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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
2
Beatrice Goldie reflects on war and sacrifice with poems about soldiers in France and grieving women at home. A feature on the Melting Pot exhibit describes heirlooms and love tokens, recalling old romances and a scene of decorated tableware amid changing times.
War time notes urge women to keep busy with Red Cross work including bandages and first aid kits for soldiers. Rotating leaders and schedules for Red Cross rooms are listed. Lieutenant Will Erwin to appear in a Pathe Current Events film at the Elite with profits benefiting the Red Cross.
News confirms the arrival overseas of Alex Davison, younger son of A H Davison of this city. Davison is a popular Ath ens boy and his friends here follow his career abroad with strong interest.
The YWCA announces today and tomorrow swimming sessions for women and girls from 11:00 to 12:30 a.m. and 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. with beginner instruction from 11:30 to 12:00 a.m. and 4:20 to 5:00 p.m. A 30 minute instruction period and a longer recreation time follow. Numerous local society notes include travels and visits in Athens and surrounding areas. Colonel and Mrs. Lumpkin return from Atlanta. Benedict joins Georgia Railroad. Mrs. Dobbs visits Atlanta. Miss Walters visits her grandmother in Wilkes.
Advertisement promoting Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for feet and shoes. Shaken into shoes or foot bath it claims to ease tight or new shoes, relieve corns and bunions, prevent blisters calouses and sore spots, and offer instant comfort. Sold everywhere for 25c with free trial package by sending address to Allen E. Olmsted in Le Roy New York.
Instructions for home canning including jar preparation processing times and sealing steps. Details cover using a wash boiler as a processing vessel and creating an air tight seal after initial hot packing. Also provides bean selection washing trimming blanching cutting and packing with hot brine followed by pressure processing.
Instructions cover cooling, testing for leaks, and storing jars for different boiling methods. Beans, including Lima and string varieties, require specific salting, water filling, air release, and sealing steps. A brief note mentions an inventor patenting bone-shaped dog biscuits.
Readers learn of a claimed cure for catarrh through constitutional treatment with Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The ad asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure, and notes availability at druggists.
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