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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
7
Orison Swett Marden argues poverty is a treatable abnormal state caused by bad living and thinking. He urges deliberate effort, “gumption,” and persistence to claim abundance as a birthright, warning laziness or dissipation as paths to ruin.
Outline of the American Society of Equity aims to protect farmers while boosting general living conditions. It collaborates with the American Federation of Labor to create farm product distribution stations cutting out middlemen. The movement seeks broad political influence, turning ten million county voters into a unified power that could sway laws in Washington and state capitals.
A lecturer argues that intermixing of races harms nations but the United States thrives as a composite of many nationalities. The speaker envisions the American character gaining traits from Germans Italians French Irish British to produce a superior future citizen.
The article discusses the first notable U S example of railroad aesthetics following English practice. It praises uniform crossties ballast trimming and clean yards, noting two approaches to ornament: functional adaptation to context and decorative prettiness. The first US line created a comprehensive artistic treatment praised as economical and admirable. From Sylvester Baxter's The Railway Beautiful.
The Louisville Courier Journal reports that several large city landowners have reportedly planted tobacco beds in their gardens and home yards. While secrecy is urged, concerns exist about possible attacks by night riders and the need for police protection. The piece notes a expected hemp crop in the bluegrass region due to tobacco cutbacks and seed shortages.
A loafer picked up a glittering badge from the sidewalk and pinned it to his coat before a collision with a moving freight train. He was hurled against a post and found insensible. The dispatcher and yardmaster identified him by the badge as a Lady Maccabee.
A Louisville sidewalk clash is described in which a drunk man is struck by a second man who calls him a liar. The exchange is noted as less entertaining than a theatrical performance.
A compendium of early 20th century patent medicine ads touts cures for nerves skin diseases malaria and headache. Notable items include Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer Tetrenie Hicks Capucline Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Grove's Taste Less Quinine and Iron tonics with prices and mail order details. Devices of the era mix humor to sell remedies and elicit trust.
An advertisement claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound treats female ailments by addressing backache nervousness and related symptoms. It cites testimonials from Mrs Will Young and Mrs Augustus Lyon and asserts a thirty year track record curing displacements inflammation and other gynecological issues.
Heal corn pain quickly with Abbott's East India Corn Yarn. Removes corn bunion callous without cutting or burning. Leaves no soreness. Brash applicator, 25 cents. Available at druggists or by mail from The Anport Co Savannah Ga.
Mrs. A. S. Payne of Columbus Mississippi endured years of kidney pain and weakness until Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her symptoms from the first use. The testimonial notes severe back side and loins pain, burning secretions, and improved health. Sold by all dealers 65 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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