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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1916

Page

5

Labor leaders urge workers in world peace congress

The American Federation of Labor calls for a Labor's World Peace Congress to meet with wartime peace delegates to ensure wage earners’ input on terms of peace. The plan seeks full representation from national labor centers and affiliate groups, urging delegates to publish deliberations for workers worldwide.

Associated Press Washington American Federation of Labor Labor Organized Labor Movement Executive Council American Federation San Francisco Friends and Brothers American Federation of Labor Convention Labor Congress Europe World Congress International Federation of Cpinions Evor Ough World Peace Congress Labor Peace Congress American Labor Movement Peace Congress Congress Pines

Revival at Young Harris Memorial Ends Tomorrow Night

The revival at Young Harris Memorial Methodist Church concludes tomorrow night after three days of services. P A Kellett preached at 11 and 7 30 with a 3 30 children’s sermon drawing a full house. Many professions of faith and interest in prayers were recorded, and new members will be received next Sunday morning.

Young Harris Memorial Methodist Church P. A. Kellett

Keep Your Bowels Regular Ad for Chamberlain's Tablets

A cautioned health ad urges daily bowel movement and offers Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy after supper. It notes the product is for sale by all dealers and targets general readers seeking digestive relief.

Chamberlain Ady

Fire on Baxter Street damages roof of Mell Childs house

Fire crews responded to a blaze on Baxter street near Milledge Sunday around 1 o clock. A box of ashes started the fire on the roof causing light damage to Rev J D Mell Childs tenant house.

Baxter Street Milledge J. D. Mell. Childs Noda

Don Quixote on Stage in Triangle Photoplay at Strand

Athens picturegoers see Triangle Pictures release of Don Quixote with De Wolf Hopper in the title role and Fay Tincher as Dulcinea. Ford Sterling, newly appointed Keystone Cops chief, stars in His Pride and Shame with rapid laughs and thrills.

Don Quixote Cervantes de Wolf Hopper Louis Reeves Harrison America Athens Strand Fay Tincher Dulcinea Ford Sterling Keystone

Flower Day to be celebrated in Athens

Athenians will observe Flower Day on the first Saturday of April with thousands of residents wearing white flowers in memory of the women of the South. The Laura Rutherford chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the local Children of the Confederacy promote the observance. The event honors women who endured hardship in the Civil War era and calls for wider adoption across the South.

Confederacy Macon South Athans Daughters of the Confederacy Laura Rutherford Children of the Confederacy of Southland

Specific Against Colds and Remedies Ad

A period advertisement extols a sleeping porch or open bedroom and a cold sponge bath to ward off colds. It claims when a cold occurs, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy helps relieve it and urges readers to try it. Spe pale erat dealers. adv

Chamberlain’s Spe Pale Erat Adv

Hall's Catarrh Cure Offer Promises Deafness Cure

Advertises a hundred dollar reward for any deafness case caused by catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Claims cure requires constitutional remedy, not local applications, and urges sending for circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.

Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo Ohio

Miller's Antiseptic Oil Promises Quick Pain Relief

The oil is advertised as a miracle remedy across the South for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago and aches with claims of rapid relief. It is touted for sore throats croup diphtheria and tonsillitis and sold in 25c and 50c bottles at H. R. Palmer & Sons.

Foley H. R. Palmer & Sons Ado South H.R. Palmer & Sons

Prominent Young Chinaman Addresses Georgia Students

A Chinese student from Auburn spoke to University of Georgia students in Athens about China’s future through missionary trained youth and the Manchu era. He, She Ming Wong, is praised for education travel and leadership and will speak again at 6 30 tonight at the First Methodist church.

Auburn University Athens Alabama Polytechnic Georgia China First Methodist Church She Ming Wong America Weatherford Sepermore Hu Chow Methodist Missionary School

Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful in Athens

Athens resident Mrs. M Williams reports three years of kidney trouble with backache and sleepless nights. After using a box from Palmer & Sons drugstore she experienced relief and has had only one recurrence. Doan's Kidney Pills priced 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advert.

