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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1913
Page
5
A 1913 plea to women readers to sympathy and cooperation with grocers. The author outlines high costs, small profits, and long hours grocers bear, urging patrons to order groceries together, understand credit risks, and support fair pricing. Mentions Co M Wessels Philadelphia June 19 1913 and an advertisement for Dr Kings New Life Pills.
Yesterday at noon the YMCA campers under Secretary W T Forbes and Physical Director Heidler returned from a three week camp near Tallulah. About thirty boys enjoyed a glorious time with only one rainy day and one wet night, and there were no illnesses among the group. The organizers hailed it as the best YMCA camp yet.
A large reception was held yesterday in the First Methodist Church Sunday school reception room from six to seven o'clock. Baraca-Phila thea hosted the event with two to three hundred attendees. The committee organized the affair and served refreshments. Many Philatheas from city classes attended to greet the guests.
Private William McDermott known as Lucky Bill adopts a stiff leg myth to secure a pension. A surgeon declares the wound healed and the talk turns to his future as a song and dance artist. A friend jokes the touch system with a missing fingertip would help in typing work.
A two year old named Phillips in Weehawken New Jersey escaped death after climbing to an open window and tumbling three stories. He landed on a picket fence, which caught his clothing then dropped him to the pavement unharmed. The mother found him uninjured after listening for his scream.
A family quarrel centers on imperialism when a sister urges the Philippine trip for the pet brother. She hopes to wear Oriental fashions from Philippine relations, arguing they offer unique linen gowns. He scoffs, concluding a woman's patriotism can be worn as fashion.
A hostess hires a page for a dinner and teaches him to serve wine. When the page begins his rounds he declares to each guest Inferior sherry, maam Inferior sherry, sir, in a clear, penetrating tone provoking humor and social awkwardness at the party.
A man named Johns was nabbed in Philadelphia while stealing an alarm clock from Mrs. Murray's home. The heavy sleeper planned to use the clock, but the alarm went off as he tried to leave, drawing Mrs. Murray and a police officer to the scene.
Bluffers hurls a bat, sits in a chair, and laments ejecting a man from his house. The man, mistaken for courting his daughter, was actually after his mother in law as the club banter unfolds with sharp humor.
A lively snippet shows Ethel boasting about a new bonnet costing 27 dollars while husband Harry jokes about funds and rent. Explanatory notes reveal village humor with Old Isaacs and Rosenbaum delighting in witty exchanges about money and romance. A side quip links Paris fashion to future fortunes and a pun on a cat named Plutarch.
An OCR fragment promotes quinine and iron as the most effectual general tonic. Mentions tonic strengthens digestion and overall vigor, with garbled branding and partially readable product cues. Contains scattered words suggesting a medical tonic advertisement from a historical period.
Special to the Banner Atlanta July 22 the Bush Searcy bill prescribing Bible reading in Georgia common schools was killed in the senate committee on education by eight to five. Ministers and faith leaders testified for and against the measure with church leaders from Baptist, Catholic, Jewish and other denominations urging its passage or defeat. The committee recommended that it do not pass.
A young boy named Jim Brown described as a little negro at risk is repeatedly taken in by officers after failing to reform. His mother has sent him to labor on farms in Jackson and Madigan counties, but he returns each time. Officials now aim to place him in Oglethorpe County to prevent further returns.
The ad touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a universal remedy for wounds burns old sores and numerous skin conditions claiming pain relief and healing. It highlights a trial to prove effectiveness and mentions price options 2 50c and 1.00 with a separate laxative bromohines product claimed to cure a cold in one day.
Gainesville Ga July 22 Mrs Pearl Wood was jailed today for shooting her husband last night at their Adamsville home. Neighbors say he approached with knife and pistol, she fired a pistol. The bullet entered his back and nearly pierced his body, with life expectancy listed as slim.
Dr. R. P. Sorrells returns to Athens after months in Atlanta where he wound up the sanitarium business he managed. He sold his Prince avenue home to Mr. Mason and now lives with his family at the Bon Air on Prince avenue for the present.
Atlanta July 22 The house committee on constitutional amendments met to consider two more new counties Tate and Warner Tate favored and Warner killed Tate takes parts of six North Georgia counties Gilmer Gordon Pickens etc None of the new proposed counties has a show in the house
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