Entrance Examinations Draw Large Pool Of Georgia Applicants
Many young men across the state prepared to enter the University of Georgia as entrance exams yielded twice as many papers as usual. The higher turnout signals increased attendance next year and higher quality results overall. Dr D B Cargile of Washita Indian Territory reports four bottles of Electric Bitters cured Mrs Krewer of long standing scrofula, with dramatic sores clearing and health restored. The tonic is praised as a blood purifier and remedy for eczema, boils, ulcers, and tanning sores, aiding digestion and bodily strength. Sold by Palmer Smith & Bro and W J Smith & Co for 50 cents with guaranteed satisfaction.
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University of Georgia
D. B. Cargile
Washita
I. T
H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Guarranteed
Dreyfus Overjoyed at Revision News From Martinique
Dreyfus welcomed the assignment's delivery at Ile du Diable as the Cayenne dispatched officials informed him of a trial revision. He stood on the shore radiant with joy while awaiting the news from Fort de France. The piece ends with an ad urging Prickly Ash Bitters to aid digestion.
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Fort de France
Martinique
Goeland
Dreyfus
Cayenne
Ile du Diable
McRae Benefactor Gives $10,000 to Mercer University
Hon. C. B. Parker of McRae Ga presents Mercer University with a ten thousand dollar donation to be used at the trustees discretion. Professor Pollock informed the trustees of the gift and a thanks resolution was passed. Rev W W Landram of Atlanta delivered the alumni address to a large audience.
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Macon
C. B. Parker
McRae
Mercer University
Parker
Mercer
Pollock
W. W. Landram
D.D
Atlanta
First Baptist Church
Alumni Association
New Orleans Seize Sewer Tax With $30 Million Backing
In New Orleans a special tax election approved a forty two year levy to fund sewerage drainage and municipal waterworks. The tax passes 9,500 to 400 with $125.0 million assessed value to $1.6 million. Women taxpayers voted heavily, about 2,800 casting ballots. The plan will raise between $25 million and $30 million to complete drainage, build sewers, and expand water services.
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New Orleans
Jane
Admiral Dewey to accompany McKinley to Chicago
Chicago June 7 Admiral Dewey will accompany President McKinley when he comes to lay the corner stone of the new federal building October 9 A private dispatch from Washington says McKinley told Henry C Payne of Wisconsin that Dewey would arrive in New York October 1 to join the president in Washington and proceed to Chicago
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Admiral Dewey
McKinley
Chicago
President McKinley
Federal
Washington
Henry C. Payne
Wisconsin
Payne
Dewey
New York
Danielsville High School closes with strong commencement
Commencement exercises at Danielsville High School in Georgia closed last night with Dr. B F Riley delivering the sermon and the address on Self Assertion. Prof Y L Watson and Miss Minnie L McDaniel led an excellent program showing high order talent and careful instruction. Watson plans a July summer term before a new professor is chosen. The page also features an advertisement for Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co.
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Danielsville
Jane
Danielsville High School
B. F. Riley
Riley
Y.L. Watson
Minnie
Will Stand By Loubet In Face Of Paris Scandals
In the French senate, President Fallieres affirmed continued confidence in President Loubet amid Sunday scandals at Auteuil. Senator Guyot urged unity against republic enemies. Senator Lecour de Grand Maison denounced police brutality and the ejection of Loubet, prompting a tumult and a censure vote. Premier Dupuy followed with remarks.
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Senate
Paris
M. Fallieres
Auteuil
Republic
Loubet
Guyot
Fallieres
Lecour de Grand Maison
Tribune
Dupuy
Chamber of Deputies
Mule Driver Crashes Into Street Rope on Broad
Yesterday afternoon about five o'clock Bill Nunn drove a mule down Broad Street and struck a rope stretched across the street for new pavement. He was knocked down as the rope felled the buggy top. He was revived at Billups Phinizy’s office and later moved away.
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Bill Nunn
Broad Street
King & Co
Nunn
Billups Phinizy
Lemon Elixir Promises Cure for Wide Range of Ailments
Mozley's Lemon Elixir touts liver stomach kidneys and nerves benefits. Claims aid biliousness constipation malaria indigestion headaches sleeplessness fevers debility and kidney diseases with bottles at 25c and 50c ready at druggists prepared by Dr H Mozley Atlanta Ga. Patron letters from users praise relief from headaches indigestion ulcers and throat and lung issues.
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H. Mozley
Atlanta
Etta W. Jones
Parkerburg
West Virginia
Mrs Twiggs Gets Verdict in Cruel Treatment Divorce
In Savannah on June 7 the Chatham Superior Court devoted a day to divorce cases with about sixty to seventy on the docket. Eighteen second verdicts and decrees were granted and twelve or thirteen first verdicts issued. The notable case, Mrs Cornelia E Twiggs versus Judge Hansford D Twiggs, ended with a first verdict for total divorce on grounds of cruel treatment.
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Chatham Superior Court
Savannah
Superior Court
Cornelia E. Twiggs
Hansford D. D. Twiggs
Navy would rebuild Reina Mercedes for Spain gift
The Portsmouth Board of Trade proposes rebuilding the captured Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes at Norfolk Navy Yard with top armor and guns, to be presented to the queen regent of Spain as a token of U S good will. Also an advertisement for Prickly Ash Bitters claims to remove bilious sluggishness and boost strength and appetite.
