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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1917
Page
6
Madame Eug ending Beparp of Springfield Massachusetts describes relief after nine births using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites reduced pains and regained strength enabling housework and urges others to try the remedy. The ad notes the product contains roots and herbs and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
A corpulent tenor nearly ruined his Elijah performance when his trousers tore before the show. Pins were used to secure his costume, and after being well trussed, he returned to the stage to sing the line Ye people rend your hearts and not your garments.
Six district agricultural schools in Georgia will host Farmers week programs during January and February with College of Agriculture instructors. Exhibits include pure bred livestock and practical demonstrations in home economics. Lectures cover boll weevil preparedness crops diversification and vegetable and fruit growing. Stock judging will involve district school students and farmers. Locations and dates include Statesboro January 24 Tilton February 1 2 Americus February 6 7 8 Barnesville February 13 14 15 Monroe February 20 21 22 23 Madison February 27 March 1.
A Milledge avenue professor, awakened by a terrier and a rattling basement window, fired into the ground at the window foot as burglars slipped away. The loud reaction of an old gray horse tied nearby surprised the onlookers. The incident ended with the burglar’s retreat and no injuries reported.
A column notes guarding digestion after meals by avoiding meals less than five hours apart. It warns against pacing meals and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets to calm indigestion, claiming the pills strengthen the stomach and aid natural function. Available everywhere.
A vintage marketing blurb advises how to check a cold and ease symptoms with Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey. It claims the product stops sneezes and sniffles, loosens phlegm, soothes sore throat, and relieves congestion with antiseptic action. Croup and whooping cough are said to improve, with a 25 cent price at all druggists.
New York early today saw unsettled cotton with 9 point lower start on overnight sales and bearish cables. Prices fluctuated as covering and buying emerged, with May jumping to 18.55 before a pullback, while Liverpool selling pressured futures and New Orleans followed with mixed early results.
Chicago traders saw strength in the wheat market with gains from heavy opening to a higher close, aided by absence of bearish peace rumors. Corn climbed on Argentina damage reports as colder weather supported bulls, while oats followed grains and fats stayed steady amid scattered demand and limited selling pressure.
President John M. Thom of Middlebury College proposes extending Green Mountain National Park 26 miles along the crest to include a scenic highway following the Long Trail. The Battell estate yields 25 000 acres and 400 000 dollars to the college for forest conservation under scientific forestry rules.
A short health tip urges forming a habit to avoid colds. It recommends a warm sponge bath about 90 degrees and sleeping with the window up. For inevitable colds use Chamberlain's Cough Becon to end it quickly. Obtainable everywhere. adv
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