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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1915
Page
6
Athens adopts two ordinances by board of health and mayor council to curb flies. Owners of horses mules and cows must treat stalls with pulverized borax every two weeks from March to November. Manure accumulations must be treated and properly screened or face penalties under the city code.
Prominent Rome women and Atlanta volunteers raised funds for Martha Berry school through an exhibition golf event at Rome Country Club. Noted golfers Perry Adair Frank Adair Robert Jones and Alexa Stirling performed, with admission fees supporting the Cottage fund. The Berry school educates mountain children and counts former first lady Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt among its supporters.
Atlanta July 9 full text of a proposed Georgia bill aims to tax and license all soft drink businesses. It would require licenses, set annual fees from 25 to 50 dollars per location, and tax syrups and bottling plants including coca cola formulas.
A state act imposes taxes on syrups tinctures and extracts used in bottling or soda fountains with rates of ten twenty five and fifty cents per gallon respectively. Violators face misdemeanor penalties and seizure of products until taxes are paid with funds directed to general treasury. The act also requires licensing and repeals conflicting laws.
For bronchitis and coughs use Schiffmans Concentrated Expectorant. Two ounces make a full pint at home. If not the best remedy ever used your money will be refunded by Warren J. Smith and Bros Drug Store. adv.
Remedy urged for summer use. Described as thoroughly reliable and widely available through all dealers. Endorsed by users as pain relief for families, emphasizing prompt access without waiting for special orders.
The forecast calls for fair weather in Athens and vicinity on Saturday with little temperature change. Light showers occurred in parts of the cotton belt, while heavy rain fell in eastern North Carolina and Wilmington. A new low-pressure area near Salt Lake City is noted, with rain on the north Pacific coast and favorable conditions for a fair day in the Athens area.
Regions across the cotton states report temperatures around seven in the morning with generally fair conditions expected tonight and Saturday. Co. F. von Herrmann serves as Section Director and notes moderate conditions elsewhere.
Palm Beach suits available in light and dark colors and all sizes from slim to regular at 4.98 dollars. Men's shirts priced 1.50 and 1.00 with sale items 75 cents and below. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup marketed as a Pine Balsam Tar and Honey formula to ease coughs and colds.
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