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Board of Trade
Washington
Navy Department
Portsmouth
Norfolk Navy Yard
Spain
United States
Blood Poisons Cured Free by Botanic Balm
An old advertisement touts B B B Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poisoning with free sample bottles by mail. It claims symptoms like sores ulcers hair loss and swelling can disappear in one to six months. It warns against mercury treatments and cites Atlanta Georgia for contact and pricing details.
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Address Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Georgia
Turpentine Aims to Banisher of Snakes in County
Waycross Ga January 7 An experienced woodman predicts a future with few snakes due to turpentine. He says rattlesnakes cannot stand turpentine and will flee when timber is boxed. He adds turpentine workers kill many rattlesnakes and moccasins.
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Waycross
Jane
New York Republicans Back Henderson for House Speakership
A New York conference of Republican congressmen at the Fifth Avenue Hotel decided to support David B. Henderson of Iowa for Speaker of the House. The report also includes a humorous anecdote about a perfumery drummer and a former fake proprietress from New Orleans, ending with a note on a career change to the perfume business.
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New York
New York State
House of Representatives
Fifth Avenue Hotel
David B. Henderson
Iowa
Primitive Nest Dwellers of Australia and Remarkable Drummer
A diverse fragment notes Australian bushmen living in birdlike nests with no shelters, yet showing strong homing instinct. It then praises Jean Henri, Napoleon’s tambour major, for playing 15 drums simultaneously with remarkable precision and harmony. The text also includes a light joke about a six year old attending a mothers meeting and an ad style line for a cough cure.
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Australia
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Jean Henri
Napoleon
Believe in Greeks Clue Shifts to Union in Missing Banker Case
George E Benedict travels to Union to pursue a clue in the May disappearance of the Athens banker. A Union jeweler reports a man who identified as Benedict inquired about a relative, asked directions to Lockhart mills, and left before a connecting eastbound train. Relatives lean toward insanity as motive after initially fearing murder.
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Greenville
D. C
George E. Benedict
Athens
Union
Tinsley
Bennett
Benedict
Lockhart Mills
Spartanburg
Greers
Allen's Foot-Zase Ease for Feet in Tight Shoes
Powder relieves aching swollen feet and bunions, cooling, drying, and comforting. Claims instant relief for tired, sweaty feet and helps new shoes feel comfortable. Distributed by druggists as a great comfort discovery of the age.
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Allen
Fudora and Comrox Clash Over Punctuation
In a Washington Star snippet, Mr Comrox laments his wife Eudora correcting his grammar. She warns that misplaced commas and neglected periods threaten his social ties, while he boasts wealth to back any scheme and insists capitalization power earns him friends he might not lose.
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Eudora
Washington Star
Benny and the baptism joke from the Chicago Tribune
A humorous item notes Benny, a four year old, trained in deep water baptism, attempting to dunk a cat. The cat resists, Benny proclaims verbiage, and exits in tears declaring a desire to be a Methodist. The piece also recounts anecdotes about ex Governor Oglesby’s valise, a burned cache of papers and swords, and a witty court scene about naturalization.
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Benny
Chicago Tribune
Oglesby
Bob Ingersoll
Pate de foie gras cruelty detailed in vivid account
A sensational description portrays the alleged torture of geese before liver production. It recounts underground confinement, binding, forced feeding with dumplings every two hours, and prolonged suffering until death yields the liver. Names, dates, and locations are not provided, but the account emphasizes cruelty in production.
Consumption and Fresh Air Cures Highlight Open Air Benefit
An English exchange notes that Sir Andrew Clarke cured consumption by open air living, a practice now widely accepted. Davos patients spend 14 hours daily outdoors in cold mountain air and bright sun, which halts disease spread in lungs as healthy tissue surrounds infected areas.
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Sir Andrew Clarke
Davos
Unsuspected Windfall Met Mis' Green and Hiram Medders
A fragment from the San Francisco Examiner recalls a boastful tale of Mis' Green and a gossip, then shifts to an 18th century advert for tailored garments. The ad lists prices for draperies and suits at the Two Golden Balls Covent Garden with various goods.
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Marthy Potts
Hiram Medders
San Francisco Examiner
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Cures Biles Scalds Burne
A humorous anecdote recalls Uncle Dick Oglesby during the Cleveland Blaine campaign in New York. At Delmonico's he objects to pricey cigars, fearing Illinois church and political backlash, preferring five cent cigars at home and ten centers in New York.
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Dick Oglesby
Cleveland- Blaine
Uncle Dick
Illinois
New York
Chicago Chronicle
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Auer
Vigor
Devil's Island
California Fig Syrup Co
Will
Mozley
Morley
Harry Adams
First Avenue
Birmingham
E. A. Beville
Woodstock
Ala
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Balsam
Henderson
Lowan
Nouw Orleans Times-Democrat
Mothers’ Meeting
Cleveland
Mr. Benedict
Fudora
Holy Land
St. Louis
Arizona
Careceletiese
H. R. Palmer
Maryland
Special Agents
Sagathie
Duroy
Great Hartstreet
Bow-street
Covent Garden
Fog’s Journal
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Russell Bicycle Company
Washington Street
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