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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
5
The Kuller Kraft Paint is claimed to be the most durable and elastic preservative for wood metal or brick exteriors. It comes in bright colors, doubles coating capacity of rivals, and is guaranteed not to crack chalk or peel. Sold on merit not advertising and cheaper than competing paints.
Panama on April 1 formally established a permanent civil government for the Isthmus. George W Goethals becomes Governor and Chief of Operations, with a civilian, semi military administration replacing the Canal Commission. Affected departments include health, transport, and maintenance, with about 2000 American staff and several hundred local workers anticipated.
Thawing frost and April rains bring a chilly cough and feverish misery. Dr King’s New Discovery is promoted to soothe inflamed throats and lungs and stop coughing with relief or money back. Also Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is advertised for sores with the price and distributor noted.
A claim for Foley Cathartic Tablets by E J Hudson of Chamblee Georgia says the product provides a good wholesome cathartic stimulating the stomach liver and bowels. The advertisement asserts it is a perfect cathartic with quick action.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a solution for dandruff itching oily scalp and thin hair. It claims the tonic nourishes roots making hair soft full and shiny and says a 50 cent bottle is available at H. R. Palmer & Sons with no equal.
The fragment hints at a fashion note or satirical item involving ONY jeans and a pale sickly subject. Details are sparse but imply a fashion critique or trend mention. No clear event dates or organizations are present to anchor facts.
Mr. C. D. Flanigen vice president and Mr. A. H. Sikes sales manager of the Athens Railway and Electric Co. travel to New York for a Doherty Co. officials meeting. Hundreds attend this annual gathering to discuss improving the company’s various branches.
In Rock, Ark on April 1 William G Hutton secretary of the state Democratic committee refused to accept Poluscot county certified vote, creating unsettled results in the senatorial primary. Clairke forces gain momentum as future Trinity county fate hangs in balance.
San Antonio report says Rube Waddell, famed erratic left handed pitcher, died of tuberculosis in Texas. He played 17 years of professional baseball with stints in St. Louis Newark and Minneapolis, ending his career there.
A small newspaper classified asks for 25 000 tomato plants of all varieties ready for delivery at 12 per dozen. It also promotes Spring Laxative and Blood Cleanser products with Dr King s New Life Pills priced 25 cents and Foley Kidney Pills praised by W M Golden of Bremen Ga in a customer testimonial.
A prize of ten dollars in gold will be awarded at the College avenue theater. The contest opens Wednesday at 4 pm and continues Thursday April 6. The Classic promises good pictures and the lite number.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to ask their Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment for skin relief from pimples eruptions blackheads and eczema. It touts simple usage and claims of mild improvement for babies and adults.
Rev T M Sullivan, pastor of the Comer Methodist church, reports that construction will begin today on a new church of eight to ten thousand dollars. Stonemasons from Athens, who finished the court house work, will lay the stone foundation. Sullivan says fund raising response has been phenomenal.
Athens Y M C A directors convene Friday at 6 14 p m in the association building to hear the special committee report on filling the vacancy left by Dr H Heidler who departs May 1 for Reading Pennsylvania The report is expected to be of great interest. Foley’s Honey and Tar mentioned as a remedy in an advertisement placed by P H Ginn Middleton Ga and H R Palmer & Sons.
Erratic OCR fragment notes animals surviving cold. mentions Siberia and a baker. Readable text is fragmentary with no clear event, date, or named entities to anchor a single news item.
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