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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1913
Page
2
Local calendar items show Circulating Library hours and a 7.30 club meeting with Mr. R. T. DuBose. City Mission Board assembly at The Villa and a series of society notices include a Lawrenceville reception, U. D. C. board meeting, and a variety of visits across Athens and surrounding towns with comments on lectures, addresses, and personnel.
A boxing style anecdote about pitcher Rube Waddell who borrowed money from his father, returning for more on another night. He used a pair of barn pants as a bank to stash ten dollars, confusing his father with the tale of the missing funds and the planned nest egg.
Dr. Bradford Leavitt, pastor of the First Unitarian church, resigns to join a San Francisco undertaker firm as vice president. He seeks lighter funeral rites with white flowers and simpler observances, arguing death can be faced rationally and less gloomily.
Athens residents report back pain relief and improved kidney function from Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. W. M. Patten of 353 E Dougherty St. endorses the remedy, stating it helped her weak kidney condition and she continues to recommend it. Salts available through New States.
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