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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
8
A collage of classified items from The Banner highlights local ads and notices. Listings include insurance savings, farm loans, pianos, old teeth and gold buys, job openings in dry goods, sale items on vehicles, room rentals, and government clerk examinations, plus a courteous card of thanks from Mack McQueen Jr. and relatives. The notices reflect Athens commerce, personal ads, and community notices from the era.
Soldiers and sailors are urged to use Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to prevent friction in footwear and keep feet fresh for hard work at camp, sea, or trenches. The Plattsburg Manual recommends Foot-Ease each morning. Also recommended is Chamberlain's Tablets for sour stomach and indigestion from overeating or unsuitable foods.
Bishop Mikell of the Atlanta diocese will preach the annual commencement sermon for the University of Georgia on June 16. Alumni speaker T Mayhew Cunningham of Savannah, class of 1888, will present the service flag bearing 1300 to 1500 stars. The week includes trustees meetings and branch college speakers with diplomas to be delivered June 19.
A simple home remedy blends the juice of two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to make a cheap freckle and tan lotion. Grocers carry lemons and drug stores offer three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and brighten skin. It is claimed to be harmless.
Dr C A Blassingame former proprietor of Normal Pharmacy, who sold that business to J Cleveland Poss, has taken a position at Palmer’s Prince Avenue Pharmacy succeeding Cupid Potts. He is an experienced druggist and enhances Palmer’s drug store team.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by constitutional treatment. It claims to act through the blood to mucous surfaces, building strength and aiding nature. Proponents offer $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, with claims of broad success and nationwide availability.
Mr. Lamar Eberhart, 58, died at his home in Point Peter after a brief illness. Survived by wife Annie. two daughters, Missurnella and Elizabeth Eberhart. brother William Eberhart of the E.S. Company in Athens. and four sisters, all of Athens. Funeral today at 9 a.m. from the residence, with interment in the family parish ground. He was a prominent local citizen well known in Athens.
The funeral of Mr. L. H. Nichols of Oconee Heights, reported dead yesterday, will be held today at 10 city time from Boggs chapel. Rev. S. R. Wiggins, J. M. W. Morris and A. B. Askew will officiate. pallbearers are E. I. Smith Sr., J. H. Dorsey, Joe M. Hodgson, R. H. Wier, G. H. Thurmond and Joe Alexander.
Miss Mary Watkins aged 80 dies at her Arnoldsville home after a long illness. The funeral and burial were held from the residence at 4 o clock yesterday afternoon. She is survived by two nieces and two nephews.
Mr James D Smith aged fifty died yesterday evening at 7 at his home 140 Park avenue He is survived by his wife Mrs Mary Jane Smith and seven children The funeral and burial will be tomorrow at New Franklin in Franklin county Flowers may be sent in care of Bernstein Brothers this city
A vintage advertisement promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use formula to darken gray hair evenly. It claims hair becomes natural looking, glossy, and youthful after one or more applications with a sponge or brush, though not a disease cure.
Registration day in Clarke County shows only eighty nine twenty one year olds enrolled, far below the projected two hundred. Amid a mix of white and colored registrants, local officials recount efforts to reach eligible youths, including university students, while noting a persistent weight and age hurdle to entry into military service.
The fragment lists names such as Charlie Patman Jim Hill Thomas Brooks Wilbon J ilups Jno Henry Barnwell Lee Elie Jomer Brooks Governor Sheats Pink Morton Walter Dillard Marion Latamore Sam Johnson Jas Elder Mission Lowe Nas Joe Brown Will Hawkins and Henry A Gaines among others as part of a political or civic roster.
Mayor and Council approve a shift to Eastern time to reflect citizen support and government guidance. The decision follows public petition urging coordination with federal timing to save daylight for wartime efforts. Athens remains united, officials promise continued honesty and service to residents and the government. Also: stockade stock disposal, Pershing street rename, water for training detachment, and contract plan for city incinerator operation.
National games results list Boston 8 Chicago 7 Brooklyn 2 St Louis 0 Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 7 New York 4 Pittsburgh 3. American games St Louis 2 New York 5 Cleveland 5 Boston 4 Chicago 4 Philadelphia 3 Detroit 4 Washington. Southern results Nashville 3 New Orleans 1 Little Rock 1 Birmingham 1 Chattanooga 1 Mobile 2 Memphis 3 Atlanta 2.
A local cotton seed oil mill reports heavy activity during peak grinding season with one facility processing twenty carloads in a week. The text notes persistent operation by the mills as demand remains steady through the season.
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