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The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03

and Investigating mind, an earnest seeker after knowledge, and above all. possessed of wonderfully sympa- thetic nature.
 In 1913 she married Isaac Pinkham a builder and real estate operator, and their early married life was marked by prosperity and happiness. They had four children, three sons and a daughter.
 In those good old fashioned days it was common for mothers to make their own home medicines from roots and herbs, natures own remedies calling in physician only in specially urgent cases. By tradition and ex- perience many of them gained a won derful knowledge of the curative prop critics of the various roots and herbs.
 Mrs. Pinkham took great interest in the study of roots and herbs, their characteristics and power over disease. She maintained that just as nature so bountifully provides in the harvest fields and orchards vegetable foods of all kinds; so, if we but take the pains to find them, in the roots and herbs of the field there are remedies ex. pressly designed to cure the various ills and weaknesses of the body, and it was her pleasure to search these out and prepare simple and effective medi cines for her own family and friends
 Chief of these was a rare combina |. tion of the choicest medicinal roots and herbs found best adapted for the cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink hams friends and neighbors learned that her compound relieved and cured and it became quite popular among them.
 All this so far was done freely, with out money and without price, as a labor of love.
 But in 1873 the financial crisis strucl, Lynn. It's length and severity were toe much for the large real estate interests of the Pinkham family, as this class of business suffered most from fearful depression, so when the Centen nial year dawned it found their prop erty swept away. Some other source of income had to be found.
 At this point Lydia E. Pinkham', Vegetable Compound was made knowr to the world.
 The three sons and the daughter with their mother, combined forces te
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Iodine a Cure for Snake Bite.

For sure cure for snake bite, take about seven drops of iodine, scarifr and bathe the wound also with iodine. This remedy was first used by a med ical officer in British service in In dia. It has cured both man and 6 number of animals; it never fails; {; it is really wonderful in its effects.
 One instance I will relate. A young man working for me in the harvest field was bitten by a very large rat tlesnake on one of his large toes I gave him about seven drops of tincture of iodine on a little sugar, and to make doubly sure repeated the dose an hour later. His foot sweled, but next morning he was all right I have had animals whose bodies have swelled considerably, but all have recovered from the bite.-Topeka Capital.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
BITS OF INFORMATION.

The Eton College Chronicle expresses the opinion that lawn tennis is fit for tame curates" only
 The Welsh national eisteddfod is the biggest open-air concert in the world. At least 10000 people attend it every year.
 The greater part of the almost $2O00 ,oo0 worth of frecracbers annual ly exported by China comes to New York And the United States stands next to China in the use of then
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restore the family fortune. They argued that the medicine which was so good for their woman friends and neighbors was equally good for the women of the whole world.
 The Pinkhams had no money, and little credit. Their first laboratory was the kitchen, where roots and herbs were steeped on the stove, gradually filling gross of bottles. Then came the question of selling it, for always before they had given it away freely. They hired job printer to run off some pamphlets setting forth the merits of the medi- cine, now called Lydia k. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and these were distributed by the Pinkham sons in Boston, New York. and Brooklyn.
 The wonderful curative properties of the medicine were, to a great extent, self lf-advertising, for whoever used it recommended it to others, and the de- maSd gradually increased.
 In 1877, by combined efforts the fam | fly had saved enough money to com mence newspaper advertising and from | that time the growth and success of | the enterprise were assured, until to- day Lydia F.. Pinkham and her Vege. table Compound have become house. hold words everywhere, and many | tons of roots and herbs are used annu- ally in its manufacture.
 Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not live to see the great success of this work. She passed to her reward years ago, but not till she had provided means for continuing her work as effectively as she could have done it herself.
 During her long and eventful expe- rience she was ever methodical in her work and she was always careful topre- | serve a record of every case that came to ther attention. The case of every sick woman who applied to her for advice | and there were thorSands-received careful study. and the details, includ- | ing symptoms. treatment and results | were recorded for future reference, and to-day these records, together with hundreds of thousands made since, are available to sick women the world over, and represent a vast collabora- tion of information regarding the treatment of woman's ills, which for authenticity and accuracy can hardly be equaled in any library in the world.
 With Lydia F.. Pinkham worked her daughter in law. the present Mrs. Pinkham. Sls was carefully V instructed in all her hard-won knowledge, and for years she assisted her in her vast correspondence.
 To her hands naturally fell the direction of the work when it's origina- tor passed away. For nearly twenty five years she has continued it, and nothing in the work shows when the first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham, now the mother of a large family, took it up. With women assistants, some as capable as herself, the present Mrs. Pinkham continues this great work and probably from the office of no other person have so many women been ad- vised how to regain health. Sick wo- men, this advice is Yours for Health freely given if you only write to ask for it.
 Such is the history of Lydia F. Pink. hams Vegetable Compound made from simple roots and herbs the one great medicine for women's ailments, and the fitting monument to the noble woman whose name it bears.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
Railway Tariff simplified.

