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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1919
Page
8
Short notes advertise services and goods in Athens with notices on insurance, banking, personal ads, phonographs, loans, lost items, and sales. Entries include The Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest, Jester’s insurance, Edison phonograph at J L Morris, Lost pin with amethyst and pearls, For Sale pine stove wood, several livestock listings, and Auto Electric Company battery repair at 187 Broad Street.
Freezone claims to lift corns off with a touchless drop on the corn. It pledges instant relief from pain and soreness, with a tiny bottle sold by druggists enough to rid hard and soft corns and calluses between toes at low cost. The ad hails a Cincinnati genius behind the discovery.
An article advocates Jad Salts as a remedy for skin eruptions. It claims toxins rise in the bowels and asserts kidneys filter blood. a weekly regimen of four ounces of Jad Salts in hot water each morning before breakfast is said to purify blood, clear pimples, and support kidney function.
Inter-Fraternity Baseball opens as S A E defeats Chi Phi 7 to 1 with McCall and Dodson in the winning battery. Phi Delta Theta top Kappa Alpha 5 to 3 behind Hugo Walker who struck out fourteen in seven innings. Semifinals set for May 14 with the two winners advancing.
An old advertisement urges prevention of colds by keeping bowels open and regulated. Lamarine Wafers are promoted as a laxative that cleanses bile and waste, prevents illness, and yields a fresh feeling. Sold at drug stores with a 30 cent price and mail sample offer from Lamarine Laboratory in Atlanta Georgia.
Mr. J. F. Shepherd district manager of National Life Insurance Co Vermont subscribed 1000 for Victory bonds. The firm also subscribed 1000 for the 4th liberty loan bonds in the Athens campaign.
Chester W. Slack of Gainesville was elected president without opposition for the senior class of 1920. R L Anderson Macon was chosen vice president. Other officers named include W D Heaton Jr secretary treasurer T L Stokes Jr historian B S Ivey poet. H C Hosch to retire after term with praise for his leadership.
Gertrude Joerg petitions in Clarke County Georgia for foreclosure of a mortgage on a Athens land lot tied to Tillman Funk and Azelle Funk now in Nashville. The filing lists five notes due 1913 to 1917 totaling $5500 and requires payment or show cause by the next term to bar the equity of redemption.
Clarke County Georgia notices cite executors and request cause for dismission and permanent administration. Officials grant letters for estates of Mark J Junkins J R Edwards James H Kelly and Wilson Brown. petitions for twelve months support to widow and minor child of M J Denny. Administrative dates noted April 1919.
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