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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1912
Page
7
A humorous vignette about a man delayed by meeting Smithson and hearing his stomach troubles. The punchline suggests Chamberlain's Tablets as the remedy. For sale by all dealers.
Reader concerns about removing freckles quickly are addressed with a Wilson's Freckle Cream recommended by professionals. The ad notes availability through Charleston and H R Palmer & Sons Drugists with claims of harmlessness and a guaranteed result. It also mentions skin nourishment and cautions against improper routines.
The sewer committee urges enforcement of the sewer ordinance requiring all improved property within 200 feet of a sewer main and 300 feet of a water main to connect. If owners fail to join within notified limits, the city will connect and bill the owner, creating a lien on the property.
On April 24 the 50 piece Booker Washington's Tuskegee industrial school band will perform at Morton's Opera House Athens. The mayor and city council will attend as honored guests. The program is described as clever and enjoyable featuring vocal and instrumental pieces.
A. H. Baldwin describes the upcoming national commercial conference in Washington starting April 22. Delegates from across the United States and territories will seek to establish a broadly representative national chamber of commerce with advisory links to the government, while stressing gradual development and avoidance of intra-group conflicts.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars refund for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with endorsements from F. J. Cheney & Co and the National Bank of Commerce in Toledo. The cure is described as internal and systemically acting with testimonials available and price listed at 73 cents per bottle.
Police will enforce a newly passed hack ordinance requiring licensed hackmen to display a four digit number on their hacks and on lamps, with drivers wearing a matching badge. Violations will be prosecuted in police court.
A 1911 testimonial from P W Miller of Catawissa Pa describes using RHEUMA to cure six years of rheumatism after three bottles. The ad touts uric acid as the cause of rheumatism and offers a fifty cent bottle with a money back guarantee from H R Palmer & Sons claiming relief by tomorrow.
Book experts from around the world gather in New York as the sale of the Robert Hoe library continues. The third section, part of a four part dispersal, opens with strong interest despite slightly lower value than prior sections. It features illuminated books, rare missals, and thirty eight manuscripts dating largely from the fifteenth century.
Advertisement from Hi R Palmer & Sons promoting Rexas Dyspepsia Tablets to treat stomach disorders indigestion and dyspepsia with a money back guarantee after reasonable use. Three sizes 25 50 and 1.00 sold at The Rexall Store Athens.
Quincy Mass April 15 The Granite Cutters International Association opens a convention with delegates from across the United States and Canada. It marks the first general gathering in over three decades. The union notes wages rising from $2.25 to a nationwide minimum of $3.25 and an eight hour day with a universal Saturday half-holiday.
You will discover a superior medicine for coughs and colds with Chamberlains Cough Remedy. It not only relieves but cures. Use it when afflicted and you will be pleased with its prompt cure. For sale by all dealers.
Mrs Riley Laramore of Goodwater Maine recounts long standing indigestion and heartburn cured by Thedford's Black Draught after using two small packages. The ad claims it cleanses the system aids digestion regulates bowels and stimulates the liver with gentle action and no bad after effects. Price 25c.
In Memorial Continental Hall Washington D C the twenty first Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution opens with about 1000 delegates from across the nation. A heated election year contest pits the administration party led by Mrs Matthew T Scott against insurgents led by Mrs William Cummings Story. The convention will run through the week with entertainment interludes and a White House reception for the President and Mrs Taft Thursday afternoon.
An advertisement claims Parisian Sage halts hair loss by reviving dead roots and banishing dandruff. It asserts the product restores hair growth where possible and improves scalp condition, with a refund offer from H. R. Palmer & Sons. The copy touts a low price for a large bottle at Palmer’s and druggists nationwide.
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