriage, with repeat attendees like Tom Mell John Mell Tom Shackelford Frank Shackelford Howell Browie Fitzgerald Green Frank Upson Steve Upson Deupree Hunnicutt Hawes Cloud among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Strickland
Athens
Col
Mrs Strickland
Mesera
Tom Mell
John Mell
Tom Shackelford
Frank Shackelford
Howell Browie
Fitzgerald Green
Public Sale Totals From Mrs Gould and Gann Estate
Yesterday public sale moved through Mrs M E Gould estate with the house sold for 1010 to Mrs Jennie DaBose who may build a new home. Gann place sold to University Bank for 750. Foundry street lot to Mrs Edge for 100 and a house lot to J S Bernstein for 305. Gann farm near Princeton sold in three tracts to Russell Morton Griffeth & Welch for 5, 250, and 120 per acre. Blacksmith shop to Morton for 227. Ed Sikes place sold to John Bird for 65 and Comer place to W J McCardy for 500. Personal property sold at very low figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Gould
Jennie
Bernstein
Gann
Princeton
W. J. Russell
M. B. Morton
Griffeth & Welch
Fulton Street
Ed Sikes
Athens Avenue
John Bird
Comer
Baldwin Street
W. J. McCardy
Maynville
Prisoner in Clarke County Jail Shows Escape Hunger
A prisoner in Clarke county jail appears determined to escape by any means. Recently they tried again to break into the stockade using torn planks to pry the cell locks, but guards uncovered the plot in time to stop the breakout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Doctor Hathaway Promises Home Cure for Women
Atlanta doctor J Newton Hathaway claims a twenty five year exclusive home treatment for female diseases offers permanent relief with a single low fee. He reports curing over sixty percent of cases and invites letters to send a personal consultation and medicine plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Newton Hathaway
Tuall
Kidney Trouble Warns Against Overwork And Urgent Remedy
Health note warns that overworking stresses kidneys causing impure blood and various pains. It promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a top remedy with proven cures and offers a free pamphlet to diagnose kidney or bladder trouble by mail from Binghamton New York.
Ordinary Court Grants Probate and Admin Orders
In the regular January session Judge Herrington disposed of five cases. The will of Emil Gottheimer was probated with Mrs Gottheimer qualifying as executor. Sam Gaulding and 8 J Tribble were granted leave to sell estate lands. A year's support was granted to Mrs A Jennings and Mrs Mollie Tack.
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Court of Ordinary
Herrington
Emil Gottheimer
Gottheimer
Sam Gaulding
J. Tribble
A. Jennings
Mollie Tack
Great Ran on Chamberlains Cough Remedy
Piercon drug store manager reports strong sales of Chamberlains Cough Remedy amid la grippe season. Five bottles sell for every other medicine with high satisfaction and rapid relief. For sale by H R Palmer & Sons in Powder Springs Georgia December 14 1807. Also endorsement for Dr Tichenors Antiseptic from W M Kemp MD noting better results than prior treatments.
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Martin
Piercon Drug Store
Chamberlain
la Grippe
Chicago Calumet
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Droggista
Powder Springs
Avante Constitution Publishing Reorganizes in Atlanta
The Avante Constitution Publishing Company filed a deed transferring to the Constitution Publishing Company all assets including the Atlanta morning newspaper building at Alabama and Forsyth streets. The deal involves 475000 cash and 500000 in common stock to finance a bond issue of 850000 and preferred stock of 150000. The new plan includes selling 350000 of first mortgage five percent gold bonds and 150000 of cumulative six percent preferred stock, which have reportedly been sold.
