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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1903
Page
3
A Louis XIV valet published a 1655 cookbook explaining the hollow soup plate's origin. It allowed guests to help themselves without sharing a spoon from mouth to tureen, aiming to avoid perceived impropriety.
A fragment discusses how book titles reveal or obscure content, citing Pride and Prejudice and The Scarlet Letter as examples. It contrasts naming led by main characters with hints of theme, arguing a title should suit the work and its impact, as in literary history.
Miss Evie Jackson authorizes sale of her house and lot at Broad and Pulaski, extending to Clayton Street. The property features a large corner lot about 145 feet on Broad and 250 feet deep, a six room dwelling, a two room tenant house, and a barn.
An advertisement claims Stuart's Gin and Bucha cure Ibright's disease diabetes and gravel symptoms. It asserts deep seated kidney bladder and urethral ailments are resolved, with a sample bottle offered and a large stock set for promotion. It includes a calculation example about turnip yields for context.
The Central of Georgia railway offers excursion tickets to mountain and lake resorts in the North East and West and to Tybee seashore via Savannah. Through sleeping car service and quick schedules are advertised with fall particulars, rates, and schedules available from local ticket agents or agents R L Moss Jr or J E Humphrey in Athens Georgia.
Winchester Ky shoemaker M G Myers testifies in a testimonial for Dean's Kidney Pills. He credits the remedy with curing backache, notes a later relapse resolved by another box, and praises the product for long standing relief. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
Medical Talk argues that Rome’s 800 public baths and the shift to hot baths eroded Roman vigor. It claims the luxurious hot bath weakened personal valor, sapped soldierly vitality, and left northern peoples easier to defeat.
Elizabeth Duer recalls how Revolution-era Britain preserved English manners and inherited privilege. A rigid class divide defined status with gentlemen and their servants, private lives, and social distance, contrasting with later fame attached to aristocratic privileges.
An Oklahoma settler recounts a near-fatal illness from bad water, aided by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The medicine quickly calmed his pain and restored sleep within an hour, prompting praise for the remedy. Sold by local merchants H. R Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro, oriental Jugelery is noted as well. A separate tale describes a magician’s chain illusion showing animals seemingly vanish into the air, witnessed by the audience.
An 1901 testimonial promotes Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims to treat gravel diabetes and related illnesses for men, women, and even children, with each bottle lasting two months and mail order options available from Dr. E W Hall. Testimonial from W A Davis of Neosho endorses its effectiveness and value.
Directory of Knights of Pythias St Elmo Lodge No 40 and Keystone Chapter Royal Arch Masons meet weekly and monthly at Max Joseph building with invitations to visiting members. Includes Glenn Lover No 75 I O O F Odd Fellows and Oliver ExcampaMent No 1 IOOF CF with meeting times Fridays and etc. Also Athens Council No 21 B and S M with 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, Oconee Tribe No 15 I C R M on Wednesdays, and Red Men Hall Carlton building.
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