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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1900
Page
7
A brief piece extols national prosperity and urges buying only pure baking powder for food. It warns that alum powders cause sickness and may threaten family health, urging readers to choose safe, sound products over impure, cheap alternatives.
The page lists notices for federal and local elections with details of polling days and officials. It notes the first Saturday in December as election dates and mentions T. B. Maxwell Ordinary. Also includes miscellaneous notices about winter notions, merchandise listings, and land tax sales with lot numbers and districts in Bainbridge.
To ease collection for many nearby subscribers, several local gentlemen are named as collectors authorized to receipt for bills. The list includes D. S. Swh at Whigham Wiley W. Pearce at Cairo G. B. Al Attapulgus R. Wilson at Attapulgus. Additional collectors will be added as needed to close the old business. Delinquent accounts should be settled promptly to avoid extra costs.
The Oak City Drug Co advertises a complete line of paints oils and sundries at low prices. The note mentions McKinley opposing registration and a proposed reduction of the South's representation in Congress, with concerns about ill feeling between sections.
The report notes General Griggs cannot serve another four years and will resign when his current term ends. Attorney St Sir Thomas Lipton is described as failing to secure pork profits or win yacht races, and the text hints at an implied concession or admission.
The paper demands payment from subscribers who have not prepaid and urges timely settlements. Readers are asked to visit the captain's office to make dues, with thanks to those already paid and a warning of potential removal from the list for nonpayment.
Bertha Bird obtained a divorce after a troubled union with Bird that lasted two days. She described being lured from Indianapolis to Greenwood Florida, married in a boat landing hotel, then transported to a desolate cotton barn by ox cart and forced to live with little food before escaping to return home.
A Journal opinion argues the United States shows mixed empire results after acquiring Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippines and seeking Cuba oversight. It asserts widespread resentment among Filipinos Porto Ricans Cubans and Hawaiians toward U S governance and notes a Royalist victory in Hawaii elections as an anti administration sign.
John S. Holloway of French Camp Mississippi says he suffered diarrohea thirty years before discovering Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After using several bottles he reports being entirely cured and urges others to try the medicine, sold by R. L. Hicks.
The Presbyterian Banner denounces gambling atCarnival venues in Thomasville Valdosta Albany Waycross and across the state. It lists eight counts against betting arguing it degrades sport corrupts morals harms brotherhood and leads to crime embezzlement and suicide while harming both participants and spectators. Miss Ola Smith and Miss Bessie Colbert are noted in society mentions.
Two letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and associated products for womb trouble stomach nerves fatigue and improved sleep. Mrs M L Suzags of Guy Mars and Mrs E E Kuhn of Geoxano Onto claim long suffering ends after eight bottles and two wash packages with renewed energy and appetite.
Q. B. Stevens, Georgia Commissioner, shares an excerpt from T. R. Sawtell of Atlanta describing a 13 month calf fed on cotton seed meal and hulls, gaining from 899 to 1820 pounds in 180 days and selling for 4.5 to 5 cents a pound. He argues Georgia can profit from home grown feed and Bermuda grass plus pea hay, advocating local cattle fattening on farm forage to cut costs and improve land.
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