Cocoa beverage touted to guard health in Civil Service Gazette
The Civil Service Gazette extols a cocoa drink as aiding digestion and nutrition and claims regular use builds a strong constitution to resist disease. It notes the preparation is simple with boiling water or milk and that the product is sold in half pound tins by James Epps and Co Ltd, Homopathic Chemists, London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps & Co., Ltd
Hommopathic Chemists
London
England
Open Letter by Alabama Grower on Cotton Yield and Prices
Mr Hector D Lane of the American Cotton Growers Association writes to cotton growers with his investigation results. He estimates the crop will not exceed 7.5 million bales, cites rains and drought as factors, and urges slow marketing to maximize prices while noting rising costs. He counsels reduced acreage and more food crops, arguing buyers could push prices down.
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Hector D. Lane
Alabama
American Cotton Growers’ Association
Lane
Butler quips about lingering hostilities at Perry's Victory Day
Gen. M C Butler of South Carolina meets a Cleveland man who asks if he has buried all bel ligerent animosities. Butler replies that hostile feelings are ten thousand fathoms deep and recalls Gregg's battery shooting his foot as a fair exchange. He adds he is now a union man in every fibre left to him.
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M. C. Butler
South Carolina
Cleveland
Perry
Gregg
Fashion's Forecast For Autumn Wear From The Philadelphia Times
Fashion has chosen dark tones for fall with few bright accents. Street suits feature green cloth with a black silk ceinture and small topcoat, while boleros and ceintures shape the silhouette. Dark blue canvas walking outfits, purple shading toward wine, and dresses in wiry barege with varied silks appear. Lace trends favor thin French laces, point d esprit, and Limerick crochet as heavier styles fade. Natural hair remains preferred, rustling skirts fade, and softer petticoats emerge.
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Philadelphia Times
Marvelous Results from Dr King's New Discovery
Letter from Rev J Gunderman of Dimondale Mich recounts rapid relief for his wife after pneumonia and La Grippe. He credits the medicine with curing violent coughing fits that threatened her life. Trial bottles offered free at S B Burr Jr's Drug Store. regular size seize and $1.00.
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J. Gunderman
Dimondale
Mich
Dr. King
Baptist
Rives Junction
la Grippe
S. B. Burr Jr’s
Unprevaricated Proverbs Panel
A reflective collection of aphorisms on love, marriage, appearance, and wealth. The quotes touch on perception, value, and social expectations, humorously critiquing modern notions of marriage and virtue.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertisement
Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as the best salve for cuts sores ulcers eczema and skin eruptions. It promises to cure piles or money refunded and guarantees satisfaction. Price 25 cents per box sold by S. B. Burr Jr.
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S. B. Burr Jr
Political labels mix described by Graves and allies
The piece notes Seah Wright described as independent by John Temple Graves, with Walter B. Hill and Dr. Gambrell labeled as prohibitionists and Tom Watson with Staylaw Montgomery listed as populists. It comments on the blend of factions and personalities.
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Seah Wright
John Temple Graves
Walter B. Hill
Dr. Gambrell
Tom Watson
Staylaw Montgomery
Moses
Some Phases of Life Comic Fragments and Wit
A collage of humorous exchanges and squibs from a past life of a reporter. Jokes span fishing Florida to marriage, family, navigation of interviews, and talking animals in quick, wry lines. Notable bits include Winter visitors, Patsey O Bryans cashing oranges, and St Peter humor about a new college graduate.
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St. Peter
Orphans' Home Enlarged to Save Helpless Boys
The Orphans' Home expands into a large old Southern house near Decatur to become the Boys' Home for hundreds of boys and orphans in North Georgia. Capacity about forty. aim to aid nearly 200 children yearly. A thousand dollars remains to complete enlargements. appeal for funds to prevent turning away destitute children.
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Decatura
North Georgia
Keey
Jesus
Electric Bitters Promoted As Lively Tonic Medicine
Electric Bitters is a remedy for languor liver sluggishness and bilious fevers. It acts as a tonic and alterative and can counter malaria poisons. Headache indigestion constipation and dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. Available at S. B. Burr Jr's Drug Store in 50c and 1.00 bottles.
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S. B. Burr Jr’s
Wood of the cross in folklore across nations
The passage recalls traditions about the cross wood from different countries. England's peasants claim elderwood spared by lightning while Dean Frenen suggests the cross was made from aspen, whose leaves allegedly tremble since the crucifixion.
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England
Elderwood
Dean Frenen
Battered Coin Swindle in Benton Denounced as Fake
In Benton Pennsylvania, two men posing as gold and silver advocates staged a trick inside a Central denot. One offered a gold double eagle bet that hammering a coin would still be worth $20. James Hagerty bought the battered piece for $20, then the two men vanished and the metal proved spurious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Troy Times
Silver Advocate
Roth
James Hagerty
Woman in Ireland Changes Color Yearly in Shifting Skin Tone
A Lisala woman born black in Lisacia about 44 years ago reportedly changed skin color repeatedly from black to white and back. She claims initial black skin persisted until age 22, then rapid whitening over three months, followed by a year of white complexion and a slower return to darker hues. Since then she alternates black and white each summer, with no pain.
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Mac Nal
Ireland
Lisacia
St Louis Republic
DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure Endorsed for Child Ailments
An advertisement extols DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure as a reliable remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea in children. The copy claims immediate relief and asserts the product justification for recommendation as a cure.
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DeWitt
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Grattus
Miles
A. H. Long
Franklin Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Dr. Miles’ Nerviate
D. D
Mount Joy
Penn
Bucklen
Florida
Patsey O'Bryan
O'Bryan
O' Bryan
Patsey
Sthick
Ethel
Willy Sappleigh
Maude
Fall River
Mass
Papa
Wiggins
Orphan
Electric Bitters
Wood OF the Cross
Georgia
Lippman
P.P.P
Ives
J. S. Dupkiss
Newnanville
Fla
Tsu Berea
W. H. Wilder
Albany
Drs
J. M
M. T. Richardson
Piedmont, & C
Hot Springs
Ark
James M. Newton
Aberdeen, Brown Co
P.V.P
J. D. Johnston
Johnston & Co
Savannah
Atlantic
Pacific
Lippman Bros
Roissetos
Lippman Brick
Savannah, GA
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