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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1912
Page
7
Upper Sandusky Ohio reader shares testimonial about illness including back pains headaches and nervous fatigue fading after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. The letter urges others with irregularities and displacements to try the remedy.
The Pennsylvania division of the Travelers' Protective Association opened its annual meeting in Allentown with delegates from local posts across the state in attendance. Sessions will continue tomorrow.
Local lodge listings include Vernon Lodge No. 22 F and A M meets Thursdays at Masonic Hall Clayton Street. Keystone Chapter No. 1 Royal Arch Masons meets third Tuesday at 8. St Elmo Lodge K of P meets Mondays at Castle Hall Clayton and Wall. Athens B P Os No. 790 meets Wednesdays at Broad and Lumpkin. Owl’s Nest No. 1669 meets Fridays at Clayton St. Williams Lodge No. 15 I O O F meets Mondays in Odd Fellows Hall. Oliver Encampment No. 14 meets Fridays in Odd Fellows Hall. town Lodge No. 76 I O O F meets Tuesdays in Odd Fellows Hall. Woodmen of the World Camp No. 292 meets Wednesdays at Woodmen Hall Clayton Street.
An agronomy note by J. W. Firor outlines brown rot peach scab and the plum curculio as major threats to Georgia peaches. It details how brown rot damages blossoms to maturing fruit, the scab’s spotted skin, and wormy fruit, plus three spraying methods using lead arsenate and lime sulfur. The Georgia State College of Agriculture offers spraying guidance on request.
Col R L J Smith, active Odd Fellow and Harmony Grove charter member, is invited to speak at Hig Shoals Lodge No 163 I O O F on Odd Fellowship anniversary and at Hebron Lodge No 470 I O O F on May 2. He also receives a Masonry talk invitation from Watkinsville Lodge.
Mobile reader Mrs Sigurd Hansen details seven years of womanly pains and headaches followed by surgery. She reports Cardus improved her health after one dose and now she has good appetite and sleep and looks better to her doctor. Cardul, advertised as a long used remedy, is urged for other women with similar symptoms.
The Nations Bureau of Standards surveys pre 1911 gas ordinance rules in U S cities over 25 000 population. It lists how many cities have municipal or state gas standards on candlepower heating value purity and pressure meter testing and enforcement. It notes states where municipal rules are superseded by state law and lists cities with natural gas only or with unique arrangements.
Hyomei offers a complete inhaler outfit with a pocket haler for four to five daily uses. The product claims to soothe irritated membranes and kill germs, with an extra bottle available for a discount at H. R. Palmer & Sons and other druggists.
Commerce Ga April 19 over 160 boys and girls plus teachers from Ninth district high schools will attend the annual meeting in Commerce Friday and Saturday. Contests include athletics recitation declamation music spelling and ready writer events with schools such as Winder Jefferson Gainesville and Commerce represented. Public welcomes attendees and a new auditorium will host indoor programs.
An Athens resident testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved backache and kidney trouble. Mrs. J. F. DeLay reports rapid improvement after three boxes and endorses the product highly. Sold by all dealers priced 59 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Illinois parties opened state conventions with Democrats in Peoria and Republicans plus Prohibitionists in Springfield. Delegates, platforms, and presidential elector nominations were chosen, though most work followed results of the recent statewide primaries.
Parliament members and citizens wore primroses in observance of Primrose Day marking the death of Lord Beaconsfield. The Primrose League laid flowers on his grave in Hughenden cemetery and at the Beaconsfield monument in Parliament Square.
Col John B Gamble of Athens spoke to a large Commerce audience advocating his bid for solicitor general of the Western circuit. Col W A Stevenson of Commerce introduced him. E Cabaniss of Maxeys, candidate for state agricultural commissioner, plans to visit Commerce to discuss his campaign and qualifications as a practical farmer and former president of the Georgia Farmers Union.
The fifth annual Conference for Education in Texas opened in San Antonio for a two day session. Prominent educators from all sections attend as topics include better financial support for schools rural high schools and unification of educational forces.
Delegates gathered in St Johnsbury Vermont for the forty first annual Vermont Y M C A convention. The three day meeting features speakers Governor Mead University of Vermont President Benton and other international Y M C A leaders.
In Athens Georgia on April 12 1912 Rev M L Troutman commends Col R L J Smith as upright conscientious capable and generous in support of good causes. He deems Smith fit for public office or client work and considers him one of the rare men he has met.
New York celebrates the golden jubilee of the New York Produce Exchange. The event recalls the chartering of the precursor New York Commercial Association fifty years ago, later renamed to the Produce Exchange.
President Taft plans a trip to New York to address the annual dinner of the Westchester Bar Association at Delmonico's tomorrow night. The Washington report notes Taft will speak to lawyers and discuss legal topics.
W. W. Neesmith of Statesboro Georgia reports Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has cured his coughs and colds for years. He praises its effectiveness for his family and recommends it to others. For sale by all dealers.
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