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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1906
Page
4
A lyrical reflection on a mother's grief and faith follows a long Georgia society page. It laments a lost child and asks for divine grace, then shifts to a busy social scene with Bridge Club gossip, illness notes, prayers, and upcoming performances at the opera house. Names include Mrs. J. H. Lambert, Professor Chas. Strange, Judge Hamilton McWhorter, Camilla McWhorter, and many Athens residents reporting travels, visits, and events.
Mrs Walter A Mallory entertains guests after a spirited tennis match won by Miss Drummond and Mr O'Hara. Attendees include Wilhelmina Drummond, Mary McCoy, Mandinor Cheney, Sarah and Evers Fitts, O’Mar a, Mor Hunnicutt, and John Hunnicutt. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society holds a 1 pm meeting, and charity ball tickets sell fast with sales on College Avenue. Athens Y M C A delegates Forbes and Kenburg return from Nashville after attending the Student Volunteer Convention. An advertisement touts John L. Arnold's Drug Store and a broad mix of local notices and political prose from Jackson Mississippi.
A 60x170 lot beside a residence is offered along with four large lots on the west side of Barber street. An additional 60x70 lot on Hill street fronts W. F. Dorsey’s property, creating multiple parcel options for buyers.
Charity ball and bazaar planned for Wednesday March 14 1906 at Deupree Hall Athens Ga to aid B'nai Israel Synagogue. Admission one dollar covers one man and one or more women. Local notices list room rentals and various ads including Abney's and Abimes’s.
At night before a large enthusiastic crowd the Athens Roller Pule team beat Augusta 9 to 2. Athens players shown high skill while Augusta players fouled and struck low. Scorers: Whiting, Hayes, Meclean, Rogers, Clifton. Periods saw multiple goals by Athens with Whiting and Rogers prominent.
A recollection from the Philadelphia Record recounts Bill Sanford near Lynchburg Virginia as a famed neighborhood romancer. He farmed little, hunted and fished, visited the country store, and told marvels as the town hero. His Kentucky visit fueled even grander tales amid a day of bee tree hunting and rustic adventures.
A Michigan resident recounts a doctor troubled past with severe nervous distress and extreme thinness. After a grocer misdelivered a package, a meal made from Grape-Nuts eased digestion and appetite, leading to a year of eating it exclusively with improved health and energy.
Clean Lodge No 75 meets Tuesdays at 8 in Carlton building Carlton street Athens Lodge No 790 meets Wednesdays at 8 50 at Broad and Lumpkin J Shackelford Eb Exalted Ruler EO Palmer Secy Ik Soquee Tribe No 54 meets Wednesdays at 8 in Knights of Pythias hall Michael Sachem Lambert Chief of Records Local health ad promotes Grape-Nuts and Foley’s Kidney Cure with general remedies and product mentions
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