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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1919
Page
7
The essay argues against embedding complete formulas on patent medicine labels, warning it would burden small earners and raise drug costs. It cites state debates, stresses the value of such medicines, and urges legislators to defeat restrictive measures preserving access to affordable remedies. It also includes a moral verse on treating women with respect.
Clarke County reports a notable rise in taxable property this year with over a million dollars added to the tax books despite few improvements. Growth reflects rising values in Clarke County and Athens as business, farming, and land values surge, with expectations of further gains in 1920 and nationwide prosperity continuing.
The state press notes Hon. Samuel L. Olive, president of the senate and famed orator, as a likely candidate for Congress in the Tenth district. Praise centers on his July 4, 1916 address, which drew widespread acclaim and comparisons to Ben Hill and Robert Toombs.
A call for humane education to shape character in schools, arguing it reduces cruelty to animals and builds global humanity. The pieces cite Our Dumb Animals and Boys' Life as examples showing moral lessons extend from kindness to animals to civic virtue.
A reflective meditation on mothers across sayings and poems. It contrasts the idea that great men need great mothers with the need for good mothers and recalls a mother’s gentle influence as a guiding, sanctifying force. The piece ends by asking how long since you wrote to mother.
The Savannah Morning News will publish a compendium of opinions from North and Middle Georgia on Savannah as Georgia’s port city. Editors in Marietta Gainesville Walton Commerce Dalton respond that there is no anti Savannah sentiment and praise Savannah’s prominence.
Mrs Lizzie Whitehead of 224 Grace St Athens Ga praises Dreco from Palmer and Sons Drug Store saying it relieved her kidney and stomach trouble. She reports swelling subsiding, better sleep, and renewed strength after using four bottles praised by neighbors and the Dreco expert.
A survey of editorials shows Georgia papers from Carrollton to Milledgeville to Covington deny prejudice against Savannah. Editors in Macon, Warren ton, Commerce and other towns praise Savannah and reject claims of statewide ill will, while Atlanta papers emphasize kinship with the city.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe liver remedy that replaces calomel. It claims quicker relief, no salivation, and morning vitality with a money back guarantee if the liver is not cleaned and bowels not regulated by the next day.
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