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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1918
Page
2
Athens continues a wartime morale page with toasts to Union and Confederate figures, a Red Cross note pressing for workers, and praise for historic women. The piece urges citizens to join Red Cross efforts, make bandages, and honor wartime duties asPresident and flag pledge days pass.
In Athens a renowned garden thrives beside a toy shop kept by a beloved lady. The plot features nine hundred fifty iris stalks and a spectrum of blossoms from Dutch hyacinths to peonies. She greets daily visitors, sharing a private sanctuary of color and memory in the garden spot of the South.
The Lambda chapter held a formal dance at its Boulevard fraternity home with flags streamers and colonial decor. Attendees included many local social figures and students. Haughrey's orchestra provided music and refreshments were served.
Mrs J A Pitner leaves for Macon to visit grandchildren. Mrs T E Fortson is quite sick at Milledge Circle. Alfred Scott and Wallace Zachery attend Y M C A conference in Macon. Mrs Max Bodenback returns to Philadelphia after visiting her mother Mrs J W Watson. Mrs Harold D Meyer and Prof W D Hooper in Savannah giving addresses. Mrs A R Nicholson and Miss Martha Nicholson depart for New York City. Ed Perry Dela Woodall Frank Wilhoit and B G Cherry motored to Macon for weekend. Earnest Lee Ackiss visits relatives in Norfolk Virginia. Mr Ira Funkenstein spends days with parents. Mr T S Mell returns from Birmingham Alabama after accompanying his sister Miss Ellen Mell. Miss Mell to remain several weeks with sister Mrs A D Smith.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a new tasteless calomel style purifying tablet. It promises a calm relief with one nightly dose, no nausea or griping, and a cleansed liver by morning. Sold only in sealed packages for thirty five cents with druggist recommendation.
An advertisement proclaims Linton Spring Water as absolutely pure and healthful. The firm offers sanitary coolers and urges customers to drink the purest water, listing phone contact 95 and location R.8 Crane, Mer.
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