Mother offers skin graft to save son in fiery accident
A 5-year-old, Glover Sealy, burned when a cigarette dropped into his paper festoon. His mother, Mrs. G. L. Sealy, donated twenty five skin pieces from her body to graft onto the boy at their Third street residence. The operation, performed by three physicians and a nurse, left the mother able to sit up and hopeful for the boy’s recovery.
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Glover
G. L. Sealy
First Street
Third Street
Little Glover Sealy
Newman's Bakery
Poplar
Plum Streets
Columbus Merchant Fatally Shot by Wife in Store
George Radcliff, a Columbus merchant, was shot at his store on Nineteenth Street and Second Avenue. He is at the city hospital in a critical condition with a pistol bullet in his spine. his wife May Radcliff is jailed on a charge of assault with intent to murder.
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Columbus
George Radcliff
May Radcliff
Radcliff
Nineteenth Street
Second Avenue
Martin
Mrs. Radcliff
Mrs. J. T. Mathews Narrowly Escapes Death in Railroad Wreck
Mrs. J T Mathews of Butler narrowly escapes death after a train wreck near Lovejoy on a Friday night. Seventeen people injured. two seriously. The broken rail caused a wreck on Central of Georgia passenger train No 15 going toward Atlanta. A mobile track squad searched for possible saboteurs while rescuers attended to the unconscious and injured.
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J T Mathews
Butler
Atlanta
C .G. Windham
Central of Georgia
Macon
Lovejoy
Joseph P Hamilton
Forsyth Street
B. M. Gordon
Parker Railway News Company
Hamilton
J. T. Mathews
Federal
Nashville Express
Mercer
Gress
Bank of Ideal Affairs Unsettled
W H Gardner president of the Bank of Ideal said in Montezuma that affairs remain unsettled but prospects for reopening within sixty days look bright. He added officials are seeking funds from the bank assets and may not need the full period to show required finances.
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W. H. Gardner
Bank of Ideal
Montezuma
Fire destroys Americus barn on Ray farm
Fire at the model Ray farm two miles east of Americus destroyed the barn and fourteen mules and horses trapped inside. Incendiaries struck again, with substantial losses including fifteen hundred bushels of corn and hay. Total damage estimated at 7 000 to 8 000 dollars with about 3 000 dollars insured. Suspicion falls on a former convict, who may be arrested soon.
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Americus
Neil A. Ray
Ray
Handsome Ray
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Prized for Cold Weather Ailments
Frightful polar winds cause red rough or sore hands and lips, needing Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to heal them. It softens skin and is praised for cold sores burns boils sores ulcers cuts bruises and piles. Only 25 cents at City Drug Store. Adv
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Bucklen
City Drug Store
The Path to Happiness and Inner Joy
A concise meditation on happiness as an inward state. True happiness comes from within and spiritual focus, not external pleasures. Unhappiness stems from unfulfilled ambitions and selfish desires. serenity grows with love for humanity, charity, prayer, and daily virtue.
Gaby Base Teething Aid and Bowel Remedy Sold
Advertisement for Baby Base liquid remedy marketed as a safe teething aid and bowel curative. Promotes keeping a bottle on hand with price 25c and 60c, warns against dealers selling imitation bottles.
Vision and wealth shaping modern faith inspired by Morgan
Letter from A P Rives argues that Rhodes Morgan and Carnegie shaped public vision through philanthropy and scholarship. It praises Morgan for learning, finance, and Bible lands research that challenged infidelity, and credits him with enabling Reeves to fund arts, education, and religious ideals for a Christianized world. Cuthbert Ga. April 19 1913.
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Butler Herald
Zion
Cecil Rhodes
John Pierpont Morgan
Oxford
England
Rhodes
Morgan
America
Carnegie
Rockefeller
God
Christ
Andrew P.rives
Cuthbert, Ga
Rub–My–Tism cure and press philosophy advertisement
An 1870s style ad promotes Rub My Tism cures a range of ailments including rheumatism neuralgia headaches cramps colic sprains bruises cuts and burns and old sores with internal and external use priced at 25 cents. The piece also quotes a cynical press philosophy attributed to De Tocqueville arguing newspapers educate and civilize society and carry power of the press.
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de Tocqueville
Health Officials Urge Universal Home Screening Against Disease
The Georgia State Board of Health urges liberal use of household screens to prevent contagion. It stresses screening windows doors wells outhouses and manure piles and even suggests living on roofs if needed. It warns flies and mosquitoes spread typhoid dysentery infantile paralysis and malaria and calls for traps or sticky fly paper when insects enter.
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Georgia State Board of Health
Escapee Drew Smith Captured at Milledgeville Still
Drew Smith, who escaped from the state prison farm at Milledgeville while serving a life term for murder, was captured in a still in Upson county by Deputy Collector E. J. Hinton and R.8. Ison. He was asleep,Found with a dirk and sling shot, the still destroyed and liquor dumped. He will be returned to Milledgeville to serve his sentence with no revenue-law prosecution.
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Griffin
Drew Smith
Milledgeville
Eugene Barker
Upson County
E. J. Hinton
Ison
Smith
Carter Suit Settled For Five Hundred Dollars
Essie Carter’s damage action for 25000 against W S Dozier McClung Duke Marshall J C Dozier and Irwin McRea in the United States court near Columbus was settled for 500. R D Feagin of Macon announced the settlement which had been proposed by plaintiff's counsel.
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Essie Carter
W. S. Dozier
McClung
Duke Marshall
J. C. Dozier
Irwin McRea
R. D. Feagin
Macon
United States
Columbus
Mr. Dozier
Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid Sold For 50 Cents
A vintage household remedy claims to cure cramp colic, correct nausea, heal cuts and wounds, and destroy germs in the sick room. It is advertised for internal and external use and priced at 50 cents per bottle, sold by City Drug Store.
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Darby
City Drug Store
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Glover Sealy
Atlanta Hospital
Bank of Ideal Affairs
A. P. Rives
The
State Board of Health
Carter
Dozier
Maund Brothers, Watchmakers and Jewelers
Paschal, Go
Southern R. R
Peterman-Cox Co
Our
Bank
Butler Banking Company
S.C. Smith
WM. Schild Mfo
Depariment Co
Bingville
Ira Chambers
Ady
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