Germany has just revised its rail way tariff, whish involves a multi phcation of tickets. It is calculated that a traveller with a small family going from Mulheuse to Bale will find himself furnished with 60 tickets, in addition to which are those for bag gage
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
Nothing Succeeds Like "EGG-o-sEE.

Nothing Succeeds Like "EGG-O-SEE.v y
 The man who breaches the best ser mon; the man who tells the funniest stories; the man who keeps the best store; or the man who makes the best goods soon finds that people come to him. Merit is the best advertisement in the world. People speak well of things they know are good. They pass the good word along.
 The best breakfast food is EGG-O- SEE, for it contains all the life-giying properties of natures best food, which is wheat.
 EGG-O-SEE is deeply in debt to the thousands of wives and mothers who use it in their homes, for these good women tell their neighbors about this great food.
 Children and aged persons alike are friends of EGG-O-SEE.
 Merit and common sense are the things that advertise EGG-O-SEE most. EGG-O-SEE is cheap. A 10- cent package contains ten liberal breakfasts. EGG-O-SEE is sold every where. Grocers must keep it if they want to keep their good customers, for good customers insist on buying EGG-O-SEE
 The fact that no preparation. no cooking is required makes EGG-O- SEE very popular. Open the package; i; put as much as you like in a dish; ; pour on milk or cream and eat It is delicious. It is wholesome. It makes you strong.
 A lot of interesting facts about EGG-O-SEE have been published in book form entitled, Back to Nature" " This book also has a course of phys ical culture-fully illustrated. Any one wishing this book will receive it free by addressing EGG-O-SEE Com pany, 10 First St., Quincy. III.
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Best in Existence.

"I sincerely believe, all things con. sidered, Hunts Lightning Oil is the most useful and valuable household remedy in existence. For Cuts, Burns, Sprains and Insect Bites. 1t has no equal so far as my experience goes.
 c. E. Huntington,
 Eufaula, Ala.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03

Judge Lebbeus R. Wilfey, attorney general of the Philippine islands. has been appointed to the judgeship of the United States court in China, which is to replace in large measure the present consular court. Judge Wilfley is from St. Louis.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
 Hadlt Birth and How the "Panic of '73" Caused it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose maiden name was Estes, was born in Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, com ing from good old Quaker family. For some years she taught school, and became known as a woman of an alert
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
IT Does It

The remedy that cured your mother and vour father of ehills twenty years ago is sure good enough to cure you and vour kids at the present time. Cheatham's Chill Tonic did it and will still do it. It's guaranteed.
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LIKE EDGE OF THE WORLD
onalasRa, Tn the Alaskan Islands. A Desolate Spot-where White
 Men May Not Land.

unalaska resembles other northern stations. having warehouses. docks the inevitable Greek church and q score of wooden cabins. Whalers leave here for the Arctic regions.
 Dutch Harbor is a station for our revenue fleet. There is much coming and going of ships of all nations there are quite formidable fleet and only two ships out of twelve carry eolos of the same country.
 Just before entering the harbor one notices detached rock high against the side of the cliff. It bears a strik- Ing resemblance to a Russian prie.l In full robes. Touched by the sunset light. he seemed to stand blessing the harbor
 Sailing north out into Behring sea one looks back at the desolate silent treeless islands, which seem to wall the edge of the world Hundreds of miles west they run toward Vladi- Yostok
 Two hundred and forty miles north Of unaiaska are the Pribilof islands: not large, but the greatest seal islands In the world. There are many fur seals around the shores of Behring sea and the Aleutian islands. but the great mass of them are bred on the Pribilof group. No white man is per mitted to land on these breeding grounds without a permit, signed by the secretary of the treasury of the United States. Outdoor Life.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
A Harmless Laxative.

