Subscription rates and state tax notes in Athens paper
The Athens Banner outlines subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, urges advance payment, and requests prompt carrier complaint reporting. It also reports on the State Tax Commission tour led by Governor Dorsey, noting the need for tax reform and better funding for schools and veterans, with upcoming discussions in Macon. Additionally Athens hosts two distinguished jurists Judge Sheppard and Judge Hodges serving in federal and superior courts, welcomed by the community.
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State Tax Commission
Dorsey
Georgia
DuBose
Macon
Athens
Shep
Pensacola
Florida
Judge Hodges
Hartwell
Sheppard
Maine
California
New York
Hodges
Andrew J. Cobb
Weather report for Athens and nearby areas
The bulletin notes Wednesday clearing and slightly cooler conditions in Georgia. A central valley disturbance and a low pressure zone between St Louis and Des Moines accompany another storm over southwestern Texas. Cloudy skies with light rains across the central valley and cotton belt with showers likely in northern Georgia tonight. Temperature trends show above normal south and below normal north with a moderate fall after tonight or early Wednesday as westerly winds move in.
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Athens
Georgia
Central Valley
St. Louis
Des Moines
Texas
Cotton Belt
Mississippi
Washington, D. C
Lakes
Missouri Valley
United States
Georgia farmer praises Dreco remedy for recovery
Nichol son Georgia farmer D M Mouch, 46, says after years of kidney and liver trouble and digestive issues the medicine Dreco has made him feel younger and stronger. He notes improved health and reports friends asking about his change. Dreco, sold by progressive druggists, is endorsed by H R Palmer & Sons in Athens.
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Dreco
D. M. Mouch
Nicholson
Sam
Athens
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Colored Discharged Soldiers Honor Wm Ed Binns of Athens
Willie Ed Binns, a well known colored man from Athens who served in France, died while returning home at sea. Funeral services were held at Pierce Chapel Sunday at eleven. Over 150 honorably discharged soldiers and the Negro Boy Scouts led by Captain R E Smith acted as an honorary escort.
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Willie Ed Binns
France
High Seas
Pierce Chapel
Negro Boy Scouts
R. E. Smith
Blood on the Door Posts and Service Flags
A religious Tom on Passover references blood on door posts and service flags as symbols of sacrifice and protection. The speaker honors a stalwart son who served and sacrificed for liberty, claiming the blood of sanctity in service blesses the people tonight.
Cascarets Candy Promoted For Children Dosage
An early 20th century advertisement touts Cascarets candy as a children friendly laxative. It claims a white tongue or bad breath signals poison in the stomach liver and bowels and promises easy dosing in a 10 cent box with mother approved directions.
Sermons To Live By on Esau Jacob and Ambition
A sermon on Genesis 25 27 34 contrasts Esau yielding to appetite with Jacob driven by ambition Both are condemned by God and punished yet Jacob can become Israel through divine grace The piece urges restraint and warns ambition can corrupt church and earthly life while redemptive hope remains in God’s mercy
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Esau
Jacob
God
Shakespeare
Lucifer
Israel
Penfel
Joseph
Little Pink Devil Comes to Colonial Theater Monday
A hearty farce with music titled the Little Pink Devil will play at the Colonial Monday. Leonard Grover stars as a frivolous old gentleman amid musical introductions at a seaside hotel cabaret scene with Kitty ONeal and Elsie Gilbert delivering performances.
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T the “Little Pink Devil” Company
the Colonial
Leonard Grover
Kitty O'Neal
Elsie Gilbert
Little Pink Devil
Seaside Resort Cabaret Buoyed by Grover and Company
The act features twelve musical numbers by a company with strong voices led by Leonard Grover as a gay retired merchant. Kitty O Neal joins Grover with singing and a planologue act, Elsie Gilbert performs several numbers, and the cast includes Jack Young Louise Meyers Helen Davis Tommy Dobson the Gilbert Sisters and Mignon.
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Leonard Grover
Kitty O'Neal
Flys Cream Balm Promises Quick Head Cold Relief
A vintage ad promises quick relief from nasal congestion and catarrh. It claims Flys Cream Balm clears air passages, soothes inflamed mucous membrane, and stops sniffling and headaches with a small bottle from your druggist.
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Athens Banner
Banner Publishing Company
Lumpkin Street
J. Rowe
Athens Lanner
Associated Press
Ed Binns
D. G. Bickers
New Orleans
Reily Coffee
Elam Franklin Dempsey, D
J. BU Sz
Kress
Athens, Georgia
Clayton Street
Ays the Universal Car
Ford
C. A. Trussell Motor Co
Franklins
Martin Bros. Auto
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