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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1919
Page
5
A farmer John Jones builds plows across generations until advertising boosts sales. He consults Brown and Smith Advertising Agency and expands dealer networks, cutting costs and lowering prices. The piece lists several Southern agencies offering free advice on applying advertising to business.
An advertisement prepared by The Thomas Advertising Service Sack in Florida appears in the record. It reflects a local commerce notice or classified promotion, indicating a business engagement or service offering during the period.
Col Luke Burdette farm demonstrator for Wilkes County and Col Reynolds of Washington visit the city to promote county growth. Burdette cites county improvements, a $300,000 road bond election, a big county fair, a curing house for sweet potatoes, and a new cotton warehouse as signs of advancement and local leadership.
H C Wilson, national representative of the church, warned at the Georgia Alabama and Florida Methodist Centenary Convention in Jacksonville that civilization faces its gravest danger. He urged a revival of Christianity as the only defense against threats to civilization amid a $105,000,000 mission campaign. Delegates numbered over three hundred from three states.
Elberton Hi of Elberton meets Athens Hi on Sanford Field at 4 30 this afternoon in the season opener. Pitcher Smith for the locals and Grayson or Florence handling catches are noted. Lineup includes Nicholson Davis Green Burton Butler Betts Davis Head Hodgson.
Elberton organizers have yet to finalize the line up and admission will be twenty five cents once set.
Mrs. Elsiz G. Lewis of Brooklyn reports a year of misery from displacement and general run-down health eased by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it restored strength and she recommends it to similar troubled women. The ad notes the remedy addresses fall or general weakness and invites inquiries to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A lingering cough requires special attention as ordinary remedies fail to help. Persistent coughs may indicate underlying conditions needing medical evaluation and targeted treatment.
An old newspaper snippet touts Hayes Healing Honey as wonderfully effective in treatment. The brief reads odd with incomplete phrasing but labels the product as a potent remedy.
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