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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
5
From Our Correspondents the County School Commission and County Demonstrator visited Tuesday to look after Tomato and Corn Club interests. Local residents Fred Dunn of the Fifth Regiment spent weekend here while Allen Patten of Hollandsville visited his sister Mrs S F Matthews.
Advertisement touts 5 grain tassco tablets from E. E. Dixon's as a safe diet aid to reduce body weight without dieting or exercise. Claims claim physicians’ backing, harmless effects, and home mailing options for purchase.
An irregular promotional note from The Tassco Co of Ruston Massachusetts offers a “free Tassco Coupe” and advises sending returns by mail with a 50e tax. The fragment mentions obesity treatment and postage help, implying a sales lure without clear product details or validity.
East Side brief notes town residents and visitors. W Dwight of Bet aid a spent Sunday in East Side. H Gilbert of Atlanta visited over the weekend. L Thornton spends a week in Atlanta. J W Pritchett injured by a lawn bench, left lame. R Nash and wife of Atlanta visited with Hughen and Nash. Marshall Benefield on crutches after a mishap with a saw in a wrestling match with a cow dislocating his knee. Judge J S Thornton bought and feasted last week and bought a sea turtle. it was cooked and served to him the next day.
Rev J M Radford fulfilled his appointment at this place with services Sunday and Sunday night. The area reports good rains and notes some are chopping cotton and planting. Miss Mattie Mae Harris and Rev John Speir are listed as sick. Attendees joined in singing at Hopewell. Mittie Harper and Herman Edmondson of College Park visited relatives here. Homer Upchurch and son were guests of Oscar Harper’s family. Curtis Harris of Atlanta spent the weekend with family. J E Edmondson and family visited Dr J E Lester and family at Kennesaw. Flora Lester of Kennesaw visited relatives here. Several went to see the Atlanta fire ruins. Mrs P M Boyd visited her parents at Fife. Mollie Boyd and Eliza Guthrie spent last week in South Georgia. Uncertainty remains about Children Day this year.
An Atlanta dealer advertises Cocotone Skin Whitener claiming it brightens complexions and removes blemishes with coconut oil base. The same product promises hair straightening and softness with Cocotone Hair Dressing. mail orders offered at 25 cents per large box.
A reader recounts a motor trip courtesy of Mr Je D from Jackson to Milledgeville. They followed a Sherman era route through Spalding Butts Jackson Jones Baldwin counties, noting scenery and a brief stop at the Ocmulgee river dam. An armed guard paused them at the dam, then they continued toward Hillsboro and Milledgeville with minor car trouble.
Fragmented newspaper passage notes varying crop conditions in several Georgia counties including wheat oats and cotton, cites a Griffin trial exoneration for a murder and shooting case, mentions church activity and a doctor endorsing Argo-Phosphate to improve women's physiques with a home delivery offer.
A promotional note invites readers to subscribe before November 1 for 70 cents. The blurb encourages readers to visit the News office for the offer.
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