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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
2
Mrs. V. A. Burnett of Route 6 Dalton reports relief from persistent back and side pain low spirits nervous dizziness and fatigue after using Cardui a longstanding vegetable tonic. She credits Cardui with restoring her health and encourages others to try it as a proven remedy used for over 40 years by thousands of women.
Geologist Herschell Parker, who first climbed Mount McKinley in 1912, reports the Oregon peak is sinking due to earthquakes and other forces. Over the past few years the summit has dropped about 500 feet from its former height of 20 400 feet.
An advertisement urges parents to choose California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It stresses a fruity taste, harm free effects on the stomach liver and bowels, and notes full directions appear on each bottle.
Nimble the Nick questions Silk Shirt Slick about a man on Twelfth Street. The speaker calls the stranger a liar or a nut after a claim that the man earned his money. The exchange centers on suspicion and a flashy appearance.
Advert says thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble often undetected. It links back pain, headache, fatigue, and nervousness to kidney issues and urges immediate treatment with Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root. Offers sample by sending ten cents and mentions paper.
A cache of ancient Babylonian tablets dating up to 350 BCE was secured, with several pieces bearing distinct finger marks showing they were molded by hands over two millennia ago. Crowding streetcars draws attention as people gather to view the discovery.
Rome reports the Rome chamber of commerce will mail letters to Floyd county farmers and run ads in Rome papers outlining the food shortage and grain scarcity. The plan followed a well attended meeting with speakers urging action to inform the public. Griffin to raise school funds by doubling millage to 50,000 for next term.
The bulletin urges successive bean planting this month for home gardens and canning surplus. It lists seed crops for planting including beans beets collards corn okra peas sweet potatoes onion seed and watermelons. It notes the boys club origin in Georgia now nationwide and worldwide, and references nitrate of soda timing for corn and cotton. Pig Club guidance stresses lice free pigs with green feed and moderate corn, with feed costs rising next year. Four premiums are offered for farm display at the county fair.
County Agent W N D Dixon urges all citizens, especially farmers, to prepare for fall Irish potatoes. He advises plowing or harrowing the ground two or three times to ensure good soil conditions.
A rousing notice warns Boll weevil infestation will devastate West Georgia farms this year. It claims a government approved calcium arsenate is the sole defense and urges readers to place orders now through Howard R. Pace, distributor, Atlanta, Georgia, with scarce supplies and detailed particulars available at 412 Peters Street.
All creditors of the estate of J W Youngblood deceased must present their demands to the administrator T W Youngblood. All persons indebted to the estate must pay immediately. May 5 1920. Admr T W Youngblood Deceased. Keep in touch with the times.
Judge Bev ery D. Evans authorizes a one million plus verdict for Union Trust Company of Detroit against Great Eastern Lumber company of Savannah with accrued interest of 168 767 80. Foreclosure in 1915 left Port Wentworth property bought by Savannah River Lumber company now a large operation.
A bemused William observes a man kiss a woman and doubts the propriety yet speculates the man may be one of her ancestors, offering a sly rationalization for the act. This curling remark reflects a light social vignette with period humor and the narrator's wry tone.
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