Laxatives and remedies featured in old advertising pages
A compilation of vintage notices highlights Syrup of Figs with Elixir of Senna, Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint, Kicks Capuchine for monthly pains, Trerrerine skin remedy, and Surpremane scents. Also discusses book renting practices and a Butler Butler exchange anecdote from Washington Herald.
Postum Preacher Promotes Health Benefits of Postum
A Minn school teacher known as the Postum Preacher recounts how coffee caused nervous trouble and how switching to Postum improved nerves, sleep, and appetite. She and her husband test the drink, praising steady nerves and vitality. The letter, signed with the Postum Co. name, cites The Road to Wellville for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minn
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Georgia University to Use Peabody Funds for New Building
Athens Ga trustees accept Peabody gift of $50,000 for a new university building to be started Jan 1 and completed by Sept 1909, bringing total improvements to $76,000 with Athens bonds and local gifts. The board also funds an athletic field house and outlines recommendations to the governor and legislature on dormitory upgrades and department restructures including physics astronomy botany and electrical engineering changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
University of Georgia
Peabody Board
Peabody Trustees
Ely of
Board of Visitors of
University
Denmark Hall
Old College
Davenport
J. M. Reade
College Drug Store
Department of Pharmacy
Post election surge spurs Georgia Alabama regional projects
Georgia and Alabama revive activity with contracts for the Nashville and Huntsville railroad extension, Tombigbee valley development, and new corporate charters. Griffin cotton mill seeks capital rise to 1.5 million, Montpelier colony land deal forms a 5 262 acre town. Colquitt County sells land to a northern Georgia colony for small farms. Fourteen new corporations apply for charters with 417 500 minimum capital. Major projects include a Birmingham office building, Mobile convent, and numerous canneries plants and public works across the two states. Dougherty and Ben Hill counties approve road and public improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Georgia
Alabama
Georgia-Alabama
Nashville and
Huntsville
Ala
Tennessee
Tombigbee Valley
West
Griffin
Montpelier
Jefferson County
Colquitt County
North Georgia
Birmingham
Mobile
Carrollton
Raymond
New Decatur
Anniston
Russellville
Courtland
Florence
Fitzgerald
Brunswick
Auburn
Sparta
Blakely
Dougherty County
State Gleanings Highlights From State Court to Cotton Trade
Demurrers fixed in superior court to indictments against H T Thornton and W F Manry of the failed Atlanta bank. Georgia banking, railway and tariff news cover tax increases, election withdrawals, and civil cases. Fertilizer plant in Atlanta area to cost 250000. Virginia Carolina Chemical works in Rome to reopen. Augusta mills buy 1164 bales. deaths and accidents reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T
Thornton
W. F. Manry
Real Bank of Atlanta
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
W. A. Wright
Robert E. Davison
Athens
Wiley Williams
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Rockmart Hosiery
Supreme Court
Lafayette
Southeastern Tariff Association
Tift
Macon
Farmers’ Co-Operative
8S. A. Knaff
Department For Agriculture of
Washington
Floyd
Germofert Manufacturing Company
Charleston
South
John R. Cooper
Jim Yeates
State Penitentiary
Donaldsonville
Archibald W. Butt
Roosevelt
Augusta
Georgia Bankers’ Association
Savannah
Forest H. Crane
Dr. Walter
Brunswick
L. P. Hillyer
Merrimack
Pratt
Caribbee
Ellis
Gulf Stream
Tifton
State Chemist Prepares New Farmers Bulletin
Atlanta Ga State Chemist R E Stallings of the department of agriculture is completing the annual bulletin. The book will offer valuable information to farmers. It compares cotton seed meal mixed with hulls against corn, showing feeding value differences. Cotton seed meal at 24 a ton is worth 51 20 a ton in feed value versus corn at 35 80 a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
R. E. Stallings
Department of Agricullure
Railroad Wins Case in Augusta Discrimination Suit
