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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1917

Page

12

Diet Squad proves twenty five cent daily food plan feasible

The Life Extension Institute of New York led by Dr E L Fiske conducted a three week test in January with twelve recruits from a police training school to feed men three thousand calories daily for 25 cents a day. Men maintained or gained weight, with menus showing cheap, nutritious variety. Substitutes for butter and other low cost items were highlighted as practical cost savers.

Anne Theodore Life Extension Institute of New York E. L. Fiske New York Police Training School Marian Walker Teachers’ College Police Department Life Extension Institute West 45Th Street New York

Draft Proposal Sparks Confederate Veterans Rally

Governor Manning urged support for President Wilson's selective draft at the Confederate veterans reunion in Chester South Carolina on April 28. He labeled draft targets as cigarette smokers loafers and joy riders idling and spending beyond their means, calling the measure fair and just.

Chester S. C Manning Wilson South Carolina

Money to Loan on Farm Lands and City Real Estate

Classified item notes money to loan on farm lands and urban real estate from M. Stern. Also an ad for Smithfield Jam Sandwiches at 10 cents and a health pitch for Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey claiming it prevents or relieves colds with soothing balsams, sold by druggists for 26 cents.

M. Stern

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Pretty Girls Greenwood Amusement Company Chero-Cola Capitol Steps Columbia, S. C Sanford Field Lumpkin Street Nner Parker House al McCoy Les Darcy Diet Squad Cagencyo Athens LEE Morris ARMY Smithfield Thornton's Lesus Georgia National Bank John J. Wilkins D. Warren Smith P. Madison G. Nicholson P. Brooks Cashier
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