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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
1
Home Affairs Woolsey Millinery announces a complete new stock for inspection featuring the finest selection of ladies and children's headwear, fashionable creations, nets, and a good fiction line. Mrs E E Wallace invites all to visit.
A collage of small ads and notices fills this page: shoe and hat promotions from J H Stephens, subscription pitches for The Atlanta Georgian and Fayetteville News, social visits across Henry and Fayette counties, millinery updates from Fifer Mercantile, and a December of community happenings. Mentions include A Lester on the rain list, K V Adams of Rare Over, W W Redwine, D Gibson, J B Edwards, B G Hightower, and plans for tax receivers and collectors, a Confederate cross of honor finder, and a reward for a Jersey heifer.
Mrs. M. A. Davis and family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kind deeds shown during their recent bereavement. May God's richest blessings rest upon them all is our prayer.
An advertisement offers last seven state examination questions for one dollar with a descriptive circular from B S Holden of Ellijay Georgia. Also a separate note from J R Minter sells a foal for ten dollars and R F D No 1 Lovejoy Georgia advertises a stock stand at Fayetteville every 18 days.
A store promotes its Spring Sales with brand new merchandise bought after Christmas to fill an almost empty stock. Shoppers are invited to share in the notable money-saving opportunities now offered.
A local ad announces new Fancy White Goods in stripes checks and dots with mercerized finishes. The sale highlights cotton and linen textiles for household use and decorative fabrics.
The Semi Weekly Journal offers five hundred dollars for the missing word from a quoted sentence. Readers can enter by taking a yearly subscription and two trials are included. The sentence shown reads They can't get anything but now sir Everything else is gone and the word is a common English term found in any dictionary.
Mrs E Charles of Harbor Maine praises Electric Bitters as a neighborhood favorite. The tonic is said to give quick relief for dyspepsia liver and kidney complaints malnutrition nervous debility and general weakness. Sold under guarantee at Fayetteville Drug Company for 50 cents.
A domestic remedy labeled Bee Laxative Cough Syrup gains favor for coughs colds croup and whooping cough among all ages. Advertisers claim rapid relief for croup and cleansing of poisons from the system. Sold by Fayetteville Drug Co.
A humorous London Fun quip imagines passengers seeing stars when railroad cars telescope. The witticism underscores railway fascination and public amusement with train mishaps and engineering quirks. No specific event or date tied to the remark.
An ad touts Dr. King New Life Pills as regulating stomach liver and bowels so that users feel good. The Fayetteville Drug Company sells the pills for 25 cents inviting all to attend an open house and try them.
The passage describes snuff origin in England after Sir George Rooke's 1784 expedition and promotes Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as a remedy. It claims the syrup relieves coughs and clears the head by expelling poison from the system and appeals to those fearing croup and whooping cough. Fayetteville Drug Co. is named as the source.
Announcer states intent to run for county commissioner in the upcoming June 4 primary. The declaration sets the stage for the local election as the race begins.
A. Huchaby announces candidacy for Fayette County Commissioner subject to the June 4 primary. He pledges to discharge the duties of the office to the best of his ability.
J W Dixon declares his candidacy for County Commissioner of Fayette County in the Democratic primary set for June 4. He pledges to perform his duty as he sees it if elected.
To Fayette County voters E W Dukes announces his candidacy for county commissioner in the Democratic Primary on June 4. He pledges to perform duties to the best of his ability if elected and asks for support. The notice also advertises DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and pills sold by Fayetteville Drug Company.
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