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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
7
Cardiff shipping men say post war power rests on merchant fleets aided by US shipbuilding and Europe needs resources. Big company reports stress demand for tonnage rising in 1918 and the value of ships as national assets, while urging control to ensure supplies and safety for Europe.
A mild salve called Eucapine Salve combines oils of Eucalyptus Wintergreen Menthol Pinus Sylvestris Camphor and petrolatum. Sold for twenty five cents a large family jar at H. R. Palmer & Sons Athens and other drug stores.
These tablets target stomach liver and bowel disorders and help heartburn indigestion and related discomfort. They aim to ease digestive issues with regular use and are pitched as beneficial for such conditions.
Andrew Mack stars at the Colonial in a Cecil De Mille romantic drama Molly Dear set in Connemara with Dan O’Brien an American secret service man pursuing a mountain train robber. Mack’s tenor voice will feature songs It’s a Long Long Way to My Own Home Town and ’Tis You Only You That I Love. Sanford’s company and handsome scenery accompany the show.
New York cotton opened steady but soon retreated amid general market unease. March and May contracts slid to 30.16 and 29.47 respectively, with later rallies on covering fading as sellers remained active. Spot prices in Athens and New York held around 31.50 to 31.60 cents, while Liverpool tone stayed barely steady with light sales.
Winterville School forms a Thrift Stamp Association led by Miss Sarah Pittard with Captain for each room to solicit savers. Forty pupils have bought stamps so far, with daily additions as Principal Thomas N. Gaines notes efforts to enroll most students.
A tipsy health ad extols drinking a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels remove toxins ease biliousness and improve appetite. It claims quick cosmetic and well being benefits and low cost per dose.
Readers share experiences praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. Testimonials claim relief from weakness and monthly pain after trying the remedy, with addresses in Athol Massachusetts and San Francisco California. The ad invites letter inquiries to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Godfrey de Bouillon Commandery in Athens will hold a stated conclave at their asylum in the Masonic hall this evening. The Red Cross degree will be conferred during the session and all sir knights are reminded of the event.
An advertisement touts Rheuma as a guaranteed remedy for rheumatic pain. It claims swift relief, a money back offer, and positions Rheuma as a physician prescribed treatment differing from narcotics. Large bottle covers two weeks and is inexpensive.
Advice urges people over sixty to stay in bed for one or two days after catching a cold, aided by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to prevent serious follow on illnesses. Market quotes from Chicago show May corn at 125 1/4 to 126 1/2, oats near 82 to 80, pork at 46.65, lard around 25.60, and ribs about 24.65 with slight day changes.
Friday at the Strand features Harold Lockwood in The Avenging Trail plus an extra comedy. Belle Bennett appears in The Fuel of Life and Hidden Hand is also shown as an extra.
Advert says Hyomei outfit relieves catarrh quickly by breathing the antiseptic into the lungs. Claims it kills germs, soothes inflamed membranes, and heals inflammation with no stomach dosing. Urges readers to ask H. R. Palmer & Sons for the treatment.
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