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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1909
Page
4
A dense column of notices and market items in Athens details subscription terms, payment methods, delivery complaints, and carrier rules. It notes local governance hints, mentions Bob Maddox as mayor, and surveys political and agricultural topics including tariff debates and the state college of agriculture.
Edwin A Abbey born in Philadelphia April 1 1852. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and began illustrating in 1871 with a New York firm. In 1878 he went to England for further work and has since flourished as a noted artist.
The article explains deafness cannot be cured by local treatment as it affects the Eustachian Tube. It attributes most cases to catarrh and inflammation of the mucous lining, noting rumbling or imperfect hearing when inflamed and permanent loss if untreated, and promises to give one hundred dollars.
Advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including irregularities pain backache and nervous prostration. Endorsed by Mrs W S Ford of Baltimore and inviting readers to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
New York Cor Chicago Inter Ocean report on AmerSia Style and Fashion show rulings. Men must pad hips and buttocks to achieve a fighter-like silhouette with chest enhancement by tailor. Evening coats feature parachute top lines and black tones dominate while stripes trend toward zebra shades.
The piece notes a shared human impulse to share good discoveries and cites letters from users of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It explains the letters stem from warm wishes to help others and lists the remedy’s sellers H. R. Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co Warren J. Smith & Bro. E. C. McEvoy L. P. Canning.
Local notices list regular meetings for Vernon Lodge No. 22 F and A M El Mo Lodge K P St Eime No 40 Knights of Pythias Keystone Chapter Royal Arch Masons El Mar Athens O E S No 790 Odd Fellows and various groups. Invitations extended to Master Masons and visiting members to attend at Masonica Hall Max Joseph building Carlton building and surrounding streets.
Arrival times show daily service except Sunday with mixed trains at 9 15 a m and 3 50 p m and 7 05 p m on Sunday only. Departure lists mixed trains at 6 00 a m and 10 50 a m with passenger 5 45 p m and Sunday specials at 7 45 a m and 4 45 p m.
Readable parts of a timetable show Train No 62 and Train No 82 with partial times 7:05 am and 4:15 pm. Mentions of Nos 38 and 24 appear as scattered digits and letters, indicating incomplete schedule data for the southern route.
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