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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1916

Page

5

Family credits Black-Draught with relief of sickness

Mrs. J B Whittaker of McDuff Virginia says ten years of sick headache and stomach trouble vanished after using Thedford s Black-Draught. She keeps it on hand for children and reports fewer illnesses since starting the remedy. The vegetable medicine aids digestion and relieves indigestion colic wind nausea and similar symptoms. Sold by druggists for 25 cents a package. N C 123

McDuff J. B. Whittaker Thedford N.C

Georgia Railroad Train Timetable Details

Train No 50 leaves at 8 30 a m. Train No 52 leaves at 4 00 p m. Train No 56 leaves at 4 30 p m Sunday only. Train No 51 arrives at 12 30 p m daily except Sunday. Train No 53 arrives at 9 30 p m. Train No 57 arrives 12 m Sunday only.

Gainesville Midland Ry Schedule Timetable No 19

Schedule dated January 23 1916 for Gainesville Midland Ry lists Athens departures and arrivals. Train 2 departs 7 20 PM and Train 4 departs 2 20 PM, Train 1 arrives 11 40 AM while Train 4 arrives 6 40 PM. Trains 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe intermediate points and with Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern stations and Southern Railway connections.

Athens Belmont Winder Monroe The Georgia Railroad Gainesville Gainesville & Northwestern Southern Railway

Southern Railway Schedules and Color Theory Note

Train depart and arrival times listed for All Points daily and Sunday service with contacts for H E Williams and E Shelton. A brief primer on primary colors explains violet indigo blue green yellow orange and red plus white as all colors and black as absence.

Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as General Tonic

Advertisement notes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a valuable general tonic containing quinine and iron. It emphasizes tonic properties and promotes its use for general health benefits.

Take Grove Grove

Nationwide gains from water power drive prosperity

The speaker argues water power is the key to national progress, noting 6 million horsepower used today and vast untapped resources. He calls for legal and economic reforms to develop rivers, expand hydroelectric capacity, and attract private investment while protecting public interests.

The Lion Hunter Cousin Arrives in Hermione's Summer Plot

Hermione accepts a summer engagement plan to marry Peter as a ruse to avoid attention from Dick's lion hunter cousin. The lettered scheme hinges on a fake betrothal and social maneuvering, with Hermione meeting the famed man from Japan in an unexpected twist.

Louise Oliver Hermione Anne Peter Sedgwick Japan McClure

Potatoes In Corfu And Local Beliefs In Wolves

The piece notes French occupation of Corfu in 1807 introduced potatoes, initially disliked by locals, who later bought the gardens and fields. It also mentions a New Mexico superstition claim blaming Navajo beliefs for wolf and coyote threats to livestock.

Corfu Seven Isles Tilsit Donzelot le Cri de Paris France Toulon New Mexico

Social Roundup of Local Visitors and Returnees

Miss Sarah Wolfshermer of Atlanta guests Miss Helen Michael. Joe Myers returns from Savannah and Augusta. Gertrude Treanor of Milledgeville visits Mrs. Edward Treanor. Mrs. Philip Abelman back from Glenn Springs. Abelman stays a few days. E. C. Williams of Coca Cola Company in Columbus in city briefly. Harry Hull of Washington visits for a few days. Prof. and Mrs. A. H. Davenport return from New York. Hortelle Hood back from visiting relatives in Winder. Prof. Mahler returns to city and resumes dancing classes at 8:30 p m tonight at the Elks Club. Ethel Reese spends part of summer vacation at Clayton. Mary Alice Strange, Louise Strange, Police Camp, and Earnest Strange of Winder attend a moonlight picnic here yesterday. Troy Beatty Jr returns from graduate study at Columbia University. He is Sewanee last June graduate. Mrs. C. B. O’Neal of Siloam visiting Mrs. George Collins for the week. A. W. Vess back from Chicago. J. H. McCommons and Miss Sheley to return from New York this week.

Mary Alice and Louise Strange Police Camp Earnest Strange Winder Troy Beatty, Jr Columbia University New York City University of the South Sewanee, Tenn

Aaron Cohen to Return From Baltimore This Week

Mr. Aaron Cohen is expected to return from Baltimore this week while Mr. Lloyd Palmer remains in Boston.

Aaron Cohen Baltimore Lloyd Palmer Boston

Beauty Editor Endorses Mrs. Osgoods Wonder Hair Remedy

A renowned beauty editor promotes Mrs. Osgood's Wonder as a painless alternative to depilatories and electric methods. She claims it clears facial and body hair, blemishes, and is endorsed by society women with a money back guarantee. Available from H. R. Palmer & Sons or leading druggists.

Mrs. Osgood H. R. Palmer & Sons

Evening Up Story Sparks City Missionary Tale

A Boston city missionary recalls meeting a prominent man who joked about expense accounts. He notes a line for a pug terrier at ten dollars and a city missionary society item at five, then offers to donate another five to make things right.

Boston City Missionary Society

Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Trouble Says Athens Resident

Mrs. J F Dunston of 362 Dougherty St Athens testifies seven years of kidney trouble vanished after using Doan's Kidney Pills She reports no need for further kidney medicine and endorses the product as a great benefit Price 50c at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY endorses the remedy.

Athens Dean J. F. Dunston Dougherty St Doan

Eye Ether Test Proposed to Detect Death by Physician

An Italian physician recommends injecting ether into the eyeball as the most reliable death test. If life remains, the eye reddens. if death has occurred, there is no reaction. The mirror test is also commonly used for this purpose.

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Macon Madison Georgia Appalachee Greene County B. R. Bloodworth Seaboard Air Line Ee Ee Sun H. E. Williams E. Shelton Ticket Agt United States America East Middle West Indus Frankin K. Lane Secretary of the Interior Feddsal el Agency For Reduction Pacific Coast Ohio Valley New Jersey Rags Peru Africa Bessie Love DeWolf Hopper Douglass Fairbanks Sarah Wolfshermer Atlanta Helen Michael Joe Myers Savannah Augusta Gertrude Treanor Milledgeville Edward Treanor Philip Abelman Glenn Springs Mr. Abelman E. C. Williams Chero- Cola Co Columbus Harry Hull Washington, D. C City A. H. Davenport New York Miss Hortelle Hood Mahler Georgian Hotel Elks Club Ethel Reese Clayton C. B. O'Neal Siloam George Collins A. W. Vess Chicago J. H. McCommons Miss Sheley Harry D.carey the Three Godfathers Saturday Ernieg Post Peter B. Kyne Beauty Editor American Journal of Clinical Medicine
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