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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1904
Page
2
A damaged passage extols a health tonic’s power to fortify the body and resist disease. It asserts medicine strengthens the lungs and other organs, aiding workers who cannot voyage, and claims Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery cures constipation and nourishes the body to ward off illness.
The Debating Club and Literary Society staged a libel mock trial with Heera Bird Planter persecuting James Pearman. The court, led by Judge T. E. Scott and state attorney O. C. Hornbuckle, found the prisoner guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Other notes mention arrivals, visits, illness, and local society events in Athens and at Lucy Cobb.
Miss Mabel Hodgson will give a piano recital at Laney Stovall Chapel Monday evening at eight o clock by invitation of Mrs Lipscomb for Lucy Cobb Institute. This marks the Athens public’s first chance to hear her since returning from a year studying music in Europe after graduating from Lucy Cobb. Lucy Cobb takes pride in presenting the recital as Hodgson is among its most gifted graduates.
A reader credits Grape Nuts with reversing years of ill health and mental strain from improper eating. The story claims weight gain, clearer nerves, better sleep, and improved work, and mentions a relative who recovered after returning to the cereal amid competing brain food claims.
The column notes Mr J R Crawford is ill at home in Barberville. Mrs Albert N McCornell returns to Cornelia and will move to Athens soon. Mrs John J Wilkie visits sister in New York after winter in Baltimore. Senior Class at Lucy Cobb to hold exercises at Seney Stovall chapel next Friday at noon. Catholic services this morning at ten with Father Rapier officiating. May Towns of Jefferson visits mother Mrs Alice M Towns. Prof J D Smith of Martin Institute spent yesterday in the city. P A Stanton of Social Circle visits with G F Stephenson. Rev G M Webb is in Bowman. George Webb of Tennessee visits. John A Darwin leaves tomorrow for Birmingham to arrange for Mutual Life of Georgia in Alabama. Fay Webb of Lucy Cobb returns from Monticello today. Hood’s Sarsaparilla promoted as remedy after grip or illness.
Letters from readers in Missouri Tennessee Minnesota and Illinois praise Drake's Palmetto Wine as a cure for malaria stomach problems kidney and liver ailments and catarrh The Drake Formula Company offers a free trial bottle prepaid by mail to any paper reader with a letter or postal card request
An advertising promo extols aging gracefully with Scott's Emulsion. It claims blood enrichment through nourishing emulsion to renew bodily fibers, promising a sample free upon request and listing Scott & Bowne at 409 Pearl Street New York for the offer.
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