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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1921
Page
2
A long mixed column features literary verse about stars and flowers, church and club notices, weddings, meetings, and social news. Items include a Beusse Nelson wedding report, dressmaking class details, R O T C notes, Christian Endeavor meetings, church circle plans, Frizzellisier wedding, Nye exhibit talk by Fred Orr, and local society notices with visitors and travel mentions.
Miss Cornelia Mitchell improves as friends express satisfaction. Walter Bishop and James Camak depart for a Florida motor trip. Miss Louise Paiiley returns to Atlanta and resumes studies at Lacey College. Mrs N G Slaughter leaves for Atlanta and Dallas for a week. The First Baptist Women’s Missionary Society circles plan Wednesday meetings at 2 o’clock due to a Bible conference. Henry Hodgson lately visited Athens. EB W Harvey assists May Cheatham with landscape work in Athens. William Fulcher and John Jackson visit Tech for the Tech versus Georgian basketball game. Mrs Harvey Maupin and Mrs Tra Smith host visits in Athens and Inman Park with plans for a weekend visit by Mr Maupin. Pay M Conlly expected home from Utah business trip. Mrs Winfield Nisbet arrives to visit T E Middlebrook family.
The World Almanac for 1921 compiles the 1920 presidential returns by state and the 1920 census figures for each state and every place with 5 000 or more residents. It also includes past population data, diplomacy lists, economic statistics, chronologies, and year to year weather and sport records. A 65 cent publication by The New York World.
A quoted testimonial by R. Long promotes Estonie as fast relief for neuralgia and upset stomach. The ad claims Estonie neutralizes excess acidity and gas, promising quick improvement after meals. box price described as a small cost with a drugs gift guarantee.
Daily report notes roads in good condition across Georgia with very dry weather causing dusty sections. Bridge near Cotton Indian Creek replaced and detour at Rutledge for maintenance. Routes to Macon Columbus Waycross Jacksonville improved. slight rain chance in far north Tuesday.
Generally fair weather expected with near to above normal temperatures. A moderate disturbance sits over Colorado while high pressure dominates the south Atlantic coast. Cloudy conditions with light showers reported in rural valleys and western Tennessee extending northwest to Montana. Storm likely to move northeast over the lakes but warm in the south. rain probability very small for Tuesday at Athens.
In Bed Eight Months a woman from Tennessee reports illness during the Change of Life and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief after two doctors failed. She praises improved health and urges other women forty five to fifty to try the remedy for natural change symptoms.
An upset reader declares he represents many others and makes a forceful protest as the subject was missed. The note emphasizes broad concern and collective disappointment among those following the issue.
Funeral services for J Patterson age 73 will be at Princeton Baptist church this afternoon at 3 o clock with interment in the church yard. Surviving brothers E M Patterson and G H Patterson and six sisters listed. Funeral of Leila Kincaid at Baptist church in Colbert yesterday at 4 pm. She is 41, husband H C Kincaid, father J A Kirk Colbert, three brothers and three sisters. Funeral for Horace Mayes son of Mr and Mrs J J Hayes of Oglethorpe county will be held from Temple church today.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Liniment as excellent for rheumatic aches and pains. It advises massaging the affected area thoroughly twice daily and promises surprising relief.
Fragment from obituary or notice lists surviving relatives including parents three sisters and a brother. The readable portion provides no names or dates.
Fleming Post No. 20 American Legion invites prospective members to its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday night March 8 at 8 o clock in Knights of Pythias hall. Refreshments and features planned by the entertainment committee promise an enjoyable time. Some important business matters will be discussed. all potential members are urged to attend and may join at the meeting.
Washington March 7 Japan has accepted the mandate for former German Pacific possessions north of the equator including Yap with a reservation that Japanese citizens will not face discriminatory or disadvantageous treatment in other mandated territories.
The navy league ban, imposed by Secretary Daniels in August 1917 restricting league representatives from entering naval stations or ships, was lifted by Secretary Denby on March 7 in Washington D C.
The Davis Construction Company reports the Lexington highway project began Monday to pave the Atlanta to Augusta route into Athens. Crews will pour concrete and push the work to completion, labeling it a key highway out of Athens and a major link from Atlanta to Augusta.
An old family remedy advertisement touts Sloan’s ointment for rheumatic twinges and neuralgia. It claims quick relief with a penetrating formula, leaving skin clear and pores unclogged. Available at druggists in three sizes 6e 700 and 1.40, with the largest touted as most economical.
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