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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1913
Page
7
Ex health official endorses the D D D Prescription for eczema claiming it cures skin diseases by cleansing the blood. Dr James, a skin specialist, calls it a specific for eczema akin to quinine for malaria. Palmer & Sons Pharmacy offers a $1 bottle with guarantee and a 25 cent trial bottle to prove its merit.
Detectives from the Transvaal secret service travel to London to pursue leaders of a long running syndicate accused of stealing gold from Rand mines. The scheme uses process blocks and copper wiring to siphon wealth, with a key female participant in Johannesburg handling unwrought metal. Despite laws, thefts rose. convictions remain elusive.
The fragment mentions Tim encountering a new process block and a sudden personal inspiration regarding a copper wire idea. It records a brief moment of creative impulse without further confirming details.
Workmen scrub the exterior of Boston's Old South meeting house to restore its colonial look. The tower and walls, once a riding academy, have ivy removed and the brick washed to reveal red color. windows are repainted in colonial fashion.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as the best remedy for coughs and colds. It claims relief from the first dose and features a testimonial from O H Brown of Muscadine Alabama. Price is 50 cents and one dollar.
A historical ad text promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F J Cheney & Co of Toledo as sellers and includes testimonials about credibility and blood cleansing, urging internal use and suggesting medicines like Valle family pills.
A massive quarry blast on Trap Rain Law in East Lothian blew open a hill over 700 feet high on the estate of Mr. A J Balfo ur M P. In a 100 foot long mine chamber 3100 pounds of ammonia grain detonated by electricity caused the collapse with little report. Large boulders up to thirty tons rolled down the embankment while the front of the hill burst open. The blast accomplished in moments what would have taken six to seven years by ordinary quarrying.
Mrs John Hemmens of a Delmarva farm near Mitford and Tendale engaged a large four foot eagle that attacked her chickens. She trapped the bird, was knocked down by its beak, then killed it with a long iron rod after escaping serious injuries. The rare sighting ends with the eagle’s death.
William Plumer Fowler, new chair of the Boston licensing board, says he will not harass compliant liquor dealers but condemns the so called perpendicular drink as the most dangerous form of alcohol consumption, preferring patrons who eat with their liquor over those who drink at bars.
Frank Joline, once paralyzed after a broken back, has regained sensation and nerve function following surgery removing two vertebrae. Surgeons report he is near discharge, calling it the first case of its kind on record and praising his remarkable recuperative power.
A mis behaved wheel rolled from a coal truck, bounced into Albert L. Morse’s basement antique shop, knocked over a red hot coal stove, and ignited a small fire. Fire crews contained the blaze within minutes, while the stubborn wheel required an hour to be re affixed.
This clipping outlines methods to stop fly breeding by cleaning and treating areas. It covers using lime or iron sulfate, kerosene and water mixtures, and thorough disposal and oil application to garbage cans. It notes that some methods harm manure used for fertilization and suggests gradual daily application.
If the water were feared as bad there would be little typhoid, suggesting residents worry about contamination and health risks amid unclear supplies and local officials' response.
Fragmentary text discusses a pest problem with a fly near animals and a method to deter it. Mentions screens on windows as a preventive measure. lacks clear events or dates and centers on inexact, technical ideas.
The ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a rapid cure for burns bruises boils sores inflammation and skin diseases. It claims L H Haflin of Iredell Texas was cured in four days of an ankle sore that hurt him so he could hardly walk. Priced at 25 cents and recommended by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
An advertisement claims Wilson's Freckle Cream can remove freckles or fade them, with a money back guarantee if the complexion is not restored. It promises side benefits like removing tan pimples and blemishes, notes no hair growth, offers mail order, and lists prices 50 cents for standard jars and one dollar for mammoth jars. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons.
In Japan women, not men, dive for pearl oysters in Ago Bay and Ise Province. Starting at age fourteen, they work year round except December to February, wearing white skirts and vests with protected eyes, diving for oysters and filling tubs to be hauled to shore. Some divers gather up to a hundred oysters per minute.
Dozens of Blakely Pennsylvania women form the Girls' Club of Blakely after announcing they seek husbands. Thirty young women receive responses from across the state and beyond, prompting a larger post office and humorous notes from suitors including a Dickinson College senior and five Steelton men.
A Paris funeral for the last horse omnibus drew about three thousand mourners gathered in Place Saint Sulpice behind a wreath adorned bus. The crowd witnessed the final journey as horses and drivers faded from city streets signaling the end of horse-drawn public transit.
The text argues accuracy is essential over mere knowledge and shapes character. It cites naval entrance tests measuring carelessness in arithmetic and urges accuracy as vital in education. A children’s joke about a circus side show adds a light example of misdirection.
A witty exchange notes one odd trait of an embroiderer who creates initials. The speaker asks what is unusual, and the reply says her latest work is always an initial venture, implying continual introduction of new initials.
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