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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1904
Page
6
A reminiscence of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery praised by mothers. It claims the remedy strengthens by aiding digestion and nourishment, with no alcohol cocaine or infection. Personal anecdotes cite hemorrhage recovery and improved health after use.
Athens town gossip item notes Miss Jessie Jackson as a pupil at the Dees trick Skole Friday night. It mentions a First Methodist church missionary society debate on the Japan Russia war this afternoon at four at the parsonage and celebrates community lectures and visits by local figures.
The notice invites friends of Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Washburn to the funeral at their Hall Street residence on Wednesday at ten in the morning. The rest of the text is garbled with medical promotional content about “Stuiterrii Parjenor” and a free trial offer from Drake & Co, making the remainder unreadable.
Messrs. A Cohen and E B Cohen form a partnership in life fire and accident insurance and will open an Athens office soon. The two young men are well known in the city and start their new venture amid good prospects and well wishes from friends.
Mrs Anna Bingham widow of Dr T N Bingham died at her brother Dr Haygood’s Farmington home after weeks of illness. She leaves two children Haygood and Glidys and brothers Dr Haygood Waltz Haygood, and father William Haygood of Farmington. Local notices mention Miss Crawford Daniel teaching near Kerr and Mrs Zlich Hutcheson visiting Athens. An unrelated ad promotes Witch Hazel Salve by DeWitt Co Chicago warning of counterfeits and urging use of the genuine box.
FBI Burross, a boy described as negro, grabbed a pocket book from a Negro woman on Athens streets yesterday and fled. Police quickly pursued and captured him, placing him in custody to answer for his act.
The North East Georgia Fair Association directors met and planned a spring meet at the fair grounds with a strong racing program. They hope to arrange a visit by the Sixth U S Cavalry to Athena, a potential history-making event for the city. Directors also will begin arrangements for a fair next fall. A separate note touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a cure for coughs and lung diseases, claimed to have saved a Pleasant City boy from pneumonia.
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