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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1916
Page
7
A family scene centers on a mother and child with the telephone lifting daily life. The voice recalls arranging sewing, dinner, and a plan for Father to return home with John, illustrating domestic harmony through a simple home call.
The Birth of a Nation stirs audiences with tears and loud cheers at the Colonial. Matinee crowds include many children, shown as a stirring history lesson of antebellum, war, and Reconstruction. Two performances today and two tomorrow conclude Athens run.
The cotton market opened lower with nervous selling but rallied after covering on the government crop estimate. January contracts rose from 18.45 to 18.88 and May from 19.03 to around 19.10 as traders priced in the official projection and local covering momentum.
Douglas Fairbanks appears at the Strand in his Triangle feature American Aristocracy. The star’s dynamic persona is highlighted as the theater promotes his latest film and notable charm.
Valet suratt stars in The Straight Way a tale of revenge where a wronged wife humiliates her unknown daughter for vengeance. Bluebird Photoplays presents a screen version at Elite Theater with J Warren Kerrigan and Louise Lovely. Also shown is Other People s Money a five act photoplay featuring Chattfield Bruce in a slums tale with a love element driving the plot.
McDuff Virginia family credits Thedford's Black-Draught with avoiding illness. Mrs. J B Whittaker says it relieves sick headache and stomach trouble and keeps it on hand for children. The purely vegetable remedy claims to regulate weak stomachs and aid digestion, priced 25 cents.
The Carnesville city court ends its term with about $1,000 in fines for violation of prohibition laws. After January 1 all violators convicted will be sent to the chain gang. Assistant Solicitor General Camp leads prosecutions under new May 1 law. Franklin county mourns Congressman Tribble at Athens funeral, Tribble born and raised there.
Mrs Hugh Cook of Scottsville New York recalls using Chamberlains Cough Remedy five years ago for two sick children in Garbutt. She says it stopped coughing and cured their colds quicker than anything she tried before. Obtainable everywhere.
Advertisement claims Chamberlain's Tablets are excellent for constipation and easy to take. Text notes the tablets are pleasant, mild in effect, and obtainable everywhere.
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