Society: Women 10 Conducted by Mrs. Alice Adams
Woman's club event notes by Mrs. Alice Adams. Contact numbers listed for office and inquiries.
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1912
Page
2
Woman's club event notes by Mrs. Alice Adams. Contact numbers listed for office and inquiries.
Saturday events include Athens basketball against Mercer at YWCA and multiple social gatherings. Invitations announce the Phinizy Spalding wedding on February seventh in Athens, with out of town guests and a sequence of forthcoming parties.
The Burns Club hosted a dinner at the Burns cottage marking Robert Burns 153rd birthday with about one hundred attendees including statesmen judges and workers. Joseph Jacobs was elected president and led a program of songs recitations and tributes from local leaders. A portrait of Burns by Hal Morrison was presented.
Athens and London theater news note casts and upcoming productions. Mentions Dr. E. D. Saxon and Homer Smith hosts, Over Night cast member Arthur Aylsworth, Philip Bartholomae script, Doris Keane leasing role, and London Pink Lady cast. Also cites Florence Brian signing with Liebler Company and various regional appearances. Plus health ad for Chamberlain cough remedy.
The report notes the New York State Federation of Labor endorsing industrial insurance. The San Francisco Labor Temple Association asks unions to buy stock to fund a $45,000 building. Coal mine fatalities remain high nationally, and mining work remains deadlier than railroading. Portland votes for cooperative shops funded by shareholders. Prussian railways show long shifts. many locomotive workers log under nine hours while 54 percent of pointsmen work ten to twelve. British seamen report weekly income of $5,000 with wage gains from the last strike and prepare new demands for slip-owners. Wisconsin passes a fifty-five-hour week for women clerks affecting retail unions. Cannock Chase miners in 1893 replenished funds by emptying Birmingham canal for repairs, drawing two thousand men into its muddy waters.
Mrs. A McGill reports a total health breakdown improved after using Cardus. She says headaches backaches and crying spells faded and she can do housework again, calling the medicine the greatest on earth.
A local ads stamping the value of a good watch as a business asset. AR Brandt promotes an extensive line with a liberal guarantee and a reputation for satisfaction.
The report notes rising paid up memberships at AFL and a New York garment workers push for a nationwide strike potentially involving 125,000 workers in the city and 250,000 nationwide. Toronto post office staff begin organizing for higher pay, with a threatened strike to disrupt service if demands are not met.
Lancaster readers are offered six months of The Banner and a one year Uncle Remus Home Magazine for a total price of 32 dollars and 50 cents. The ad emphasizes value and immediate savings with a combined subscription package.
An old advertisement promotes a remedy for headaches colds indigestion pains and constipation. It urges readers to take the product now and then claiming quick relief from a range of ailments.
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