Ii you must take a laxative, take harm. less one. Lax-Fos does not gripe, therefore does not irritate. Irritation Is what does the harm. Price 50 cents.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
They Should.

my own experience and that of my friends, is that Hunts Cure will cure larger per cent. of skin troubles, especially of an itching variety, than any other remedy. Certainly those af- flicted with any form of itch should try it"
 J. o. Monroe,
 Atchison, Kas.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
You Don't Eava to Wait.

Every dose makes you feel better. Lax. Eos keeps your whole inside right. Not one erjpe in a full bottle. Sold on the money back plan everywhere. Price 50 cents.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03

Some men are so perfect that it seems as though their wives ought to have them stuffed and mounted.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03

Do what you consider right. what. ever people think of it. despite cen sure and praise.-Pythagora
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
She'll Diein 3 Hours

was the verdict of the doc tors who were trying to stop an attack of flooding from which my wife was suffering" is an extract from . letter from Mr. A. Fail, of Chicora, Miss. His letter continues: 'sThese attacks were incident to Change of Life for 9 years. Ten doctors failed to re- lieve her, but . lady friend told me to get a bottle of G 0 aERsrLrs Oa 0u FEMALE PAMAcGA I did so. The third dose relieved her, and the doc tors were astonished. So was I, but the lady who advised it was not. She knew her ground. The medicine has stopped the flooding and my wife is doing finely"
 This Is just one letter but V . have thou. sands of similar ones. showing that e, F, F. is tho best FemA1e Tonic and is every daj curing Painful. Profuse and Delayed Men. struation. Whites. all Womb. Ovarian ed Nervous Troubles. Don't fail to get bottll at once. 1t is sold under . monoy.baou guarantee.
 eEhSrlE MEDICINE CO.,, casssanssea, IsaA
 At All Dssisrs. h Oss Dollar Hettlea
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Never EnilS

''There is one remedy, and only one have ever found to cure without fail such troubles in my family as Eczema, Ringworm, and all others of an itching character. That remedy Is Hunts Cure. We always use it and H never fails"
 w. M. Christian,
 Rutherford Tenn.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
Visits European Military Schools.

VIsIto LuI9P-tFH H1tFtVet4y oVH0039'
 Col. Charles P. Echols. of West Point, who has been on the continent visiting military schools. is now in England on the same mission.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03

To sheer at success is the preroga. tive of failure.
The Forrest City times., 1906-08-03
J. o. Monroe.
 Atchison, Kas.

Boys will be boys, especially the gay old ones who have passed 60.
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Al All Desiers. In OsS Dollar aetflea
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-11
Notice to Bridge Con.
tractors,

The contract to furnish all bridge mate
rial and labor of every description and to
build bridge across the Chattahoochse
river, between the counties of Fulton
and Cobb, in the State of Georgia, and
at a point known as Johnson's Ferry,
will be let at public outcry, at the said
bridge site at 2 o'clock p. m, on Novem.
Der 9Th, 1905.
The bridge is to consist of three steel
spans of 40 feet on pin centers, the
spans to rest upon steel tubular piers,
with concrete abutments at each end
about "a feet in height, all resting upon
rock. Total length of bridge about 1888
feet, with roadway of Is feet in the
clear, all of which is fully set forth and
described in plans and specifications,
which can be seen at the Office of the
Clerk of Board of Commissions of Roads
and Revenue of Fulton county, at At
lanta, Ca, and at the Office OF the Ordi.
nary of Cobb county, at Marietta, Ga.
Payments for the work and material
will be made in cash from time to time
as the work progresses, on estimates
made by the Supervising Engineer, less
so per cent; and upon completion, the
balance will be paid in cash, less 25 per
cent, said balance to be paid by Cobb
county, Georgia, within one year from
date of completion, with interest at the
rate of per cent. per annum.
The bidders must file with the said
authorities of Fulton and Cobb counties,
and payable to them, their certified
check, in the amount of $500 90 at the
the time of bidding. Said checks to be
certified to by some bank in Atlanta or
Marietta, Georgia, as guarantee that
the said bidder, to whom contract is
awarded, will within ten days after said
award, file their bond as the law re-
quires, in double the amount of contract
price, for the faithful performance OF
the contract, On their failure to do this,
said check is to be forfeited to the said
counties as damages.
The right is reserved to reject any and
all bids.
81. L. CULBERsoN,
Chairman Board Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Fulton County, ga.
JOHN AwTREY,
Ordinary of Cobb County, Ga.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-11

