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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1912

Page

2

Society: Women 10 Conducted by Mrs. Alice Adams

Woman's club event notes by Mrs. Alice Adams. Contact numbers listed for office and inquiries.

Alice Adams

Social calendar and society notes in Athens

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.

Athens Mercer Phinizy-Spalding Bolling Phinizy Hughes Spalding Atlante Billups Phinizy Miss Phinizy Mary Gerdine H. C. White Chas. Phinizy Lamkin

Birthday of Burns Celebrated by Athens Club Members

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.

Burns Joseph Jacobs Burns Club Robert Burns Burns Cottage Scotland Annie Laurie Highlands B.S. Lyndon Athens New York Paris J. H. Lumpkin Walter McElreath Blue Ridge Mountaineer H. R. Bernard P. S. Bell W. S. Duncan R. T. Hynd Hamilton Douglas Donald Bain E. F. Kihig R. M. McWhirter John M. Graham Eugene Oberdorfer John S. Cameron Alex S. Taylor H. H. Cabaniss Dr. Jacobs Hal Morrison Georgia Constitution

Theatre gossip from Athens and London stage

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.

Labor Notes From The Labor World Summary

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.

San Francisco Labor Temple Association The Labor Council British Seamen’s Union Cannockhase Birmingham

Cardus praised by Mrs. A McGill in Jonesboro Arkansas

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.

Jonesboro Ark Mrs. A. McGill Cardus Hous Bie Mra Ea Cee Gael Ted

Start the New Year On Time

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.

AR. Brandt

Meals Served In A Tasty Way Across Labor News

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.

New York United Garment Workers of America New York City Toronto Ont

Save a Dollar on Banner and Uncle Remus Home Magazine

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.

the Banner Remus Home Magazine

Advertisement for a Patent Remedy

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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