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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1912

Page

6

Working girls praise Lydia E Pinkham remedy

Two letters from young women recount relief from menstrual pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Helen Canet of Brooklyn says seven bottles cured monthly agony and helped her in the business world. Mrs Mattie Copenhaver of Tishomingo Oklahoma reports improved health after persistent use and offers to answer questions about the treatment.

Brooklyn N. Y Lydia E. Pinkham Helen Canet Dean St Tishomingo Okla

Today s Special Clearance Sale Summer Shoes Oxfords and Pumps

Ladies bargain alert with small lots and broken sizes offered at one price. Oxfords and pumps in tans gun metals and other finishes, sizes varied but values up to 3.00, now 99 cents per pair.

Prices Cut On Children’s and Men’s Shoes at Local Store

Inexpensive children’s oxfords and pumps from 19 cents to 99 cents per pair are reduced. Ladies’ oxfords and pumps drop to 2.6 and 3.39 while men’s oxfords show 3.39 to 4.00 and 1.98 to 3.50 in various tan or calf styles. Odd lots and sizes remain, with a liberal guarantee accompanying every pair.

For Sale 50 Acre Florida Vegetable Farm in Anthony

A 50 acre farm within Anthony city limits Florida offered for sale. The property lies near a railroad and churches and a school. Local cultivation yields from 300 to 500 dollars per acre from vegetables including tomatoes cabbage cantaloupes. Exchange offered for Athens property.

Anthony, Fla Athens

Saengerfest Opens in Marinette With Wide Attendance

Marinette Wisconsin hosts a large saengerfest starting today and running through Sunday. Delegations of singers arrive from Fond du Lac Appleton Green Bay Oshkosh Stevens Point and other Wisconsin cities.

Marinette Wis Fondau Lac Appleton Green Bay Oshkosh Stevens Point Wisconsin

Crane retirement stirs Bay State senatorial race

Boston July 19 United States Senator Murray Crane will retire at term end prompting a scramble among Massachusetts politicians. Potential GOP contenders include Curtis Guild Jr Samuel W McCall John W Weeks Augustus Gardner Eben Draper with Guild's stance uncertain. Democrats rally behind Mayor John F Fitzgerald while Governor Foss is speculated but undecided.

Boston Mass United States Murray Crane Congress Bay State Crane Curtis Guild, Jr Massachusetts Russia Ambassador Guild New York St. Petersburg Senator Crane Guild Samuel W. McCall John W. Weeks Augustus P. Gardner Gardner Eben S. Draper Draper Woodrow Wilson Senate John F. Fitzgerald Foss Fitzgerald United States Senate

City Seeks Coal Bids for August September Delivery

GOAL BIDS will receive bids for seventy five tons of best anthracite hard coal and fifty tons of best soft coal for August and September delivery. Bids for city hall and city fire department contracts will be opened July 29. Co T Young, Chairman. This July 13, 1912.

Co. T. Young

Eight Hundred Acre Farm in Wilkes County for Rent

An 800 acre tract of good red land lies in Wilkes county between Little River and Kettle Creek with a public road through it. It can be divided into 75 or 100 acre lots with road front. Rent this year equals 34 bales of cotton. Reasonable price and terms. Apply J. W. Fanning Washington Ga Route 2.

Wilkes County Little River Kettle Creek J. W. Fanning Washington, Ga

Artesia the color avante garde in Athens society

An Athens observer recalls Artesia as a vivid local character noted for flamboyant dress and a brazen social attitude. A street mishap with a passing boy disrupts her display, while the piece contrasts city fashions with memories of country water and old gourd-drawn drinks.

Watson Attacks Felder Over Blease Case Charges

Atlanta reports Tom Watson blasts Thomas B Felder over Blease affair accusing Felder of graft links with Fred I Seely. He claims telegrams show Seely and Felder funded a South Carolina probe and criticizes the Carolina committee for meeting in Augusta rather than Charleston. He asserts evidence against Blease, wired to pursue allegations.

Atlanta Tom Watson Thomas B. Felder Blease Fred I. Seely Savannah Mr. Watson Felder Thomas Peshh Felder Watson South Carolina Carolina Meetin Auusta Water Elder Fred L. Seely The Georgian Seely

Insect Bite Costs Leg In Boston Man Loses Limb

A Boston man lost his leg from an insect bite two years earlier. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is urged to kill poison and stop inflammation. It heals burns boils ulcers piles eczema cuts and bruises. Only 25 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons.

Boston W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons

Forty second Georgia Regiment to Hold Reunion July 23

The Forty second regiment Georgia Volunteers holds its annual reunion July 23 at Social Circle Walton County with General A J West as orator. J M Summers commands the regiment and W M Durham serves as secretary. The Thirty fifth Georgia Regiment plans to meet with them that day. Also a health blurb promotes Cham berlain's Tablets for daily open air activity and digestion.

Forty Second Regiment Georgia Volunteers Social Circle Walton A. J. West J. M. Summers W. M Durham Georgia

Detroit Celebrates City’s 211th Anniversary Cadillaqua Carnival

Detroit prepares for 200000 visitors for a week long Cadillaqua carnival marking the city’s 211th founding. Events include historical pageants, industrial and naval parades, and aquatic competitions.

Detroit Mich

Choice of a Husband Promoted by New Life Pills

An advertiser touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a solution for weakness and bad breath inspiring stronger appeal to men. Claims include new strength and a fine complexion with pure breath and cheerful spirits. Sold for 25c by W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons.

Dr. King W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons

Judge in Athens Prefers Old Gourd Over Modern Comforts

A judge in Athens sits in a handsome office with modern furniture and a glass cooler of spring water, yet keeps an old fashioned gourd in his bookcase. The gourd’s handle twists toward the spring near the old meeting house in the country, where he drinks regularly.

Athens Shiloh Lithia

Death of One of the Original Daughters of the Confederacy

Eliza Chinn McHatton Ripley, born February 1 1832 in Lexington Kentucky, widow of James A McHatton and Dwight Ripley, died July 13 in Brooklyn New York. A noted Confederate loyalist and writer she lived across Arlington Cuba New Orleans and New York leaving a daughter Mrs T R Moyes and granddaughter Mrs Ralph Nesmith among others. Her life tied to Arlington and the McHatton family endured through war exile and southern social circles. She was laid to rest July 15 in Lexington beside her kin after a long illness.

Dwight Ripley Brooklyn New York Confederacy Ripley Eliza Chinn Lexington Richard Chinn Kentucky New Orleans George Washington Elizabeth Ball James A. McHatton Baton “Rouge Henry McHatton Macon T. H. McHatton University of Georgia A. Me Hatton Hedges Ralph Nesmith Elmira N. Y Norwich McHatton Arlington Mississippi Baton Rouge Dr. McHatton South Cuba God of Hosts Lakes Gulf

What Makes a Woman and Electric Bitters Benefit

A health advancer claims womanhood requires more than bone and muscle. Electric Bitters are praised for lifting fainting spells dizziness weakness nervousness backache and fatigue. Testimonial by Eliza Pool credits Electric Bitters with improving her condition.

Eliza Pool

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Children’s Oxfords and Pumps Florida Jno. T. Anderson Chamberlain Seis Bay State Artesia Africa Clayton Street Clayton Tom Felder 42Nd Georgia Regiment Et and Standard Oil Company Covington, Ky Louisville, Ky Atlanta, Ga Birmingham Fleming-Nunn Hardware CO
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