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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
7
Amsterdam June 5 The National Maritime Exhibition was formally opened today and will run through September. The main draw is a vast collection of historical documents prints pictures boat models and relics from famous Dutch voyages of exploration and colonization.
Nearly all western Pennsylvania Democratic leaders accepted invitations to a farewell banquet in Pittsburgh honoring former Mayor George W. Guthrie. Guthrie departs for Pekin to serve as United States minister to China, with the event held tomorrow night.
Salt Lake City hosts Western Governors conference with seventeen states represented. Governors will outline plans to curb federal control of natural resources and promote state stewardship of timber water minerals and flood management. Sessions feature talks on ranges conservation oil potash and inland water rights.
A summer weather consumer ad urges every family to keep Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand. It claims no superior value and notes it is sold by all dealers with a buy now exhortation.
Charleston South Carolina June 5 plans to further industrial and commercial development of the cities of the South are to be exhaustively discussed at the annual convention of the Southern Commercial Secretaries association which convened in this city today for a three day session delegates from commercial and trade bodies across the South attended the opening meeting
Advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as safe for the aged offering prompt easy relief. Sold at 25 cents and recommended by H R Palmer & Sons.
An advertisement touts German American doctors licensed in Georgia for treating nervous chronic blood skin and other diseases without surgery. It claims bloodless methods for appendicitis gall stones goiter and cancer, promises free consultation and tests, and urges patients to spread word of cures to peers. It also markets cures for kidney bladder ear nose throat piles constipation and sexual health issues, presenting a wide range of therapies and claims of miracle results.
An advertisement asks if you are a sick worn-out man and offers free consultation exam and advice. It claims to treat nervous, deep seated and serious ailments of both women and men including blood poison and urinary diseases.
An advertisement proclaims a limited time visit offer promising strength activity health and happiness with assurances of reliability and no false hopes aimed at patients seeking lasting wellness.
General Sir Ian Hamilton, a renowned British army commander, is due to arrive tomorrow to inspect the Canadian militia. His tour will cover the Pacific coast with stops at Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton and Victoria.
Elizabeth Pennock daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Pennock Lansdowne married Robert C Folwell Jr former captain of the University of Pennsylvania football team in a Friends ceremony a large reception followed at the Pennock home. Shake off Your Rheumatism promotion appears as an advertisement for Chamberlains Liniment offering a twenty five cent bottle.
Advertisement extols Chamberlain's Tabiets as a remarkable cure for stomach and liver troubles and claims its daily growing renown. For sale by all dealers.
Special to the Banner reports a joint ceremony at Willoughby Park in Commerce Georgia marking Jefferson Davis's birthday. Col Abbott Nix of Commerce delivered the principal address to a large crowd, detailing Davis early life, West Point, Mexico War service, his roles as Secretary of War and Confederate president, capture and imprisonment near Washington Georgia, release without trial, and his later literary work The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy. The program included veterans talks, schoolchildren singing Dixie, and a substantial banquet hosted by the J E B Stewart chapter.
A health note warns against eating rapidly as it leads to indigestion and constipation and eventual illness. It stresses chewing food well, insalivating it, and using Chamberlain's Tablets for relief when the stomach feels full or dull. The tablets are claimed to cure many stomach troubles and constipation and are sold by dealers.
London reports elaborate preparations for a dinner at the Savoy Hotel hosted by the Pilgrims of Great Britain in honor of Walter Hines Page the new American ambassador. Also an advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin troubles with a testimonial from Mrs Bruce Jones of Birmingham Alabama claiming relief in two weeks.
Local notices list regular meetings for Order of Owle The Athens Nest Glenn Lodge Williams Lodge Athens B P O E St Elmo Lodge K of P Geo. H. Palmer J. D. Sever ns T H Nickerson Geo. Davis Camp W C W visiting members invited and meeting details for each group including nights and addresses on Clayton Jackson Broad Wall and Lumpkin streets in downtown Athens.
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