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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
7
Local theatergoers are urged to see the Whitney Opera Company perform The Chocolate Soldier at the Colonial tonight. The operetta, satirizing war, features Oscar Straus music and a strong cast with a celebrated chorus and orchestra.
During the making of riot scenes for Destruction a William Fox drama, two cameramen assistants and several actors and bystanders were injured when militia and cavalry charged the crowds. B ant y Tuttie, J Lud Houston, and Feeley D Boyd were severely hurt. spectator Morse sustained a broken collarbone. Colonial schedules two performances tomorrow at 4 pm and 8:30 pm with tickets sold at Palmer's.
An old advertisement touts Parisian Sage tonic for scalp cleansing and hair thickening. It advises applying the liquid to the scalp, rubbing until a tingling sensation, and claims dramatic results with a money back guarantee from H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Mercer University students will be barred from parading along the streets near Wesleyan College in Macon Georgia. Presidents Jenkins of Wesleyan and Pickard of Mercer urged the students to stop the practice and civic authorities may take action. For years Mercer boys lingered on sidewalks near Wesleyan flirting with Wesleyan girls.
Mr C S Mangleburg, long with Wilson Tailoring, joins the Metropolitan Life Insurance local agency. A testimonial praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for severe colds, throat irritation, and hoarseness, with Mrs B H Shackelton of Chadwicks praising its usefulness.
Col W O Dean of Monroe arrived in the city yesterday as a candidate for solicitor general of the Western circuit. He shook hands with numerous friends and supporters during the visit.
The bulletin notes a cold, fair Thursday for Athens, Georgia, with colder conditions statewide. It records a prior disturbance over the eastern cotton belt and reports heavy rainfall in New Orleans and Macon, temperatures from 66 in Jacksonville to 34 in Atlanta and subzero readings in parts of the upper Midwest, with a general pattern of cold weather west of the Mississippi.
Maysville Georgia residents meet to organize a chamber of commerce with C M Sanders as president C W McCurdy as vice president and H L Robinson as secretary treasurer about fifty names enrolled and committees named for town interests Also appears a garbled legal attestation relating to Hall's Catarrh Cure and Frank J Cheney within a Toledo oath snippet.
Mrs Harry Hodgson hosted a refined tea for her Savannah guest Mrs Irvin Cobb. Relatives and friends mingled amid jonquil and narcissus decor in the Hodgson home as guests wore elegant gowns and corsages. Mr and Mrs Cobb planned to travel to New York while extending a gracious social afternoon.
Mrs. McNeil and Mrs. Cohen hosted a morning bridge in honor of Mrs. Trammell of Marietta Mrs. Branson of Chapel Hill and Mrs. Irvin Cobb of Savannah. District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler W. E. Mobley of Macon arrived with Elks for a lodge visit.
A vintage drug advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children. It claims to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels within hours without griping and notes a 50 cent bottle is available. It warns against counterfeits and directs buyers to seek the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
Reflecting on progress, the text notes how wireless telegraphy lets ships call across seas while the same inventions quickly become tools for advertising and war. It contrasts human achievement with the moral use of power, warning that new tech can both connect and destroy.
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