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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
3
An Atlanta article outlines malaria as an unseen killer arising from marshes, damp cellars, and poor ventilation. It describes symptoms from chills to fatigue and outlines how the disease weakens blood and invites other illnesses, urging proper care and blood cleansing remedies.
An OCR fragment lists DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve claims and cautions to use only DeWitt’s, plus endorsements for Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and various patent medicines. It includes sellers Orr Drug Co and H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro, with other scattered lines about remedies and anecdotal testimonials.
Mittie Jackson, labeled a Negro lunatic, was carried to the Milledgeville asylum after days in Clarke county jail. Sheriff Wier secured transfer. neighbors report her ravings disrupted nights and days. The companion text discusses weather, bread, and drifting distant sea theories in a later, unrelated passage.
An old yarn from a Maine shipyard tells of a carpenter who proves his skill by hewing a wooden bolt on a stone. After a clever display, he shatters the ax edge with a blow and challenges the foreman to make it stick. The tale ends with the foreman hiring the craftsman.
A fragmentary item references Capucine liquid and a patient named Eteteot Dop se and a conversation with Mr Webb about eye pain. The garbled text mentions a nervous headache cure and a scene with a shy bear and dimpled cheeks in a rural setting.
The Lakeside Company invites all eligible young ladies and bachelors to enter a naming contest for the lake and park. A summer of health giving rest and recreation awaits with the chosen name to be displayed.
The conditions require all suggestions by 1:00 p.m. July 3. Any Athens resident or visitor may propose one name using a provided blank, with optional additional names for each swimming ticket used. A brief argument supporting the name is needed on a separate sheet, and the winner receives a season swimming pool ticket.
A garbled OCR passage hints at a meandering verse about love and trust, mentioning a man and a woman, confidences, and a stream of home life characters such as servants and bakers, with tale like chatter filling the day.
The company invites submissions describing one Park and Lake with emphasis on the resort. The best description will receive an additional season ticket, while the second description earns ten swimming tickets. Manuscripts must be brief and under five hundred words.
The call invites at least five amateur photographers or sketch artists to submit five or more pieces depicting scenes in or around the Park. Entries must be received by July 9 at 1 00 p.m with at least five competitors in the last two contests. Results announced July 11.
An early 20th century stage piece portrays actors evacuated to safer regions during winter as a performance at a Washington venue faces disruption. The company contends with harsh conditions, laments the cold, and a problematic interlude as artists improvise amid an unsettled audience and theater management challenges.
An 1889 Oklahoma settlement tale recalls a editor who faced severe dysentery on his claim and recovered after a single bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The item also touts Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and consumption with testimonials and medical ad blurbs.
Southern Railway offers weekend tickets at greatly reduced prices through September 12. Saturday sale covers Atlanta Tal Salah Falls and on all trains to Asheville Hot Springs Arden Fletchers Hendersonville Flat Rock Saluda Tryon with return by Tuesday after sale. Inquiries to R W Sizer G A Athens Ga SH Hardwick G P A Washington D C W IT Tayloe A G PLA Atlanta Ga.
We have always maintained the Night Call Service and Telephone No. 206 will bring to you the same excellent service that obtains during the day.
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