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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
3
The text argues against Dr. Wiley and in support of Dr. Knapt who warns consumptives that alcohol is not a food and offers little nutritional value. It notes liquor interests distort public campaigns and stresses Dr. Knapt’s practical experience with the consumptive poor.
Dr. Oto Suliensberger argues in a Berlin paper that excessive alcohol use is the main source of crime, echoing Sir Richard Temple and Liszt on penalties failing to deter criminals. He urges an educational crusade in schools and penitentiaries to reveal alcohol as a destroyer, and questions licensing drink shops as inconsistent with temperance aims.
The article notes Labor Day is celebrated in 27 states to honor workers who earn their living by hand and sustain civilization. It salutes laborers as the bone and sinew of free nations and recalls their role in demanding rights and shaping policy within lawful channels.
County Commissioners at Monday's regular meeting fixed the general tax rate at 6 per thousand, adding to the state rate of 5 per thousand to total 11 per thousand for the year. The change marks a 1 per thousand increase from last year, with reduced taxable values cited as a partial cause according to the digest of 1908 showing a $106,000 drop.
Fourteen head of stock cattle for sale by G L Arnett at the Peor House Farm. Cows yearlings and steers in good condition offered at a fair price. Apply in person at the farm.
Mrs. Mary Lee of rural route 8 Zanesville Ohio credits Dr. King's New Discovery with saving her husband James Lee from severe throat and lung illness. The advertisement proclaims the remedy as best for coughs and colds with relief from the first dose and guarantees satisfaction at drug stores, with prices 50 cents to 1 dollar and a trial bottle free.
Deputy Sheriff Dean chased a coon a mile from town along the Albany road last week. After firing a warning shot in the air, the coon surrendered and was captured after a half mile run Sent to jail.
Mr H J Bruton has been presented with a buck and two does aged about four months from Louisiana by Mr Wiston Powell a Stores businessman west of New Orleans. Bruton will place the deer in his wire fenced pasture to propagate their kind alongside Hereford cattle and Berkshire hogs. The community hopes Bruton’s effort replenishes hunted woods and deer are reintroduced.
J C Goodwin of Reidsville NC says Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly healed a bad leg ulcer after several rounds and left no scar. Advertises guaranteed relief for piles sores burns and other conditions available for 25 cents at all drug stores.
Mr John White of 38 Highland Ave Houston Maine narrates a winter cough relief with Dr Kings New Discovery. He reports the medicine banished the cough after a few doses and again this season confirming it as the best cough and lung remedy. Sold and guaranteed at all drug stores priced 50 cents and 1 dollar with a trial bottle free.
Train fare from Bainbridge to Boston and return via Atlantic Coast Line is 41.10 dollars with multiple sale dates in 1908. Public sale by Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias offers return limit to August 16 extended to September 16 on extra charges. Stopovers allowed in New York on return. For details contact EF. M. North Savannah Ga.
Clinton and Son advertise low cash prices on steak cuts including round loin and porterhouse at 15 cents, lower cuts at 12 1 2 and 10 cents, roasts at 12 1 2 or 10 cents, cured meats like hams at 20 cents, bacon at 26 cents, and uncut meats at 18 cents per pound. They claim minimal expenses and no loan losses, inviting phone orders at No 220.
Free aluminum jell o moulds available with the Deinly Dessert offer. Moulds said to be hard to obtain outside large cities, but readers can get them free through a circular that explains and illustrates the moulds. Jell o is sold by grocers at 10c per package with a warning against substitutes.
A Warrenton resident reports near fatal kidney illness for six months and credits Stuart's Buchu and Juniper with a complete recovery. The ad urges others with backache swollen feet stiff joints and fatigue to try the remedy and offers a free sample from Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co Atlanta GA for $1.00.
A Labor Day train from Bainbridge to Montgomery via Atlantic Coast Line costs 2.25 dollars for the round trip leaving Bainbridge at 8 15 a.m. The article notes final Southern League games between Montgomery and Little Rock on September 7 and 8, with return valid through September 9. Contact ticket agents or E M North in Savannah for details.
P. J. Daly of 1247 W. Congress street Chicago touts Electric Bitters as a tonic for his feeble mother claiming gains in flesh relief from insomnia and overall strength. The advertisement promises a quick remedy for stomach liver and kidney complaints sold with a 50 cent guarantee at drug stores.
Extraordinary announcement of a sleeping car line between Thomasville and Atlanta on the Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad effective August 16 1908. Northbound trains depart Thomasville 6 45 pm and reach Atlanta 8 00 pm with Pullman drawing room sleepers, vestibuled electric lighted cars and reserved space via ticket agents. For Thomasville tickets contact the Thomasville office. for Atlanta contact J R Rowland or W H Leahy.
An advertisement cites a new eight hour law and rapid railroad growth creating demand for 20 000 telegraph operators in the next ten months. It promises four to six months training, guaranteed positions, pay from fifty dollars, and cheap Newnan, Georgia board with a long established Southern School of Telegraphy offering literature.
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