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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
2
The Well Informed favor the gentle yet prompt liquid laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co. The product blends Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a known value for family use. Buy the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. Price fifty cents per bottle.
A speaker notes the irony that ideal fishing weather coincides with the moment a man is most tied to work. The remark hints at missed leisure as duties press.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive remedy for catarrh. It claims the cure works through the blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. Also promotes Sall's Family Pills and includes a brief unrelated cartoon caption.
A Glencoe Maryland reader touts Tertrine as a rapid eczema remedy with a 4 day result claim. The ad promotes Tertrine from Savannah and Hicks Capuline headaches remedy, urging persistence and warning about harmful language.
A woman recounts her brother’s three summers of eczema and his cure with Cuticura Ointment. She also notes another child cured after a Indiana family learned of a previous success and used the Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Sarah K. Lusk of Coldwater Michigan cites dates in 1907.
A Washington Herald snippet notes a spouse suing for divorce on the grounds of incompatibility of income. The exchange highlights financial discord as the central issue.
Rev G M Gray of Whitesboro Texas testifies he suffered lumbago for four years until Dean's Kidney Pills relieved the pain. He offers his name to help others. Pills sell for 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N C. The piece notes 1882 and 1887 rail construction growth in the United States with 11,569 and 12,867 miles added respectively.
The House passed a parole and conditional pardon bill for Georgia penitentiary convicts amid debate on the Holder and skidoo bills. The Senate amended the Holder bill with skidoo provisions and sent it back, House refused to accept. The Wise near beer tax passed the House 99 to 32, with tax details set for dealers and manufacturers. A proposed constitutional amendment to end convict lease by March 31 failed 116 to 29, leaving convicts to work on state farms and road gangs funded by a special prison fund.
The senate approved the Felder substitute known as the skidoo or 23 bill by 33 to 10. It envisions state supervision of felonies and misdemeanors, ends the lease system by March 31, 1909, and directs convict labor to public works under a new board. An income tax was debated, and changes included a reworked beer tax and the governor lawyer governor and attorney general on the new board.
Beal Brothers bottling works at Monticello were completely destroyed by fire with unknown origin. Loss estimated at 4000 dollars, 1000 dollars covered by insurance. A Georgia jail contract near 20000 dollars and Cordele fertilizer plant projects noted. Hancock county hay yield down due to six weeks of drought.
An article urges buyers to avoid adulterated white lead by choosing National Lead Company’s Pure White Lead and Dutch Boy trademark. It offers a free painting test book and equipment from the Woodbridge Building in New York, asserting stronger purity guarantees against cheap adulterants. It also includes assorted notes and a cartoon caption about confidence versus certainty.
An OCR fragment touts sedative tonics and tonics with claims of malaria prevention and health benefits. It mentions Grove's Tast- Luss and Hicks' Capuchine cures for monthly pains backache nervousness and headaches. It notes prices 10c 25c and 50c at drug stores.
A 34 by 30 foot two story concrete block dwelling in Carrellton Illinois showcases a low cost model home with eight rooms, concrete block foundation, hardwood floors, plaster and oak interior, and a mission style. The house lacks coal and fire, yet provides ample light and heat at a total cost under 3500 dollars.
A Virginia mother reports Grape-Nuts strengthened her health and allowed successful nursing after a difficult postpartum period. She claims the cereal aided her strength and enabled her to care for her four month old baby, with a doctor recommending the diet change.
Article extols thousands of American women for daily home duties and hidden pains, urging society to provide help as many suffer in silence from aches and weaknesses while maintaining household order and children’s upkeep.
The advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a blessing for women with female troubles. It cites testimonials from Mrs F Ellsworth in Mayville New York and Mrs W P Boyd in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania who report improved ability to work after using the remedy. It claims thirty years of usage and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Summer visitors at Semmering and Vienna enjoy tobogganing on wheeled mountain sleighs. The revised vehicle mirrors the winter form with a brake and steering, promising swift transport for messengers and emergency aid, amid experimental trips with satisfactory results.
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