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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
5
Mrs Anna Millison of Beallsville Ohio says Vinci cured her run-down weakness nervousness and insomnia. She reports restored appetite and sleep after using Vinci. The ad lists H R Palmer & Sons Athens Georgia and other drugstores as distributors.
Buffalo manager Schafly uses Linton Spring Water while training, praising its purity. Two deliveries daily. Linton Spring Water Co. markets Bowden Lithia water and lists phones 504 and 95.
The Building Committee of the State Normal School Athens Ga invites sealed bids for 30000 to 50000 feet of Rift Flooring B and C grades 13 16 thickness for immediate delivery. Bids opened noon April 12 in Jere M Pound office. Proposals to Jere M Pound Athens Ga marked Proposals for Rift Flooring.
Whooping cough relief touted with Pine Forests claim and Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. It loosens mucus soothes throat and lungs reducing severe coughing. Recommended for growing children and families, with 25c and 50c sizes at your druggist. Electric Bitters also advertised as a spring tonic.
Local directory lists lodge meetings and officers across Athens with details for Glenn Lodge No.75 I O O F Classic City Council No.376 U G T Keystone Chapter Royal Arch Masons Mt Vernon Lodge F and A M Williams Lodge No.15 C O F Baseball? No. The entries specify meeting nights times and locations at Max Joseph building Clayton street and Jester building with officers named for each group.
A compilation of Associated Press dispatches from Berlin London and Paris detailing wartime notices and anecdotes. It covers a Berlin front letter mocking gifts to soldiers, Britain’s tobacco expenditure, Romanian export taxes, German siege gun notes from Tsing Tau, Panama railroad plans diverting freight, Paris typhoid and smallpox stats, waiter strikes in Paris, Sorbonne German editions, and French fair proclamations.
Manager Finney will open the Colonial on Tuesday April 13 presenting silent dramas. Two big features will be shown weekly with days announced later. Regular hours start Friday 1 to 11 pm and Saturdays 10 am to 11 pm. Features include Judith of Bethulia and Stop Thief with low admission of five cents for children and ten cents for adults.
The Athens Center of the Drama League hosts Dr Richard Burton head of the Drama League of America for an address next Monday evening. Reports praise his warm delivery and vital, life centered lectures on The Drama of the Bible illustrated by Job and his broad cultural stature.
County commissioners plan to spend road tax by militia district with section foremen and shovels in districts lacking graded roads. Meanwhile Jackson County voters rejected a county wide school tax in every precinct, with totals showing broad opposition.
Madison county planter G D McGinnis lately spoke of staying at home and changing his farming. He will grow only four acres of cotton this year and use no guano. He bought cotton seed meal and barn manure for corn and livestock feeding to cut fertilizer costs. He previously spent half his cotton crop on fertilizer and aims to avoid that trap. He is a Four Cisco director and will lecture on Browning at the Hotel St Francis red room.
An advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims calomel irritates the liver and bile, causes cramps and nausea, and can salivate. the product allegedly purges biliousness without sickness and is safe for children.
A short card of thanks from Mr and Mrs B G Boatner expresses gratitude for sympathy shown during illness and death of their little girl. The page also advertises Sloan's Liniment claiming quick relief for rheumatism and related pains with a money back guarantee.
American officials show indifference to Victoriano Huerta’s planned arrival in New York from Spain. Lansing states the state department has not considered admittance and no other government department has raised the issue. Huerta is expected to land in New York on Saturday.
Mercer faces two crucial baseball games at Athens against Georgia with Coach Rabbit Robbins drilling the team for maximum effort. A 2 game series outcome will decide Mercer’s chances in the S I A A this season. Hunt and Stevens will start the mound duties in both games.
An advertisement urges parents to treat a child's cough with Dr King's New Discovery. It claims the remedy soothes cold symptoms quickly using antiseptic balsams and guarantees relief regardless of cough duration. A bottle from the druggist is recommended.
Report notes Pasteur’s animal experiments led to a method that drastically reduced hydrophobia mortality from 6 to 14 percent in various regions to under one percent. The historic advance marks a turning point in rabies control.
A historical ad cites Eckmans Alterative as effective for throat and lung ailments with a Wilmington testimonial from Jas Squires stating his hemorrhaging lungs cleared after using the remedy. It claims long testing and no narcotics, promoting a Philadelphia booklet and availability through leading drabs.
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