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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1913
Page
12
Our Window Display shows a wide stock of Writing Papers and Stationery priced low to introduce our Stationery Department. Symphony Lawn paper and cards sell at 40 cents per box or card, Tulip Linen and Initial Cards at 25 cents, Mourning Cards 25 to 35 cents.
A sequence of fabric options with names Symphony Lawn LaMarquisette and Desert Ships. Entries include white or colors, borders or plain finishes, silk finish, gold border, plaid effect, and prices from 50 to 65 cents per box.
Delegates from major nations and U.S. communities convene in Buffalo for the Fourth International Congress on School Hygiene, examining health and efficiency of schoolchildren. Dr. Charles W. Elliot of Harvard presides, with lectures from 300 speakers and new services like a Rest and Relief Hospital.
Washington Georgia August 25 Seventy bales of the cotton crop of 1911 remain in Wilkes County held by Andrew McLendon an independent colored farmer the only cotton of that year still held in the county. He bought at sixteen cents and says he will hold for a year or two more unless forced to sell by an accident.
C H Hines of Whitlow Arkansas recounts spending hundreds on medicines in St Louis and New Orleans without relief. After returning home he began Cham berlain's Tablets and improved fully. The ad notes the product is sold by all dealers.
Nine of twenty two children at the Deane Orphanage in Long Mead ow Springfield are ill with typhoid amid an outbreak blamed on a youthful carrier. Cora Crosby ten, identified as the probable carrier, was isolated in a Springfield hospital while seven trained nurses care for patients. Several children are seriously ill and others isolated awaiting symptoms. picnic link denied.
Georgia game wardens announce the hunting season for grey squirrels is open with licenses needed, notes that dove shooting rules did not pass, and that all game laws remain as last year. Warden Ed Price will prosecute violations. Quail and dove outlooks are bright as licenses are issued statewide.
An old advertisement urges mothers to treat children for worms with Kickapoo Worm Killer. It lists symptoms such as feverishness irritability and appetite changes and claims the product kills worms and improves digestion. Available from druggists or by mail for 25 cents from Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company Philadelphia and St Louis.
Old Standard tonic claims to drive out malaria and build up the system. Marketed as a true tonic and appetiser for adults and children, the product emphasizes general strength and vitality.
A dispatch from Asheville recounts Dr John E White formerly of Mars Hill College in Madison County and Wake Forest College pitcher who threw the first curved ball in Western North Carolina. He captained and pitched for Wake Forest in 1889 1890 and his catcher James Clause later a streetcar motorman. The two old teammates attended a Asheville Charlotte Carolina League game and White claimed Mars Hill 22 years ago could easily beat modern Southern League teams.
The Southern Railway market department releases two booklets to help fruit vegetable and truck growers in the Southeast. One lists brokers commission merchants jobbers and receivers of vegetables and berries in major US and Canadian cities east of the Rockies with dealer names and populations. The other lists Mississippi fruit vegetable and melon growers served by Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Southern Railway, to be distributed to dealers in the North and East. Market agents in Atlanta St Louis Cincinnati and Washington offer ongoing farmer assistance.
Madam Paulini Clairvoyant and Scientific Palmist returns to Athens for a brief period. Office hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily except Sundays at 293 Clayton Street Wes.
An old advertisement claims constipation causes many illnesses and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to keep bowels regular, listing sale by all dealers.
The Grand Army Entertain ment Committee has booked Johnny Green to perform three flights in Chattanooga during the G A R Reunion from September 15 to 20. Green, famed Cardus birdman, recently set a record with Cardus Flyer No 1 over Lookout Mountain and plans a hydroplane flight in Cardus Flyer No 2 up the Tennessee River, the first by any Southern aviator. The demonstrations are free to the public and he will drop dollar bills to spectators.
An advertisement claims Bucklen's Amica Salve instantly removes pain from cuts bruises sprains burns and other skin injuries. Endorsed by E. E Chamberlain of Clinton Maine the ad states the remedy offers peerless healing and costs 25 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
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