Bright Boys Offer Bargains With Slick Sayings
A collection of boastful phrases and slogans from local merchants and vendors in town. The list includes quips about low prices, quality, and customer value from figures such as Ben Moon Hamp Daughtry S A Biles Bob Etheridge and others, followed by an ad note for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin sold by Harris Drug Co.
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Ben Moon
Floyd Ethridge
Bob Etheridge
S. M. Pope
A. F. Whitney
R. P. Ezell
R. J. Carmichael
Dick Lasnett
Johnson
G. S. Hanes
George Gilmre
Jack Currie
Dr. Caldwell
Harris Drug Co
Knightsville
Ind
Pepsin Syrup Co
Monticello
Ill
G. H. Came
Harris Drug
Fought For His Life with Dr King’s New Discovery
Weather wax of Wyandotte Michigan recalls his father and sister dying of consumption and says his own life was saved by Dr King’s New Discovery. He suffered pneumonia and a stubborn cough before using the medicine which restored his health and weight. Harris drug store offers guaranteed bottles at 50¢ and 100 with free trial bottles.
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J. T. Weatherwax
Wyandotte
Mich
Harris Drug Store
Swift Specific Company Cancer Cure Ad From Atlanta Ga
Advert split story claims a blood poison causes cancer through generations and promises a vegetable blood purifier that cures by removing poison from the blood. It includes testimonials, a mailing address in La Plata Missouri and a sales pitch urging readers to send for information and medical advice.
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Tate
la Plata
Atlanta
Exercises Of Commencement At Locust Grove Institute Begin May 19
The Locust Grove Institute commences exercises next Sunday May 19 with a sermon by Rev G A Nunnally of LaGrange Ga and runs through the week to a champion debate Wednesday night May 22 A program lists events from sermon to medal contests and speeches. Confederate Veterans and Daughters of Confederacy groups gather for related meetings.
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Locust Grove Institute
Tuk Arcus
Locust Grove
G. A. Nunnally
Lagrange
Argus
G.A. Nunnally
Board of Trustees
Porter King
Atlanta
Jackson
Court House
Daughters of Confederacy
J. D. Thornton
Sons of Veterans
Jamess
Boynton Camp
Prices on Wagons Match Competitors in Jackson Ad
A Jackson advertisement urges buyers to compare prices on buggies phaetons surreys and one horse wagons. It promises vehicle prices are the same as competitors and blocks inferior offerings.
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Jackson
Surrey
Goodyear Tires Marketed as Smooth Ride Solution
A shop advertises new rubber tire machines for applying Goodyear tires claiming a smoother ride and no jarring. They invite buggy owners to bring in their vehicles for installation of Goodyear tires.
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DeWitt
W. L. Carmichael
Our Repair Department Offers Best Quality Buggies Repairs
We have competent men in every department of our shops and are ready to give you the very best in repairing. If your old worn out buggies need making new we will gladly make you an estimate.
Appointments to Georgia Normal and Industrial School Board
Governor Candler appoints a Board of Lady Visitors for the Georgia Normal and Industrial School for a three year term. Members include Mrs R. M Hitch Savannah Mrs M E Smith Thomasville Mrs Edgar Simmons Americus Mrs W Y Atkinson Newnan Mrs J E Nunnally Monroe Miss Lucie F Nague Dovedale Mrs B S Moseley Rome Mrs Dr R Carr Athens Miss Mattie Bass Clarksville Mrs Boykin Wright Augusta Mrs D C Ashley Valdosta with secretary Miss Florence Newman noting prior illness relief and a president’s party trip report from 1901 including W W Finley and George B Cortelyou.
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Candler
Beulah S. Moseley
Georgia Normal and Industrial School
General Assembly
R. M Hitch
Savannah
M. E. Smith
Thomasville
Edgar Simmons
Americus
W. Y. Atkinson
Newnan
J.E. Nunnally
Monroe
Lucie F. Nague
Dovedale
B. S. Moseley
Rome
R.carr
Athens
Mattie Bass
Clarksville
Boykin Wright
Augusta
D. C. Ashley
Valdosta
A.D. Canadler
J. W. Warren
J J Thornton Keeps Large Stock of Reapers for Quick Repairs
The dealer explains that high sales keep ample Reapers in stock so customers avoid factory delays for repairs. J J Thornton emphasizes prompt service and readily available replacements.
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J. J. Thornton
Old Soldier's Experience with Dr King’s Pills
A Winchester Indiana civil war veteran writes that his wife was sick for a long time despite doctors but cured by Dr King's New Life Pills. He claims the pills work wonders for her health and notes they cost 25 cents at Harris drug store.
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M. M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
Reflections on Love and Bachelors in Wise Sayings
A set of aphorisms on bachelorhood and marriage. The piece argues that loneliness sustains bachelors and mocks women's roles in marriage, claiming a wife must be twice as good as her husband allows. It also contends beauty without brains to pursue men and warns a woman’s view of a man’s danger grows with age.
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Aruus
James D. Watkins
Allen & Co
Argus Office
W. J. Baxter
North Brook
N. GC
de Witt
Goodyear
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Karmichael Bugsy Co
Florence Newman
Chamberlain
Newman
Gray
N. Y
McKinley
New Orleans
W.W. Finley
Southern By
Washington, D.C
L. S. Brown
Geo. B. Cortelyou
J. J. Thonton
F. W. Etheridge
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