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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1912
Page
5
News brief reports that detective agency findings reveal 500 baskets of clothing stolen annually in Macon. Other notes include death sentences for Alford and Walker, a hanging in Lizella, and political moves in Mercer, Eastman, Atlanta, Lexington, and Washington.
An epidemic of mumps at Clark University in Worcester led to hospitalizations and the cancellation of all meetings and athletic events including a championship basketball game. A physician linked the outbreak to germs carried in a letter from a girl friend in another city who was ill.
The Bobby Burns club will host a Thursday anniversary dinner at 6 PM at the Burns cottage to mark the 13th birth anniversary of Robert Burns. Delegations from Lithonia Athens Rome and Chattanooga are expected. A 4 PM club business meeting will elect officers for the year.
Readers are invited to mail $2.50 to receive six months of the Athens Daily Banner and a one year subscription to Uncle Remus Magazine at any address. The deal applies to both new and existing subscribers.
Indianapolis delegates report a joint conference behind closed doors with mine operators and the United Mine Workers as talks on wages and conditions continue. Participants from Indiana Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania may push a wage scale covering five states with possible adjournment for later meetings.
H ick Palmer & Sons announce the Famous Hot Springs Liver Buttons are now sold in an Athens drugstore for the first time. Promoted as a superior laxative addressing constipation and a sluggish liver, with claims of quick relief and benefits for stomach and bowel discomfort. Price 25 cents per box. mail orders from Hot Springs Chemical Co., Hot Springs, Ark.
The Root Juice craze spreads in Atlanta with early reports of rapid appetite rise and relief from rheumatic pains and digestive troubles. Doctors warn of limited lab capacity and high demand as druggists stock the product amid widespread patient hope for cures.
In Pittsburg on January 25 1912 Trinity church held day long exercises for the thirtieth anniversary of Rt Rev Courtlandt Whitehead Protestant Episcopal bishop of Pittsburg. The morning began with holy communion led by Bishop Tuttle of St Louis. An historical address reviewed key religious events since his consecration on January 25 1882. Whitehead a New York native and Yale graduate was ordained in 1866 and previously served in Colorado and South Bethlehem Pa.
New York celebrated the elevation of Most Reverend John M. Farley to cardinalate with solemn rites at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The ceremony featured Cardinal Farley presiding, Archbishop Prendergast of Philadelphia delivering the pontifical Mass, a Cusack sermon, and congratulatory addresses by Lavelle and Justice Dowling.
Delegates from nearly thirty states gather in Louisville for the eighth annual National Child Labor Committee conference. Speakers include Jane Addams, Florence Kelley, Felix Adler, P P Claxton and other national figures. Topics cover rural schools relation to reform, compulsory education, industrial education, federal aid to education, and burdens on women and children.
An Athens ad promotes Rexall 93 Hair Tonic with a money back trial. It claims 65 percent of bald individuals can regrow hair and promises no charge if results fail after three bottles. The Rexall Store, H R Palmer & Sons Drug Co, urges trials with no obligation and emphasizes local availability and customer care.
Editors and politicians from across Indiana converge in Indianapolis for the annual Republican editorial association round-up. The event centers on presidential nomination sentiment with Senator Norris Brown of Nebraska slated to give the principal banquet address as a Taft ally and defender of Taft policies.
J. S. Donahue of South Haven Michigan, a civil war captain and lighthouse keeper, credits Electric Bitters with curing kidney trouble chills and indigestion after other remedies failed. Now seventy, he says his sight improved and recommends the remedy priced at 59 cents at local stores W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R Palmer & Sons.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy claims to ease coughing, relieve lungs, and stop irregularities quickly. Sold by all druggists.
A large attendance of prominent fruit growers marked the opening of the ninth annual meeting of the Alabama State Horticultural Society in Jasper Alabama. Horticultural experts are in attendance to address the gathering which will continue through the week.
Advertisement notes Chamber Isin Cough Remedy as most effective for cords croup and whooping cough in children and claims it contains no harmful drug. It states availability through all dealers.
London honors John Bunyan with the national memorial window in Westminster Abbey. Designed by J N Cowper the two section memorial cost $6000 raised by popular subscription and depicts scenes from Pilgrim’s Progress.
Charles Durham of Lovington Illinois says Foley Kidney Pills cured his boy of bed wetting after two days and two thirds of a bottle. He notes the boy has not wet the bed for about six weeks and that the medicine is sold by all druggists.
The Markets section notes continued clear pleasant weather with cotton holding firm at 10 to 10 2/3 cents. Athens remains the reporting location.
A young girl rides at midnight through the Catskills forest to warn locals of a feared fire and helps save many lives. The piece promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for lung trouble and pneumonia, with testimonials and prices.
In Lexington Georgia Prominent farmers advocate parcels post, many already favoring it and planning to write to the Eighth district congressman to back the bill. Also included is an ad for Foley Kidney Pills and Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and chest complaints.
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