use their own we'll water. Our council
could not legally pass such an ordi-
nance. All that it could do would be
to compel all citizens to have sanitary
water closets on their premises, not
because it might desire to look after
the individual welfare of each citizen.
but that the general health might be
safe-guarded, by compelling each citi-
zen to do his Individual duty. If any
one man chooses to endaneer his health
by drinking contaminated water or
breathing in germs, both produced
from filth left on his premises, which
produced it, it is nobody's business but
his own. But he has no right to endan-
ger the health of other people by MAIN
tanning such source of disease as
dry privy on his own premises. With
these dry privies out of the way, the
water in most of the wells in town
would be good for drinking purposes.
The expediency and desirability OF a
municipal corporations owning the
public utilities of the place is no longer
q question of doubt, for the problem
has long since passed the experimental
stage, and has received the unqualified
approval OF perhaps the large majority
OF such corporations in the United
States, as it had previously done of the
cities and towns of Europe and of other
parts OF the world. Our sister towns,
Cartersville and Acworth, alive to the
spirit OF the age have recently voted
for bonds with which to build and
equip electric light plants and water
works for their respective places, and
Adairsville is preparing to vote upon
the same question. LaGrange tried for
q number of years the plan of leasing
to private corporation the right to
furnish electric lights to the city, but
finding this plan unsatisfactory, has,
believe, adopted the plan of municipal
ownership of this utility. CITIZEN.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-11
Notice to Bridge COntraC-
TORS.

The contract to furnish all material, and la
Dor of every description, and to build bridge
across the Chattahoochee' river, between the
counties of Fulton and Cobb, in the State of
Georgia, at a point known as Powers Ferry,
will be let at public cutlery at the said bridge
site at IL o'clock a. m, on Nov. g. 1906.
The bridge is to consist of three steel spans
OF 1853 feet each on pin 0enters. The spans are
to rest upon steel tubular piers about % feet in
height. and concrete abutmentS at each end,
all resting upon rock foundations. Total length
of bridge is about 465 feet and has one road
way of Is feet in the clear. All of which is full
~ set forth, and described by plans and specl-
Hcations, which can be seen at the office OF the
clerk of the Board of Commissioners OF Roads
and Revenue of Fulton county, at Atlanta. ga.
and at the office of the Ordinary OF Cobb coun-
ty. at Marietta, Ga,
Payments for the work and meterial will be
made in cash from time to time, as the WORK
progresses, on estimates made by the supervis-
ing engineer, less % per cent, and on compile
tloA and acceptance of the work, the balance
10 be paid in cash.
The bidders must file with said authorities
OF Fulton and Cobb counties, and payable to
them, their certified checks in the amount OF
$4,000, said checks to be certified to by some
bank in Atlanta or Marietta, Ga, as guaran-
tee that the bidder to whom the contract may
De awarded, will within ten days after Said
award, file his bond as the law requires, IN
double the amount of the contract price, lot
the faithful performance Of said contract. on
ms failure to do this, the said check is TO De
forfeited to said counties as damages.
The right is reserved to reject any ana all
bids II L. CULBERsoN,
Chm'n. CONS. of Roads and Revenue OF Full
ton county, Ga.
JOHN AwTRRY, Ordinary of Cobb county, Ga.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-11
Administrators Sale.
GEORGlA-Lobb County


