Mortifying Advice and Raucous Whisky Talk in Owensboro
A Kentucky speech in Owensboro features a federal officeholder praising liquor while an old teetotaler farmer retorts that whisky wakes men and even bets a couple of barrels for a toast. The text shifts to a note on early marriage in China, where the old aphorism says life’s great business ends with offspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tela
Eam- Shi
Kentucky
Owensboro
China
Helenoma
Taxpayer Objects to Child Beating in Athens Letter
A reader from Athens Ga protests corporal punishment in schools and parenting. The letter condemns whipping as barbaric, urges laws to ban it, and cites Stonewall Jackson and Civil War figures to advocate kindness and restraint in child rearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Iowa
Solomon
Stonewall Jackson
8. D. Lee
Joe E. Wheeler
Crael
R. B. Lawrence
Athens, Ga
Texas Wonder Discoveries in Kidney Cure Ad
A Texas wonder claim about Hall's Great Discovery cures kidney and bladder troubles. One small bottle covers two months of treatment and is mailed if not sold locally. Includes endorsements from Greenfield Tennessee and a testimonial praising kidney relief for a 64 year old mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
E. W. Hall
P. O. Bor
Louis
Greenfield
Tenn
BE. W. Hall
St. Louis
Bir
Texas
B. Drewry
Beasin Mell Industrial Home Reports Strong February Showing
The Beasin Mell Industrial Home reports a strong February showing under president Mildred Rutherford. Receipts include city appropriation, garments sales, and donations. The home plans to double usefulness, expand employment, and add a monthly $1 donor program while directing aid through a committee for careful case review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boasie Mell Industrial Home
Athens
Mildred Rutherford
Beasin Mell
W. W. Thomas
Alice Adams
Louie Lane
Marcle
Mars
W. P. Briggs
A. Adams
Lyndon
M. Rutherford
Beastie Mell Industrial
Will Have Peaches in Spite of Freeze
Editor Banner reports that despite the January freeze the peach crop should be plentiful this season. Bud loss varied by location, with Mr. Frank Eppes near a water branch suffering less damage. April remains the critical period. authorities forecast a bloomy crop, and thinning may boost quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Eppes
Florida
Georgia
Edward Bancroft
Printers Organize Union in Athens
The printers of the city have met and decided to form a typographical union. The new union will begin with twelve members and grow over time. State organizer Hon. O. O. Houston of Fulton County will visit Athens to formally organize the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unoio
Houston
Fulton County
Athens
Funeral for John A. Dearing in Kentucky
The remains of John A. Dearing who died in Lontaville Kentucky arrived by Seaboard Air Line and were escorted to the cemetery. Pallbearers included J. H. Fleming E. D. Sledge and others. The choir sang hymns and Rev. Troy Lattry conducted the service before interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Dearing
Lontaville
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
J. H. Fleming
E.D. Sledge
E Bancroft, Jr
Dearing
Fertilizer Factory Planned for Athens
Athens to host a large fertilizer factory by Hodgson Cotton Company. The plant will be built in East Athens at an as yet undecided site and aims to create many jobs with a sizable payroll. The venture signals anticipated industrial growth for the city.
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Hodgson Cotton Company
Athens
Nct
Mrs Jackson Ded Last Friday in Clarke County
Obituary notes Mrs Mary Jackson age 77 of near High Shoals, daughter of the late Bishop Atticus G. Haygood, long a devout Baptist member, wife of a Clarke county judge’s brother. Also included are miscellaneous items: anecdotes about an ex congressman, jade stone lore, early writing materials, long hair customs among Teutons, a children’s joke about Mary and her sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jackson
Atticus G. Haygood
High Shoals
Honor Roll at the Institute Students Shine Bright
A listing of senior and junior students across Latin English and other subjects appears as the honor roll at the Institute. Names include Hileman Hunnicatt Carr Benwall Brightwell Hull Young Chonay Darwin Butler Barnett Arnold Hatchins Ryder Benedict Comer Sizer and others. An advertisement touts Clifton flour from Wingfield Desk Grocery Store in Athens. A medical testimonial praises One Minute Cough Cure curing a severe lung pneumonia case in Marion Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Hileman
Eleanor Hunnicatt
Pearl Lewis
Clara Carr
Georgia Benwall
Bessie Brightwell
Sophmore
Sallie Hull
Eleanor Young
Lydia Hutching
Mildred Mall
Katie Dearing
Clifton
Wingfield Desk
Athens
Gertrude E. Weonner
Marion
Ind
Shemus
Splendid Musicale at the Institute
Monday night at Lacy Cobb Institute featured a lengthy program performed by various soloists and ensembles including piano duets and quartets, organ pieces, and vocal selections. The event promoted a tone of refined entertainment, with a sidebar note on Hall's Catarrh Cure and a testimonial claim offering a reward for cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy Cobb Institute
Kano
Dvorak
Anno B
Belline Phimisy
Maglio Bells
Habebler
Mary Forteon
Macad Flournoy
Walderauschen
Branpgart
Sallie Hall
Galop de Conoest
Milde
Margaret Charlton
Seranata
Moskowaki
Mamie Coffee
Pearl Lewis
Hsnodel
Lesbel Thomas
Bertha Davison
Maud_ Flournoy
Secret Disease of all human illnesses described as blood poison
The text warns of a contagious blood disease called The Disease, claiming it ruins lives and causes humiliation. It urges readers to seek help from the Swift Specific Co in Atlanta, advertising S.S.S. as a cure and offering a free home treatment book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draggiete
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Dade
Argerius Clutian
Amsterdam
Hall
Natare
Addrew
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Bold Ty Draggist
Theisease
The
Swift Specific Co
Conscience Fund and a Missing Hat Money Tale
A Connecticut legislator pockets a roll of greenbacks found in his hat. He refuses to return the funds, declaring he will send the money to the conscience fund. A later exchange with a heckling observer shows the moral tension in the anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statehouse
Connecticut
Conscience Fund
Bittersweet Bites and Banter From a Busy Street
A jumble of vignettes and quips on daily life. A housekeeper and a butter dealer debate quantities with humor. Parlor talk about marriage surprises, quotation marks, and a parrot buyer entertains with a salesman’s wit. Amateur anecdotes flash by with old city charm and streetwise punchlines.
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D. W. McGregor
Silberman Bros
America
Europe
Sberman Bros
Michigan St
Chicago
Parker
Balsam
U. S. P. Washington
D. G
Warren Street
New York
Chichester
Krek
City
B Lawrence
Stone-wall Jackson
Clarksburg
Ayer
J. H. Burge
Macon, Col
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Mana
Dr. King
New Life Pilla
W. J. Smith & Bro
H.R. Palmer & Son
Hell
Seana Woenan
Bradfield
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta, GA
MR. Jown Dearing
Oconee Cemetery
Mrs. Jackson
Agricultural Department
Bob
Allen
Pranche
Mary
Institute
Lucy Cobb Institute
Haaband
Alice
India
Chicago News
Brooklyn
Lesdor
Emanuer
Whey
Seaton
Willie
Wigs
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