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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1916
Page
10
A large group of women attended a La Vida corset demonstration led by Mrs. Hoppe at the Collins department store. The speaker urged compulsory corset fitting in all well regulated departments, arguing proper fit protects health and posture and affects overall welfare and appearance.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles I. Mason United States Army Medical Corps resigns as chief health officer of the Panama Canal. He will retire to Virginia after May and plans to make his home there. He has led canal health work for eight years and was previously Ancon Hospital superintendent under General Gorgas. It is not yet known who will succeed him.
Milwaukee woman describes relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Patient says years of poor health and a failing doctor led to improvement and renewed strength after a trial, with continued benefit reported.
Georgia rail road commission chairman C Murphey Candler announced a meeting in Atlanta on May 10 with railroad officials from Virginia North and South Carolina Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Kentucky and Florida to discuss Georgia intrastate rate schedules. The gatherings aim to align with interstate rate orders and mirror similar action in other southern states.
Panama April 4 Major General Goethals governor of the Canal Zone examined the slide area in the Gaillard cut today. He said the situation is more favorable than he expected and that the canal would open April 15 as announced.
Ex-President Taft, president of the League to Enforce Peace, asks the Athens Chamber of Commerce to send delegates to the first national assembly in Washington May 26 and 27. He cites the U S Chamber referendum approving core peaceful principles while favoring a joint armed force concept.
The League to Enforce Peace gains backing as two thirds approve most recommendations including nonintercourse. one failed to reach the threshold for potential military enforcement. Taft urged local chambers to delegate to the annual League meeting, citing worldwide interest in preventing future wars. The Philadelphia organization, formed June 17, has state branches and broad support among leaders in politics education and law.
A brief note promotes a simple diet as key to longevity citing Conaro as an example. It claims modern complex diets tax elderly vitality and advertises Vinol from H. R. Palmer & Sons in Viners, a nonsecret remedy said to restore strength and prolong a healthy life.
The remedy for a toothache instructs filling a hollow tooth with absorbent cotton saturated with vaseline and dipped in burnt ale. This old home treatment relies on simple cleansing and sealing to soothe pain.
A report notes Mrs. Mary Harris Armor of Georgia, famed temperance orator, will address the Christian church in Athens next Sunday. The piece describes her speech as powerful and moving, with the writer praising her earnestness and southern eloquence.
Special weather forecast notes fair conditions for Athens and Georgia on Wednesday. It mentions a previous storm centered over Georgia and the eastern cotton belt, with continued fair weather expected into the evening.
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