By virtue of an order from the Honor
able Court of Ordinary of said county,
granted at the regular February torn,
1905, will be sold before the court house
door in Marietta, the usual place of pub
lie sales. on the first Tuesday in Novem-
Der next, within the usual hours of sale,
to the highest bidder, the following real
estate, to-wit: Lots of land numbers
975, 976, ten acres off the southwest
corner 978, 1898, 1889, 1040, 1041, 1O42,
1O43, 1044, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1850,
1861, HOS, 100, lilo, I'LL, 1112, lib,
lila, 1119, 1125. thirteen one third acres
east side 1l79, 1880, 1881, and twenty
two acres north part of 1885 All in the
10Th District and End section of said
county, containing in the aggregate one
thousand and eighty-fve acres, more or
less, and divided into ten tracts, num-
bered l, 2, 3, 4. 5. 6. Z, 8, 9 and 10 on
plat which can be seen on application to
the undersigned. There is located on
lot 1048 grist mill, cotton gin and saw
mill. One-half interest in the saw-mill
will be reserved. There are about 5000
Elberta peach trees on the place. The
above land is well watered, traversed by
public roads. in good state of cultivation
and convenient to churches and schools
Sold as the property of w. l. Bishop,
late of said county, deceased, for the
purpose of distribution. Terms cash
September 3, 1908.
j. M. BISHOP. Administrator,
estate W. L. Bishop, deceased.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-11
Notice of Election.
To THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY
MARIETTA, GEORGIA:

TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY or
MARIETTA, GEORGIA:
Notice is hereby given by the Mayor and Coun.
ell of Marietta, Georgia pursuant to an ordinance
duly adopted on the 25th day of September, 1906
that on the 9th day of October. 1906, an election
will be held in said city at which will be omitted
to the qualified voters Of said city for their deter
mination, the question whether bonds shall be
issued by said city in aggregate the amount OF
thirty thousand $3.50, 00000) dollars principal. for
the purpose of procuring funds to be applied az
follows: $S0,000.00 thereof for the purpose Of
purchasing, establishing, maintaining, building
and acquiring q system Of sewerage for said city
of Marietta the said bonds to bear date of the list
day of February, 1907, to be issued in denomina-
tons Of 81, 900 EACH numbered from ~ TO thirty
800 consecutively, and draw interest at the rate
of per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually
ON the first days of August and February of each
year; and the principal of said bonds to be pay
able as follows: the full amount Of $50 900 to Be
paid on the LIST day of February, 1887.
Said bond issue shall be sold by the Mayor and
Council Ia such manner as may seem most advan-
tageous to said city. and for not less than par;
aud the proceeds thereof shall be used for the
purpose of purchasing establishing, maintaining,
building, and acquiring system of sewerage for
said CITY. and for no other purpose.
All those desiring to vote in favor of the issue
of bonds proposed to be issued for the purpose of
providing funds with which to purchase, estab-
lish, maintain. build and acquire system Of
sewerage for said city, will de by casting ballots
having written or printed upon them the words,
"For Sewerage Bonds" and those desiring to vote
against said issue, must do so by casting ballots
having written or printed upon them the words,
against Sewerage Bonds"
This 9th day of September 1906.
EP. DOBBS, Mayor,
wv Hardeman, cou ncilman list ward
c A Guyton, councilman End ward,
j M Fowler, councilman 3rd ward,
J S Garwood, councilman 4th ward
W d Brewer, councilman 5th ward
NJ Mayes, councilman 9Th ward.
Attested:
w I Black clark
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-10-11
Sheriff's Sales for No
Vember.

Will be sold before the court house
door, in the city of Marietta, Cobb
county, Ga , OF the first Tuesday in No
vember, 1908, between the legal hours of
sale, the following described property,
tO-wit:
One house and lot in the City of Mari
eta, Cobb county, Ga, and bounded as
follows: On north by Lemon street, on
the south by property of R. e. Butler,
on the west by property of ]. w. Hen
derson and on the east by property of
Nicey Williams. Levied on as the prop
erty of Margaret Gresham so satisfy a
Justice Court Fl. ia issued from S9Sth
District G, M, of Cobb county, Ca, in
favor of HI. Meinert VS.. Margaret Gresh
am, said Fl. ia. transferred to and now
controlled by D. B. Parks Levy made
and returned to me by J. W. Morris, l.
Z. Notice given in terms of the law.
w. J. FREY, Sheriff.