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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
5
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe substitute for calomel claiming it is a pleasant vegetable liquid that cleanses the liver without causing salivation. The copy warns calomel’s dangers and promises relief from biliousness constipation and headaches with a single spoonful.
Louis Wiley of the New York Times urged publishers at the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World convention in St Louis to back a universal military service registration and unite against free publicity. He warned free publicity violates law and misleads readers, calling for editor discretion and community-wide agreements to bar such practices.
An advertisement offers a free bottle of Green's August Flower at Palmer & Son. It claims cures for indigestion dyspepsia torpid liver and constipation with fifty years of success. Available in 25 and 75 cent bottles by H. R Palmer & Son.
The Cotton Seed Crushers Association of Georgia held its second day in Atlantic Beach Florida June 5 with E P Chivers Atlanta reviewing the year and P D McCarley Atlanta detailing publicity efforts. Georgia Agriculture Commissioner J J Brown spoke on Cotton in Diversified Agriculture and Hollins Randolph Atlanta discussed the Liberty Loan. Prof Arthur W Shelton University of Georgia closed the session on Marketing Cotton Seed Products.
Atlanta June 5 Sheriff Johnson of Hart county called Governor Harris to object to an antiselective service exemption board letter from LaGrange. He said Hart county does not want to be associated with the letter and that they are ready to do their duty. Also a medical ad urges Dr Ball's Pine Tar Honey for croup whooping cough and colds with emphasis on relief and ease of breathing. 25 cents at druggists.
Oatmeal muffin, Salade a la Jardiniere with Minute Cake Tea. Gardener's salad using leftovers: carrots beets green peas string beans with plain French dressing. Arrange colorful vegetables cooked cold on cabbage or lettuce leaves with oil and vinegar.
A simple lemon cake method uses four tablespoons sugar three tablespoons flour two tablespoons milk lemon juice and rind. Cream egg yolks with sugar until light then blend flour and milk add lemon juice and rind, beat, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven.
Atlanta, June 5. Leading railroads of the South, in a meeting of officers, adopted resolutions pledging equipment and service to the government, ceasing competition, and cutting passenger service during the war. They estimated fuel and Adams act costs at $200,000,000 more than last year, with resolutions sent to the railway war board in Washington.
In the regular first Monday court Judge Orr granted letters of administration for George Moore to B. A. Crane and for A V Deadwyler to George E Deadwyler. Lena Deadwyler’s year’s support was approved. J J Powler was appointed guardian of minor Bessie Louise Fowler. Anne Hutchins’s will admitted to probate with Chas J Stanley as executor. J H Horton appointed guardian of Lewis Coleman with adjournment to Thursday morning.
A crowd viewed the film Speeding the Spoken Word at the Elite Theater yesterday morning. The documentary traced highway and cable work from digging to underground lines, detailing crews, pole distribution, and the telephone exchange operations in cities from New York to San Francisco.
Dr. Charles H Mayo of Rochester urges that the United States soon have a medical officer in the President’s Cabinet. Speaking at the American Medical Association meeting, he notes the war raised medical service importance and calls for national prohibition, sanitation, and expanded army medical training. He lauds Surgeons General Gorgas and colleagues and cites key medical advances by army physicians.
Elias D. White of Athens Georgia and Renwick White of Arizona join Mr and Mrs T Baxter White and their daughters Emma Jessie Sheldon and Mrs Sheldon for a long awaited reunion in Lordsburg LaVerne California. The couple celebrated their fifty seventh anniversary earlier but could not gather then. The gathering marks the first time in nearly two decades that the family circle is complete. Mr White is noted as a vigorous pedestrian who often walks from LaVerne to Lordsburg.
American games featured New York 6 over Detroit 1 and Chicago 6 over Washington 2. Philadelphia beat Boston 11 to 4 while St. Louis defeated Boston 3 2. Other results include Cincinnati 6 New York 5 and Southern Memphis 4 Nashville 1 with Little Rock 42 Chattanooga 10 0 and Mobile 0 Atlanta 7. New Orleans 6 Birmingham 0 and in the South Atlantic Augusta 4 Columbia 2 Jacksonville 3 Charleston 9.
Father Clark of St. Joseph Catholic church leaves today for Pittsburg to assist a newly ordained priest in his first mass. The new priest is a graduate of St. Joseph's seminary in Toledo and begins his first assignment this week. Clark hopes to return for services on the third Sunday of the month.
A western advertiser touts a scheme avoiding personal debts by shifting responsibility away from himself or others. The unusual approach claims to dramatically reduce the cost of living. The piece notes the annoucement and questions its practicality.
Governor Harris announces the appointment of the board of trustees for the Alexander H. Stephens Institute in Talla ferro county under the 1916 act. Appointees include J. A. Beasley Crawfordville for two years Clem Moore Crawfordville two years John F. Holder Crawfordville six years William H. Burwell Sparta state at large six years Sam L. Olive Augusta state at large two years Horace M. Holden Athens state at large four years.
Local lodge notices list meeting times and places for J Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias Max Joseph Building Clayton Street. Williame Lodge No 15 I O O F Max Joseph Building. Glenn Lodge No 76 I O O F Odd Fellows Hall. Athens G P C E No 790 lodge quarters Broad and Lumpkin Streets. Mt Vernon Lodge No 33 Masonic Hall Clayton Street. Geo B Davie Camp 292 Woodmen of the World Max Joseph Building. Rutherford Klan No 6 Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Jester Building Clayton Street.
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