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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1917

Page

3

Georgia Bones Dry After Extraordinary Session Call

Governor Harris weighs an extraordinary session to finish Georgia’s push for total prohibition after Senate leader G Ogden Persons urges action. The Webb Kenyon ruling and Supreme Court decisions bolster state power to enforce a bone dry law, with GOP and local leaders split on urgency and method.

Atlanta Harris Senate G. Ogden Persons Georgia General Assembly Mr Persons Jurge H. W. Tae Thomasville Persons United States Supreme Court House of Representatives House Congress Supreme Court of the United States U. S Iowa Persong West Virginia Supreme Court Hugh Dorsey Dorsey

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised in Testimonial

A reader from Lost Valley Georgia lauds Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as most effective for a hacking cough and colds. The advertisement notes it is obtainable everywhere and claims repeated cures.

Chamberlain J R. Moore Lost Valley

Strand Lineup Features Kimball Young in The Foolish Virgin

Films at the Strand present Clara Kimball Young in The Foolish Virgin with special showings on Thursday. Friday features Frank Keenan in The Sin Ye Do and Keystone comedy, plus Strand House Peters and Myrtle Steadman in The Happiness of Three Women and Shielding Shadow with Elite Alice Brady also billed. Saturday offers Julius Steiger in Stolen Triumph and Pearl White in Pearl of that Army amid Luke and Christie comedies.

Strand Clara Kimball Young Elite Frank Keenan Keystone House Peters Myrtle Steadman Alice Brady Helen Holmes Julius Steiger Pearl White Christie

Pape's Diapepsin Promises Instant Stomach Relief

Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as quick, harmless relief for indigestion sour stomach and gas. Claims it digests food in five minutes, costs fifty cents, and lets people eat without fear. Mentions a visit to the Colonial tonight for a district school program.

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