The Augusta Brokerage company lost its five year legal battle against Central of Georgia Railway. A jury verdict favored the railroad, with the brokerage firm indicating plans to appeal the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Brokerage Company
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Augusta
Murder 15 Charged After Davidson Death
In Columbus Georgia police arrest six men in the Chattohoochee River death of Tucker A Davidson. E L Davidson filed murder warrants against Ben Lloyd John Boggs Bud Phillips Lee Phillips J G Lloyd Monroe Lloyd. Boat overturning during rapids cited. three defendants in jail, three free on bond. Shots fired near river vicinity reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Tucker A. Davidson
Chattahoochee River
E.L. Davidson
Ben Lloyd
John Boggs
Bud Phillips
Lee Phillips
J. G. Lloyd
Monroe Lloyd
Davidson
Patent medicines and cures advertised in a 19th century page
A collage of patent medicine pitches offers cures for malaria nervous disorders eczema skin diseases and teething pain. It includes Dr Kline's nerve restorer antitoxin tonics Hicks capuchine and Graove's tincture with prices and distribution details and notes on anticipated cures and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cevema
Suupramne
Dept. A
Savannah
St. Vitus
Kline
H. R. Kline
Arch St
Phila
J, Z
Suvrrams
The Back as Mainspring of a Woman’s Health
The passage highlights the back as central to a woman's health, noting it signals trouble through ache and other symptoms like nervousness and headaches. It asserts immediate attention is needed and promotes a single remedy to remove the cause and restore feminine health.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claims success
A Rockland Maine resident and a Pennsylvania reader praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from backaches pains and fatigue after using multiple bottles. The ad affirms the remedy's 30 year history and says it cures displacement inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and other female ills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Young
Column Ave
Rockland
Lydia
Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl, Pa
Lydia E
Undefined historical notice from Yonkers Statesman fragment
A fragmentary Yonkers Statesman page mentions Patience and Patrice and a marital command with unclear context. The readable phrases do not establish a concrete event, date, or involved organizations. Further readable details are needed to produce a proper summary.
Inflammatory Rheumatism Victory via Cuticura Remedies
Patient details severe rheumatic attack four years ago with skin peeling fever and hair loss culminating in bed sores. After trying various cures, Cuticura Resolvent Ointment Soap and Ointment cleared complexion aided hair regrowth. Testimony from Mrs Lavina J Henderson and others noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavina J. Henderson
Broad St
Stamford
Conn
Algy Cockburn
Shiloh
Enduring Pain Ends After Kidney Pill Relief
Mrs A Payne of Columbus Mississippi suffered years of back side and joint pain with kidney irregularities and burning secretions. Doctors offered little help until Dean's Kidney Pills improved her condition from the first use, restoring strength and health. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Third Ave
Columbus
Miss
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
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California Fig Syrup Co
Abbott
Mall
Tue Annorr Co
Philadelphia
Time and Eternity
Congress
James F. Banks
Bostton
Benjamin Butler
Butler
Washington Herald
PWO Topers
Peabody Board of Trustees
The
City of Athens
T. G. Hudson
Rodgers
Ellijay
Murray County
Bob Tuggle
Cedartown
Tugele
Augusta Mills
Smith
Angus Morrison
Morven
Brooks County
Covington
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Straus
Ellis Island
New York
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Rome
Central Railway
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mother Gray
Jen
Kaa Dress
New York City
Olmsted
le Roy
Aseeq
New Orleans
Cee
Rsé
Keeley Institute
Woodward Ave
Ansort Co
Galveston News
Patrice
Yonkers
Luzian AY
Sheila
Harper's Bazar
Caromel
Young
Ballyate
J.M. Young, JR
Waycross, GA
Sooce Alee
Pacific Coast Boran CO
Pamered USA
Fred. F. Field CO
Brockton, Mass
Biomta
W. D. Thomas
Boaz
Spencer Medicine Company
Chattanooga, Tenn
Atchison Globe
Paxton
Boston
Mass
Haltiwanger Taylor Drug CO