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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
7
The text urges steadfast duty and humble endurance as a faithful life. It compares spiritual striving to bearing martyrdom, maintaining charity amid irritation, and choosing loving, prudent acts for the sake of God rather than human praise.
The page includes details of a missing person case involving Charlie Hodges and associates from Albany, with a reward offered for recovery. It also contains scattered advertisements and notices referencing a reunion, household items, medicines, and local business notices, all in a fragmented OCR style.
Witnesses from West Point guarded their code of silence to protect fallen Cadet Boot and fellow cadets. They lied like gentlemen to avoid betraying comrades while acknowledging a mistaken sense of power among the group.
Governors clash with Legislature over budget figures and liberal higher education funding. Controller General warns 84,594,020 in revenue for next year while appropriations reach 3,000,000. Debate notes potential tax and note-stamping ideas, with the Governor tasked to trim spending within income. Savannah news adds a separate tax case loss for the railroad and a cautionary tale of ransom kidnappings in Omaha.
Donalnonk Fleming states readiness to negotiate loans on improved farm property at seven percent interest for five years. The notice signals lending terms and a potential financing offer.
The Oak City Drug Co announces a price list for paints oils varnishes and painters sundries with a drop in meat prices forcing locally lower goods. Beef prices are set at 12 cents per pound for choice cuts seconds at 10 cents and roughs at 5 cents per pound. Bainbridge Ga December 4 1900.
Mrs M J Reynolds invites the ladies of Brainbridge and surrounding county to inspect a new complete stock of Fall and Winter millinery and fancy goods including latest fashions from fashion centers. Butterick patterns also available.
For sale advertising machinery listings from Bainbridge Georgia includes multiple boilers and engines from Sutherland's Machine Works and Foundry. Payment note appears from Bowen dated December 10, 1900. Local call to inquire at Bainbridge phone 115.
A friendly remedy praised for soothing taste and prompt relief for colds croup and whooping cough. Marketed as safe for all ages including babies and adults, it is sold by R L Hicks with no opium or harmful drugs.
The Democrat urges subscribers to pay outstanding balances before year end to avoid removal from the list. Anyone owing should visit the captain's office to make payment, and thanks are given to those who have already paid while non-payers are warned of potential removal.
In the state department at Washington a complete atlas collection is kept up to date and protected. A clerk removed two maps from an atlas claiming the volumes were too heavy to handle and that no one would miss them. Officials deemed the act a mistake and reassigned the clerk to a lighter duty. New York Tribune.
A forester cures a sleep problem by isolating bedposts from walls and earth to cut off disruptive contact with electricity. He attached four glass insulators to a guest bed, then slept soundly after returning home.
An elderly man from the countryside visits a London music shop to view an old tune book. He plays a quiet, two-tune per page book from the front, flipping pages with care. Clerks joke at first, then ask if he will buy it, but the man explains he has only half the tunes yet to play.
The tale recounts Tobias Hobson, a Cambridge innkeeper with forty horses, offering guests only the horse nearest the door. If refused, a traveler must wait for another to claim a horse, leaving the next neighbor as the available mount, illustrating a harsh, real Hobson’s choice.
The Boston Traveler records a witty gallery remark during a suffrage event. A female orator asks where man would be without woman and a voice from the hall quips that he would be in Eden eating strawberries.
Harlem Life quotes a dialogue where Count Parchesi and his American wife dispute alliances and finances. The caller dismisses sharp quarrels, noting both sides want different foreign arrangements. The exchange hints at social tensions and marital friction in fashionable circles.
A humorous item from Chicago News shows a jeweler noting a ring costs $1 more due to chasing while a farmer protests and vows to pay for what he gets. The exchange highlights a lighthearted street conversation about jewelry pricing.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Mr Sly expressing deep affection to someone named Willing to Listen, followed by Miss Sharp suggesting the preacher take action. The brief exchange captures a moment of romantic or personal conflict.
A regional description claims Japanese progress stems from cleanliness with public baths on every street. It notes workers bathe twice daily, highlighting cultural habits as a factor in daily discipline.
A man recounts long battle with chronic diarrhoea and how a turn of luck and a local remedy led to cure. He credits relief to a sudden improvement after weeks of suffering, ending years of pain and travel restrictions.
Mrs BE J Geconors of Ackiry La credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with ending years of female illness including kidney inflammation and womb issues. She says doctors failed but the remedies produced visible improvement after three bottles and a gentle return to activity.
Quaker tonic promotes blood purification and strength for nervous, digestive, and systemic ailments. Quaker Pain Balm claims quick relief for neuralgia, toothache, rheumatism, and general pain. Quaker White Wonder Soap and Quaker Healing Salve offer skin care and eczema relief. Sold by F A Dillingham, Cincinnati. prices given.
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