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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1913
Page
3
An advertisement touts GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC as the most effective general tonic and malaria remedy. It claims the tonic is as strong as bitter tonics but tastes mild since its ingredients do not dissolve in the mouth yet dissolve in stomach acids, guaranteed by the local druggist.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a universal remedy for wounds burns sores ulcers and other external diseases claim it heals and soothes while promising new uses discovery and relief. Also promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine as a cold cure with the signature of E W Grove on every box and low prices.
Washington reports that among fifteen staple commodities two thirds of food expenditures rose since February 15. Sugar leads with a 11.4 percent increase followed by bacon 11.6 percent and sirloin stews 6.8 percent. other items include round steak 4.5, pork chops 89.4, smoked ham 6.9, hens 6.6, flour 2.7, corn meal 5.8, creamery butter 6.3, and potatoes 2.4 percent.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Gibbens announce the engagement of their daughter Bonne to Cecil Lyon Baker of Boca Grande Florida. The couple plans a September wedding. Baker is an old Thomasville boy with railroad work ties and many relatives in Winchester Kentucky.
Petition requests incorporation of the Thomasville Study Class for twenty years with renewal. It seeks nonstock status to promote social and literary training, education, and civic improvements, with rights to own real estate and borrow money, filed in T. County Superior Court in 1913 with attorney H. J. MacINTYRE and petitioners Z Fitzpatrick and others.
In Nashville on June 21 the Tennessee House adopted an election law amendment amid a quorum dispute. Extra sergeants at arms were appointed and entrances guarded as the Regular Democrats pushed the measure, which shifts election machinery control from Fusionists to Regular Democrats. The Senate passed it, and it awaits Supreme Court consideration.
An Old Standard general strengthening tonic GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC advertised as a true tonic and sure appetizer. Claims to drive out malaria and build up the system suitable for adults and children. Contains service advertisement copy and product description.
Atlanta reports that Mayor Woodward and a large portion of the city council stirred by a taunt may resign together to trigger a new election. Council member Albert Thompson floated the idea, and the mayor has signaled serious consideration aiming to reset Atlanta’s municipal leadership.
The June term of the City Court of Thomasville disposed of nearly one hundred civil cases alongside criminal ones. On the Appearance docket, judgments or settlements were entered in numerous actions including Stromberg Carlson Co. vs Coolidge Telephone Co. and many others with outcomes ranging from judgments for plaintiffs to settlements and dismissals.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed a Confederate pension act allowing ten dollars monthly to disabled and indigent veterans who served a year or the war and resided in Kentucky since 1907. Widows of Confederate veterans are provided for in the bill passed by the Legislature.
New York reports Isadore Rader a self styled professor of burglary confessed in Judge Swann s court that for years he held daily classes in stealing in a pool hall back room on the East Side He said pupils had stolen about a half million dollars in horses and merchandise and paid city detectives and policemen thousands to avoid arrest.
Mrs Anna Belle Emey of Summit Point testifies to 15 years of agony from a female ailment eased by Cardus the woman’s tonic. After 12 bottles she claims full recovery and urges others to try it, claiming 50 years of usefulness. Advertisement includes druggist retail and advisory department contact in Chattanooga Tenn.
Chicago June 21 Edward Tilden a millionaire packer will stage a circus today for all children within walking or riding distance of the Tilden estate at Lake Delaven Wisconsin. More than two thousand children are expected to attend the ten thousand dollar entertainment planned for twenty five years as a boy he promised to buy the town and let everyone go to a circus.
An advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic enriches blood and strengthens the whole system to resist heat and gas effects in hot weather. Priced at 50 cents.
Reports from across the county show a third straight year of pear crop failure in South Georgia. Blight and wet weather cripple LeConte trees, with one orchard yielding 500–700 barrels in good years but producing almost none this season. Keifer pears may salvage a small shipment but totals are far below average.
Atlanta reports Governor Brown will not issue promiscuous pardons after yesterday, except for cases already passed on by the prison board. He insists the law should run its course and will end his term without broad clemency.
Nashville reports that Andrew Carnegie’s one million dollar donation to Vanderbilt University’s medical department, vetoed by the Southern Methodist bishops, blocked Sewanee from establishing a local medical college as resolutions from Sewanee’s Board of Regents claim Carnegie’s gift gives Vanderbilt control of medical education in Nashville, making Sewanee’s plan infeasible.
A parade of travelers and residents visits Thomasville including C N Neel from Quitman O F B Straub Savannah Line H F Hargrave of Tifton J G Ball of Columbus J A Wall Waycross and Rev Robert H Harris Also C A Dobson Apalachicola W White Ochlocknee L Almacost Cincinnati G C Wilson Evansville watermelons W H Ulm B Brady visit Monday Meigs Meigs district Chas Barwick Barnett s Creek Mrs Frank Mallard Brunswick and others in town See full list of names and origins as social notes note University of Georgia Athens visit and travelers to Atlanta Derby Connecticut Cairo and Jacksonville in brief.
Rep Thomas Chapman will preach at the Universalist Church near Pine Park June 28 and 29. Everyone is cordially invited to attend these services. Funeral noted for Mr J B White of Ochlocknee. E S White buried at Midway Church. pastor Rev J B Alligood conducted services. He leaves a widow and several children.
Mrs. Laura Ernest Foster announces the engagement of her daughter Julia Aileen Ernest to Frank Y. Speight of Thomasville. The marriage is planned for July and no wedding cards will be sent. The Macon Telegraph notes the news with cordial interest among Mr. Speight's friends in the city.
Mr. W. A. Round of Millpond Plantation improves after a leg injury from a fall last week and still uses crutches. Mr. M. Suarez heads to Cairo on a brief business trip. he notes strong demand for Thomasville cigars and a bustling factory order book. Dr Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil is advertised as a universal remedy for old sores and pains at 25c to $1.00.
Ordinary Jones handled a Habeas Corpus case to decide custody of the two Hy Bales children from the Ochlocknee district. Numerous witnesses were summoned and examined, and after the proceedings the mother was given charge of the children.
An excursion closed the Southern Textile Association Convention at Isle of Palms. Officers for the coming year were elected: President T. B. Wallace of Greenville South Carolina, Secretary A. B. Carter of Athens Georgia, Vice Presidents E. E. Bowen of Greers South Carolina and M. E. Stevens of LaGrange Georgia.
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