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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1905

Page

7

Church Directory and Lodge Listings in Oconee Area

Directory lists multiple churches with service times and pastors on Hancock Avenue Prince Street and surrounding streets plus lodge notices for Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias Keystone Chapter Royal Arch Masons Mt Vernon Lodge and I O O F. It includes meeting nights times locations in the Max Joseph building Clayton Street and surrounding streets and a general invitation to all services and meetings.

Elmo Lodge K. of P St. Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias Castle Hall Man Joseph Building Clayton and Wall Streets Keystone Chapter Keystone Pter Royal Arch Masons Max Joseph W. B. Lawhead Geo T. Murrell Mt. Vernon Lodge Mount Vernon Lodge A. M Masonic Hall Max Joseph Building Clayton Street Troy Beatty W. M. Geo. T. Murrell Sec’v

Short Notes of Interest and Local Ads

Short notes of interest list rental rooms at Windsor Hotel and dining offers at Bailey Supply Co. including biscuit demonstrations and shop visits. Includes notices of Dr. Young reward for a lost pin, jokes, indigestion remedy endorsement, a Barnstormer line, and a malaria cure testimonial for Electric Bitters with store references and prices.

Michael Bros Presentation of New Spring Silks and Linens

Michael Bros offers Boxbay nevertear silk at 75 cents a yard with a sale at 50 cents. 2,500 yards of spring shirt waist silks marked down. New French organ dies and voiles etamines and French mercerized ginghams on display. Zephyr ginghams in 10 to 12 cent grades now 8 cents. Also new white goods laces and embroideries.

Edison Undergoing Surgical Operation at Home

New York reports Thomas A. Edison, 67, underwent a mastoid abscess surgery behind the ear near the brain at his Orange New Jersey home. Secrecy surrounded the procedure which lasted over two hours, Edison had been increasingly troubled by deafness, and doctors hoped to avoid the operation but concluded it was necessary after attempts at treatment failed.

New York Thomas A. Edison Orange N. J

Medicine that cleanses blood and system Dr Kings New Life Pills

Greatly in demand, these pills claim to cure stomach and liver troubles. Sold at W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons drug stores for 25 cents with a guarantee. Includes a quoted exchange about chemists and food chemistry from the Washington Star.

Chamberlain Geo W. Emory Rock Mills Ala H. R. Palmer & Sons W. J. Smith .& Bro E. S. Munday Henrietta Tex W. J. Smith & Bro Dr. King New Life

Black Diamond Coal Ad Promises Ton Price and Phone Contact

An advertisement touts Black Diamond Coal at five dollars twenty five cents per ton. It claims pieces with the coal and provides a brief contact method with a phone number.

Governor accuses chaplain of theft in prayer line

In Topeka, Governor Hoch accuses Chaplain Couden of stealing a line from Hochs Marion Record or an echo of it from a paper. Hoch says the line appeared in Coudens opening prayer and notes he printed it more than a year ago in Thoughts We Have Been Thinking.

Topeka Kan Hoch Couden Congress Marion

Negro Abductor Throws Girl Into Deep Ditch

Eleanor Elmora ten year old daughter of William Menner of Evansville Ind was seized by an unknown negro in the rear of her home Early this morning she was gagged carried across a wheat field and along the Louisville and Nashville track nearly a mile until a man approached The child was thrown into a deep ditch to lie unconscious for hours Bloodhounds failed to trace the culprit as excitement ran high

Evansville Ind Eleanor Elmora William Menner Louisville and Nashville

The Value of Charcoal for Health and Beauty

An old advertisement extols charcoal as a safe purifier, noting it absorbs stomach gases, improves breath, complexion, and teeth. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are promoted as a top product, with a Buffalo physician endorsing their use for gas, cleansing the mouth and throat, and possible liver help.

Stuart Buffalo

Russian Peasants Starving Amid Debt and Famine Signals

A column cites massive Russian burdens from national debt interest, road spending, unpaid taxes, and repeated famines. It quotes a noted writer arguing peasants are steadily starving with meager earnings, poor diets, and deteriorating health in the black earth belt.

Black-Earth

Opened oysters by using snuff a curious tale from New York Press

An old pilot recounts Benny Hawser who allegedly opened oysters with snuff by making the shells sneeze apart. A freight sloop sailor boasted of quicker feats opening oysters with fast hands, pepper and vinegar, while a cashier notes Benny’s legend beside other sea yarns.

Benny Hawser Gene Blackford Ln Fulton Benny Fultonslip Bridgeport New York Press

Coal Advert Shows Red Ash and Local Coal Offer

Fragmentary ad notes coal sale mentioning Red Ash supply and local contact details. Readable elements indicate pricing and delivery terms, with references to coal varieties and a phone contact.

Does a baby pay for itself in parenthood

An author recalls the question does a three year old baby pay for itself. He describes the costs of a child in time money and worry but ends noting the child has paid back those costs with the child’s whispered I love you.

Peeze

Also Mentioned on This Page

Church Directory First Methodist Lumpkin and Hancock Ave Hopkins Epworth League Presbyterian Hancock Avenue J. W. Walden D. D Baptist Emmanuel Church Prince Avenue Christian Church Cor. Dougherty and Pulaski J. Cronenberger Mip'cier Oconee ST Oconee and Peters Street W. G. Crawley Glenn Lodge Wood J. B. Willbanks N. G HL Stone Williama Lodge Atoms Lodge Betta Rae Windsor Hotel T. Philpot Bailey Supply Co Orr Drug Co M. M. Arnold's Shy W. H. Shy Jackson Street Clifton Motes Majestic Manufacturing Co St. Louis M. Slaughter D. Ty Hill and Church N. A. Slaughter Bes Barber ST Drs Slaughter Dental Surgeons Hodgson Wills Chicago Journal Michael Bros Boxbay Nevertear Michael Brosco Mr. Edison Diletes Washington Star Siberian Manchurian Depres Elon Holy Synod Bee St Louis E. Stout Athens, Ga Baltimore
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