Middle Georgia Farm Outlook Report by Commissioner Nesbitt
Commissioner Nesbitt’s summary notes drought impacts across the region. Cotton is nearly all open with about 65 percent of the crop for the year, corn fair but not as large as last year, and potatoes cane peas and turnips mostly failures though some local potato yields reach about half. Water for cattle is scarce, mills have shut down, some forest trees die, fall crops and pastures fail, hogs doing well, rain could help pastures and plowing. Overall a discouraging season with corn and hogs as mainstay.
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Nesbitt
Monster Rattler Captured Near Washington Georgia
G Beauregard Amason awoke to shouts from several negro tenants pursuing a nine foot rattlesnake. They flushed it from an outhouse, chased it to a fallen tree, where they set it afire and shot the monster. The snake weighed fifty six pounds and had three rattles. Amason plans to skin and mount the skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Beauregard Amason
Washington
Mrs Winlow's Soothing Syrup touted for teething relief
An old advertisement claims Winton's Soothing Syrup has helped millions of mothers for over fifty years. It promises to soothe teething pain, soften gums, cure wind colic, and relieve diarrhoea in children. Sold by druggists worldwide for 25 cents a bottle.
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Winton
Election tally sheets ruling urged by Georgia official
Secretary of state Alle D. Candler cites attorney general guidance and urges separate tally sheets for governor and state officers, for legislators, and for county officers. He recommends four voter lists: one filed with the clerk of the superior court and three to accompany separate returns for each office group.
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Alle D. Candler
Secretary of
Georgia
Statehouse
Superior Court
Beware of the Knife and a Blood Remedy
A Marshfield, Missouri reader credits S S S for curing a six year neck gland scrofula after doctors and surgery failed. The notice extols S S S as a real vegetable blood remedy addressing deep seated troubles and promises free books from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta.
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Lincoln Nelson
Marshfield
Washington
D. C
Springfield
St. Louis
S.S.S
S.ss
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Calamity White Address At Brother Gardner Campaign Club
At Brother Gardner's Campaign Club meeting Calamity White of Alabama delivered a political address on the general situation. The speech mixed political satire with racial caricature and urged Black voters to back Gardner, while Gardner himself expressed a cautious campaign stance and pledged a $15 weekly salary if elected.
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Brother Gardner
Calamity White
Alabama
Calamity
Orator
Gardner
Deir
America
Republic
Webber
Bradder Gardner
Issac Walpole
Givendam Jones
Ebry
Penstock
United States
Saving and scraps build a modern Noahs ark
Aunt Minta shares a life lesson on thrift from a childhood grounding in waste avoidance. She recalls saving bones for stock, cotton seeds for poultices, and scraps for quilts, arguing frugality aids family care and practical healing through modest means.
New Woman Emma Bolden Praises Columbus Peruna Medicine
Emma L Bolden of Wilberforce Ohio testifies she can work and move pain free after using Peruna medicine for female disease She credits the treatment with restoring strength and mobility and urges others to seek treatment and free women’s book from The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus Ohio
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Emma L. Bolden
Wilberforce
Ohio
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Coluumbus
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Promote Regularity
Chronic constipation is described as painful and life shortening. It deranges the system causes headaches and bad breath. The text promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as effective for relief. It claims these pills improve vascular health and general well being.
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DeWitt
What Is An Educated Farmer
A Franklin era essay argues an educated farmer is not ignorant though lacking classical learning. He gains knowledge from others, applies it on the farm, and turns theory into practice. Education becomes practical when the farmer studies agricultural journals and tests ideas in his judgment.
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Orien
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Scrofula
The advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a permanent cure for scrofula and related ailments. It claims thousands of sufferers found relief, with scrofula presenting as sores, neck glands, or mucous membranes, and even chest infections. The copy asserts the remedy purifies blood and restores vigor after a faithful course.
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Hood
Fond Mother and Children In Train Car Scene
In a passenger car a mother warns her children amid a noisy journey. She recalls newspaper reports of a woman going crazy and urges Johnny Richard George to stop pulling, slapping, or punching others. A calm lady wonders if another woman suffered similar discomforts.
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Johnny
Richard
George
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Cartersittle Iver Pills
Grattus
EPPS
Civil Service Gazette
Guocers
CEA James Epps & Co., Ltd
Homeeopathic Chemists
London
Erglind
Dobie
Richter
Post & Oe
Arthue Losbies Congreat Building
John Wedderburn & CO
Attorneva
Washington, D. C
Lirpman
Minera Wells
Tex
Hot Springs
Ark
Lippman
W.F. Timmins
Timmins & Hines
Waxahachie
B. W. Feaxens
P.p. P
A. Ramsay
de Leon
M. Lampert
P. P. P. Lippman
J. D. Johnson
Savannah
Lippman Bros
Savannah, GA
Scrofula
Middle Georgia
Monster Rattler
Aunt Jane
Minta
DR. Hartman
THE
Theorles
Tutt
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