Suuturvan Seeks Boston Mayor Post After Ring Career
Ex champion prize fighter Joan L. Suuturvan announces candidacy for Boston mayor with a brief platform pledging integrity home rule and fair treatment. He asserts deep voter knowledge and predicts a straightforward administration avoiding graft and local interference. Albany Herald notes he may risk overconfidence and warns against choosing a worse candidate.
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Joan L. Suuturvan
Boston
John L
Albany Herald
Prohibition Gains Across Southern States
The Dawson News cites figures showing 20 million Southern residents favoring anti liquor laws, with 17 million under local or prohibitory rules. Dry territory has doubled in eight years, and by January 1909 a saloon-free Southern region is anticipated. Georgia led state wide prohibition south of the Mason-Dixon, initially affecting about 15 counties.
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Dawson News
Georgia
Coody's District Roads Improve Under Thompson Leadership
Argus notes the pick and shovel gang led by John Thompson advances road work in Coody's District with help from Thornton Nolen Tidwell. The writer urges residents not to dump brush into ditches as it causes floods and costly repairs by county authorities.
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Eprwork Argus
Pick and Shovel
Coody
John Thompson
Thornton
Nolen
Thompson
Tidwell
Halts Catarrh Cure Claim Ad With Reward Offer
A period advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure fully cures catarrh all stages and offers 100 reward for any failure. It describes internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and advertises testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio along with annual offering of Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hal
Hall
F. J. Cheney
Toledo
O. Sola
Hali
Georgia voters face questions in June 4 primary
A Georgia editorial defends Governor Hoke Smith as opponents press a hostile, multi issue bid. It argues Smith has fulfilled pledges, opposed whisky interests, and upheld prohibition, while critics seek to dethrone him amid a disputed campaign tied to politics, finance, and reform.
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Commonwealth
Georgia
Smith
Capitol
Clay
Senate
United States Senate
Col E M Smith Builds Support in Butts County For Flint Circuit Solicitor
Col E M Smith seeks the Solicitor General post in the Flint Circuit and enjoys firm backing in Butts County. Friends expect him to secure a large vote as backing solidifies across the county.
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Col. E. M. Smith
Butts County
Flint
The World's Best Climate and Electric Bitters
The text notes fever at high elevations and malaria at lower levels depending on altitude. It promotes Electric Bitters as the remedy for climate affections lassitude malaria jaundice biliousness fever ague and general debility, claiming it is a blood purifier and antidote for nervousness and insomnia. Sold under guarantee at Hanna Drug Co. Price 50c.
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Hanna Drug Co
Smuggling in Hard Times Echoes in City Tale
A customs official quips that smuggling is poor economy as a Philadelphia woman’s telegram to her husband from Atlantic City reveals a joke about a dying message. He hurries to the shore city to find her safe, only to learn she meant I am dying to see you but ran out of words.
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Georgia
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
First Express
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills Endorsement
John Riha of Vining Indiana reports strong satisfaction with DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills after a year of selling them. He notes a dozen local users who all achieved perfect results and adds he has used the remedy himself with fine results. Sold by Hanna Drug Company.
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John Riha
Vining, In
DeWitt
Hanna Drug Company
Annual Sunday School Picnic at Lithia Springs
Community invites all to the Lithia Springs gathering on Friday May 15 for a Sunday school picnic. Local organizers urge families to join and enjoy fellowship, games, and refreshments at the park site.
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Lithia Springs
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold With Gold Claim
Cedar View merchant B. G. Stewart says buying a box guarantees the worth of its weight in gold for constipation malaria or biliousness. Hanna Drug Co. sells the 25 cent remedy under a guarantee.
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B. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
Hanna Drug Co
Sunday School Picnic Announcement
A scheduled Sunday School picnic is noted for Friday May 15 with details sparse in the fragment. No location or organizer visible in the readable text.
Human Machinery and the Healing Power of Stuart’s Buchy and Juniper
The article extols the human body as a machine needing constant care and promotes Stuart's Buchy and Juniper as a universal invig rating cordial. It claims the product relieves kidney disease, bile, back pain, poor appetite, debility, neuralgia, insomnia, rheumatism, and nervousness and offers a free sample and $1.00 bottles from Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co. Atlanta GA.
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Stuart’s Buchy and Juniper
Stuart's Buchy and
Juniper
Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co
Atlanta
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