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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1905
Page
7
A Brooklyn man details five months of facial eczema, failing hope, and relief after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. One night of washing and treatment removed scales and improved condition, allowing outings within a month.
An old advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as superior remedies for eczema psoriasis scalp irritation and related skin ailments. It claims purity safety economy and universal use with depots listed in Boston and Chicago and a note about sole proprietors.
A sorrel horse owned by Simon Turison trod mud at Minnetonka Milla and played a piano solo on a Wagnerian order. The instrument belonged to W. C. Joslin and was part of a Minneapolis furniture load. An unidentified car rear ended the wagon, toppling the piano onto the halter rope with the horse frantically pawing the air to regain balance. Owners claim $400 damages.
A New York naturalist known for intimate rapport with wild birds discusses methods to imitate calls, attract birds to close range, and even feed them from the hand. He notes species vary in responsiveness and shares anecdotes of teaching a wren to eat from a pole and posing for photos.
At a recent International Tuberculosis Society meeting Dr George Petit argued bread can spread tuberculosis through dough handling. He noted kneading air mixes germs into dough and that baking temperatures remain low enough to allow bacilli survival. Experiments by Galtier, Mace, and Petit support these concerns.
Society eyes a Saturday match race between Vanderbilt’s Plum Pudding and Grosvenor’s Iron Face. The $16,000 coach dog, whisker of Vanderbilts coterie, is supported by a silver cup offer from Billy West. Iron Face challenges amid rumors of a fast workout while both handlers prepare under show officials.
Many women fill roles traditionally held by men and prove fit for the work. Examples include Miss Claire Ferguson II as deputy sheriff of Salt Lake County and possible hangwoman duties, Mrs. Lille Gordon diving in Maine waters, Mrs. Cox gold prospecting in Victoria, and Mrs. Rickert leading the San Joaquin and Tuolumne Railway project as president with women on the board. Also noted are Lillian Small on Cape Cod as marine observer and women managing harbors and lighthouses along the Pacific.
A business observer details how almost all professionals harbor superstitions. From luck charms like a buckeye to crossing ink marks on contracts, two red threads in coats, mismatched shoes, and a lucky stone, these rituals allegedly influence deals and everyday risk taking in commerce.
Doctors describe old age as a disease or atrophy of tissues with hypertrophied connective tissue replacing cells. They note progress in curing other diseases fuels hope for an anti old age serum and urge temperance, calmness, and repose as priority treatments alongside research.
The article highlights diverse stories of women labeled as fat or deemed suitable for advertising fat products, featuring a corporate president’s stance on stenographers, Mixes Stureon a young woman driving a mail coach, Mona Belden earning from frog farming, and Mrs Barotti’s nutcracking income. It also notes women in the Nasso fire brigade in Sweden and Japanese maidens coaling ships, alongside a notice for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by local druggists.
A New York Times reader shares two improbable anecdotes about papers and an umbrella that seemed to travel by wind. In one tale a draughtsman loses three tracings on a twelfth floor and recovers them circling back to the same window. In another, a broken umbrella handle sails away and returns minutes later to drop at the finder’s feet.
Newnan News asserts the Atlanta Constitution will back Clark Howell and the Journal will support Hoke Smith. The Brunswick editor vows to stay and fight monopoly, maladministration, and political ring tactics, exposing attempts to suppress publicity and hoodwink voters.
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