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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1913
Page
3
An editorial urges Athens to win the title of cleanest city in Georgia by improving air quality and removing dirt. It calls for collective action to raise sanitation standards in homes, schools, workplaces and public spaces, highlighting progress since sanitary science reshaped urban life.
A civic appeal urges public involvement to improve Athens cleanliness beyond the Board of Health and police. Citizens are asked to soil their hands in the effort, emphasizing dirt and grime depress and demotivate, while clean surroundings refresh and strengthen residents. The goal is to make Athens famed as The City Beautiful in Georgia and beyond.
An advertisement touts RHEUMA as a quick remedy for rheumatism and related ailments. It asserts swelling joints fade, pain eases, and uric acid leaves the system within hours to days, priced at 50 cents a bottle and backed by H. R. Palmer & Sons.
London report notes a large party of critics politicians and society figures traveling to Glasgow for the initial performance of The Bit a four act political comedy about a universal suffrage bill written by Mrs George Cornwallis West formerly Lady Randolph Churchill who has recently obtained a legal separation from her husband The play centers on political themes and social reform.
John Woodruff was arraigned in the circuit court at Harrisburg II on an indictment for the October murder of wealthy farmer George H. Mugge. The killing followed a dispute after Mugge ordered trespassers off his land during a hunting trip.
Washington March 24 Speaker Champ Clark vows wholehearted cooperation with President Wilson to fulfill Baltimore platform promises. He reaffirms Democrats must unite, carry out tariff reform, anti trust, income tax, banking, waterways, conservation, labor, and Philippines policy, warning against factionalism and urging loyalty to the party.
Charleston clipping recalls James H Tomb engineer of the Little David who volunteered for the 1863 torpedo boat raid on Ironsides. Despite heavy fire he overloaded the fire box and guided the craft back to Charleston harbor, earning naval recognition as the North Atlantic fleet visits southern waters.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for uncured catarrh and includes testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co and National Bank of Commerce. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers free testimonials, and lists price at 75 cents per bottle with sales by all druggists.
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