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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1916
Page
11
Berlin reports the latest taxi ban on trips to theaters restaurants and amusement venues. Actors and actresses seek special passes to reach venues quickly. Crippled persons must prove urgency and rely on horse cabs, as police grant exemptions for those needing fast transport.
An advertisement claims constipation causes dull pimply skin and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a mild laxative to produce a full, non-griping bowel movement by morning. It urges 25 cent bottles from all druggists.
The article recounts the rise of America's Electrical Week poster featuring an Aladdin motif and the electric lamp as a modern genie. It covers the national design competition by the Society for Electrical Development, prize money, judges, and the resulting exhibit dispersed across major cities and kept in demand through 1917. Dr. King's New Discovery ad copy appears at the end, promoting relief for coughs and colds with pine balms and antiseptic laxative effects.
Colds left untreated may worsen into chronic coughs. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey is promoted as a soothing remedy with antiseptic properties to ease throat irritation, aid breathing, and combat germ growth. Sold at druggists for five cents. Pleasant to take and handy for croup and bronchial affections.
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