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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1914
Page
2
Poem reflecting on memories seen in the firelight and a meditation on the past. It is followed by a Thought For The Day about helping others, plus notices of guild meetings and Easter egg hunts at Emmanuel and First Methodist churches with dates and small admissions.
The notice promotes an $80 gold prize and additional 25 percent discounts for those who secure subscriptions. It urges mass efforts for Magazine day on April 16, highlighting benefits for individuals who work for subscriptions and those winning prizes.
Rosa Pringle Smith will handle the General Federation Magazine which serves forty eight states six thousand clubs and over a million members. She can be reached at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs E J Smith Sr Mell street. YWCA Extension Club meets Friday at 8 in the club room with important business on the agenda.
Mrs. Lafayette Lafiter of West Point visits daughter on Milledge avenue. Miss Mildred Rutherford travels to Dawson then Texas for lectures. Miss Dora Noel of Winterville visits. Mrs. Mamie Arnold of Stephens spends day in the city. Mrs. E L Hill plans Montgomery trip with children. Mrs. J C Hutchins recovering from illness. Mr. and Mrs. H A Nix in Commerce for grandmother’s death.
An old advertisement mentions Hall’s Catarrh Cure produced by F. J. Cheney Co. and sold by druggists. It includes testimonials and a notary acknowledgment dated December. The notice references Lardner and Co authorship and claims direct action on mucous surfaces.
Dr Charles H Hull Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University visited Athens to confer with Dr J H T McPherson on Historical Association nominations. Hull, Cornell history professor and AHA member, is on leave gathering materials for a history of early Southern newspapers. He plans Europe travel for the summer.
The Georgia Educational Association will meet in Macon on April 23 to 25 with an expected attendance of two to three thousand teachers. The event features city hospitality from Macon, a barbecue arranged by the Chamber of Commerce and public schools, and a Playground festival with 2,500 participating schoolchildren.
The convention will include a reception for association members at Mercer University. Prominent educators and laymen from Georgia and the U S will speak at general and departmental meetings. Officials aim for a red letter day in Georgia education. School boards will observe holidays on Friday 24th and railroads offer reduced rates to enable teachers to attend.
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