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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
4
A New York Sun tale recounts two travelers starting with a half dollar. The man who accepted help built a vast retail and wholesale empire, becoming a millionaire in twenty two years, while his friend, who walked away from opportunity, ends up seeking work in New York and facing poverty.
An inhabitant of Badaon in Upper Burma faced a wedding superstition about a third wife. Influenced by family warnings that a third wife dies soon after two losses, he followed a strange mandate to marry a second time and then a daughter as a fourth wife, staging the first wife’s death and burial with pomp before proceeding.
A Scotchman followed a friend’s bath aid using a cistern and colander to create a shower. He praised the bath as fine and rare, noting he stayed dry. He admitted he stood under water with an umbrella, delivering a dry joke about the surprise shower.
The advertisement promotes S S S as a pure vegetable blood purifier and tonic. It claims it cures skin eruptions, rheumatism, scrofula, contagious blood poison, and other ailments by cleansing the blood without mineral ingredients. A testimonial from P H Thompson of Lebanon endorses its safety and strength for children and adults. The ad invites readers to contact The Specific Company in Atlanta for more information.
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