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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
4
A reader notes property availability including four large parcels on Barber Street toward the west side, plus a 60 by 70 foot lot on Hill Street in front of another property.
A column of personal notices from Athens recounts Miss Annie Laurie Mell returning from Clemson and Miss Dora Mitchell ill, with various social updates. The piece lists visits, entertainments at Lucy Cobb Institute, Dame Nature’s Tea Party, tacky party at the rink, and numerous local residents in town events and travels.
An array of fashion items and accessories from belts to lace stocks is showcased with promotional prices. Also described is the Union Pacifics new gasoline motor car tested west of Omaha, highlighting wind resistance, speed potential, and practical local service.
Mr. Thomas L. Abney lies at the point of death at his Hampcock Avenue home after days of grip and a nervous breakdown. The attending physician says recovery looks unlikely, though many friends hope for a turn for the better and many years ahead.
H R Palmer & Sons sell Hyomei with a guarantee that it costs nothing unless it cures. The remedy is breathed through the pocket inhaler to reach throat nose and lungs and kill catarrh germs. Complete outfit costs 1 with 50 cents for extra bottles. If not cured they offer a refund.
A miscellany recounts salt shaped trade routes from Libya to India and its role in migration and long voyages. It notes a British Arctic expedition journalist habits and a Paris Alps atmospheric display seen from a train between Metz and Geneva with Mont Blanc and Lake Geneva scenery.
Readers are urged that consumption is curable in early stages with sun exposure fresh air and nourishing foods. H R Palmer & Sons vouches Vinci cod liver preparation as a non patent medicine, guarantee refund if unsatisfactory, claiming it supplies key curative elements from fresh cod livers.
An old advertisement proclaims Cheney’s Expectorant quickly cures coughs colds lagrippe and croup at 25 cents a bottle. The notice closes with a tease about Fine Printing the Banner Leads.
The offer is valid from February first to September first of 196. Each purchase earns a ticket proportional to cases bought. On the first of each month a receipt shows tickets received in the previous month. On September first tickets are checked and prizes paid accordingly.
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