Dean Athens Doan Palmer & Sons’ Drug Store

Dr King's New Discovery and Foley Kidney Pills Ad

Fall through spring cough relief offered by Dr King's New Discovery praised by W C Jesseman of Franconia New Hampshire. Foley Kidney Pills advertised to aid kidney function and remove waste for those feeling fatigued or in rheumatic pain.

Dr. King W. C. Jesseman Franconia N. H

Beauty and Hope Quotation Reflections

A short reflective note on beauty as truth and the unseen force of hopeful feeling within the mind, citing Richard Jefferies. The passage contemplates beauty's embrace and the quiet, powerful hope that fills the heart during contemplation.

Richard Jefferies

Kidney pills praised by reader in Rocky Mount ad

A letter from Mrs. A G Wells of Rocky Mount North Carolina endorses Foley Kidney Pills. She reports relief for aches sore muscles and stiff joints after taking the product. The advertisement highlights the pills as beneficial and cites a grateful user.

A. G. Wells Route 5 Rocky Mount N.C Foley R. Palmer & Sons Ady

Engineer D. J. Fant Addresses Athens Men at Elite Theater

Engineer D J Fant of the Southern Railroad spoke to about three hundred men at the Elite theater Sunday afternoon. He delivered a straightforward gospel appeal, and twelve to fifteen men requested prayer with four deciding to serve God. The event, the fourth or fifth by Fant at the YMCA, drew strong male chorus singing and was deemed highly worthwhile.

McA D. J. Fant Southern Railroad Atlanta Engineer Fant Fant Mr. Fant

Knights of Pythias officials to visit Atlanta lodge ceremony

Delphi lodge in Atlanta will confer the rank of knight in amplified form on a large class of candidates Friday at 7 30 p m at castle hall corner Marietta and Alexander streets Supreme Representative Charles M Milam of Cartersville Troy Beatty of Athens and Attorney General Clifford Walker will deliver talks Attending also will be Uniform Lodge No 123 and detachment of the uniform rank to assist in conferring degree work City Pythians invited for a splendid program reflecting recent growth

Atlanta Delphi Lodge Knights of Pythias Castle Hall Marietta and Alexander Streets Troy Beatty Athens Graud Charles M. Milam Cartersville Clifford Walker Uniform J. L. Moore Order of the Knights of Pythias

Southern Bell backs military camp plan for Fort Oglethorpe

Atlanta March 27 Southern Bell president W T Gentry says the company will allow employees to attend the Fort Oglethorpe military training camp next summer without salary deductions or vacation loss when the training is for military purposes not a personal outing. Promoters hail the corporate endorsement as significant for the citizens camp plan and for employers of many men.

Atlanta Southern Bell Telephone Company Fort Oglethorpe W. T. Gentry Southern Bell Gentry Vberal Poicy Sit

Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey for Coughs

If your child has a cold with runny nose or cough, use Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey syrup. It soothes the cough and helps the cold, making children fret less and sleep better. Priced 25 cents at your druggist.

Dr. Beil

Colbert Social Notes Bridge Athens Visits

Colbert residents report weekend visits and gatherings in Athens and surrounding areas. Mr and Mrs James Y Bowen visited relatives, Miss Maria Cooper returned to Lexington, Leola Flanagan spent the weekend with relatives near Athens, and the Hardman child convalesced. Eva Norris Maffet returned to Atlanta after visiting her parents nearby. Miles Collier and Miss Pearl Hardman drove to Atlanta and back.

Eros James Y. Bowen Athens W. H. Thompson J. R. P. Thompson Maria Cooper Bowen Lexingerton Leola Flanagan Talmadge H. C. Hardman Eva Norris Maffet Atlanta Miles Collier Miss Pearl Hardman

Home remedy promise for coughs and bronchitis relief

A Warren J Smith & Bro drug store ad promotes Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant as a inexpensive home solution for bronchitis coughs colds and whooping cough. Mix with sugar and water to make a pint of remedy claimed to ease symptoms without narcotics and eligible for a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.

Warren J Smith & Bro Schiffmann’s Schiffmann

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