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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
6
Local notes report Christmastide bustle and Carnival events in Baxkbridge. Miss Mary Clifford Babbitt is named Bainbridge’s Carnival Queen. Rev J A Reamy departs for a new charge in Tifton. Judge Harrell presides at the City Court, and Mayor McCaskill crowns the queen. Notices of church, school, and business life follow amid weather and transport delays.
The Bainbridge Carnival earned strong returns with 85 6 dollars 83 cents to the Board of Trade from a total 6 852 45 receipts. Miss Mary Clifford Babbitt won the crown by a wide margin in a crowdsourced vote of 46 3000, receiving a solitaire diamond ring worth 150. The coronation occurred near Flint River Store and Willis Drug Co with thousands in attendance. A business parade highlighted merchants such as Sambridge Cooperage and Maddox Grocery, with cars decorated in white and lavender paper.
City officials blocked the Hoochee Coochee or muscle dance after carnival promoters advertised Salome and a queen coronation. Crowds gathered as banners touted the act, but the mayor intervened to pull the troupe from the perch. He allowed them to depart under promise to reform, without further performances.
W C Kiestler of Halliday Ark says Electric Bitters cured his malaria and stomach problems. Advertisers claim the remedy purifies blood, strengthens nerves, and restores energy. Money-back guarantee offered if no help. Price listed 65 cents at druggists.
An advertisement cites A H Wilde of Minneapolis and S McDonald of St Paul Minnesota praising Vinol as curing chronic coughs colds and bronchitis after four bottles. The copy highlights cod liver oil and iron as the tonic formula and promotes Vinol as a strength builder for all ages. Clinton's meat market claims lower prices and a wide selection of cuts.
Public notice states the Bainbridge Georgia branch business of Waterman and Company has been discontinued and no one is authorized to contract debts for the business. The notice is signed by Henry Waterman.
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