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Atlanta, Ga
The
Avante Constitution Publishing Company
Superior Court
the Constitution Publishing Company
Atlanta
Alabama and
Forsyth Streets
First Morteae Fund
Much Progress in Clay Modelling Shows Growth
In Athens City Schools clay modelling has made striking progress with teachers noting significant student achievement. An exhibition by Leon Bove Bond showcases second grade work by Black and white children, highlighting rapid mastery and broad educational value. Wood-carving may follow in the manual training program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenon Leon Bove Bond
Athens
No Pockets In A Shroud And the Mammon gods beware
Poem warns against greed and worship of wealth, noting there are no pockets in a shroud and death exposes the folly of material riches. It condemns usury and cold hearts, urging charity before life ends, with a Denver Post attribution. The second item promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm and Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic as trusted remedies, citing testimonials from J A Dodgen Alpharetta Ga and Thomas Johnson Ex Senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammon's Shrine
Earth
Heaven
Denver Post
Jefferson, Ga
East Athens dance fight leads to fines and orders
Mayor Smith fined Bradley five dollars for the clash at the East Athens dance and released Lea ter who did the cutting after a brief hearing. James Carr faced a disorderly conduct charge and was sent to the streets for failure to pay a ten dollar fine. Also notes a Hall's Catarrh Cure ad with endorsements from local wholesale druggists and a one hundred dollar reward offer for uncurable catarrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
O. Hall
Hand burned by electric heater on Prince Avenue
Yesterday morning W. T. Bryan burned his right hand severely at his home on Prince avenue while lifting a hot electric heater he believed was off. The painful injury did not deprive him of use of his hand.
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W. T. Bryan
Prince Avenue
Mr. Bryan
Southern Railroad to Open Clayton Street Office
Covington Ga March 24 1898 General Agent Sizer to establish an uptown office on Clayton Street to connect with city business and serve railroad patrons. The front portion of the former store room near Davison Lowe’s and Dorsey’s will be furnished for the office. The move aims to ease convenience for business men and patrons alike. A note from G B Smith reports a horse cured of colic within 90 minutes using Dr Wichenor’s Antiseptic.
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Clayton Street
The
Southern Railroad
T. G. Gonaway
Davison & Lowe's
E. H
Covington, Ga
Athens Guards Aims For Summer Encampment
The Athens Guarda under Capt McCardy has drilled thoroughly and may hold a summer encampment pending employer approvals. Enthusiastic members emphasize welfare of the company and strong drill, with plans contingent on time off from work for the event. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised with medical claims and a request for free samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena Guarda
McCardy
Georgia
Aguinaldo’s Wife Surrenders In Filipino War Action
Aguinaldo's wife and his sisters with eighteen Filipinos surrendered to Major March's battalion of the Thirty-third Infantry at Bontoc province. Three Filipino officers also surrendered. two Spanish and two American prisoners were handed over. A southern advance began as two battalions of the Thirty-ninth Infantry landed and occupied Cabuyao near Laguna de Bay. Two Americans were killed and four wounded. enemy dead found, prisoners taken, and arms captured.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Major March
Thirty-third
Bontoo
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Cabuyao
Laguna de Bay
Telegraphic Breviks From Various Cities
Telegraphic briefs report near misses a hotel fire in Washington Georgia a fatal shooting in Rockingham North Carolina deaths in New York and Charleston and Beaufort county rioting in Columbus Georgia snowballing by boys in Atlanta and a broken leg for Richard Croker plus a murder case in Macon an accidental shooting in Alabama a Greensboro North Carolina warehouse fire with substantial losses.
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Perana
W. B
Steffy
Glouster
Columbia
Ohio
Hobart Broqes
Turver
Edgentola, Tenn
Washington, D
Wi B. B. Braty
Castonria
Bourke
Mrs
J. Newton
Judge Herrington
Busi
Ness
Daily Paper
J. A. Dodgen
Alpharetta
Bradley
Lester
Fle
W.T. Bryan
Dave
Bole
Athens Guards
Hood
Sherronse Med. Co
N. O
Washington
Hotel Johnson
Norfolk
Rockingham County
North Carolina
T. W. Breall
Mira Jane Robinson
New York
Margaret Harris
Harrisville
West and
Barclay Streets
Charleston
D. C
Pegroce Fromy
Louisville
Ohio River
Pitteborg
Cairo
Virginia Harrison
Spencer BR. Atkinson
Columbus
W B. M. Browne
London
Wantage
County of
Berks
Sys
Richard Croker
Macon
Allen Fuller
Eugenia Potile
Felton
Messrs
Claud Estes
Washington Dessau
Muntainsboro
Als
John Collins
Gig
Charlotte
N. C
Jan. C
Greensboro
Losaca
Hayne- McCorkle Dry Goods Company
W. J. Omay
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