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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1919
Page
3
An old advertisement notes a single product labeled Bromo Quinine for colds grip and influenza. The box features the signature of E. W. Grove and is priced at 30 cents.
Vitagraph star Earle Williams leads A Gentleman of Quality adapted from Frederick Van Renselaer Dey. A man missing his identity marries his wife while torn between love and honor, with a haunting fear that his past will surface.
WM. Duncan headlines the Strand today with a Sunshine Comedy titled The Fatal Marriage. Katherine Adams Joyce Moore and Jam Carpenter lead a supporting cast including Robert Bolder George Pierce and Ronald Byram as Fox Sunshine Comedy Strand presents this feature as today’s extra alongside the Earl Williams feature.
A vintage review extols Harry Carey as unmatched in film action and humanity. It notes his appeal in Western fare and highlights a scene from Vitagraph's serial The Man of Might staged in a San Francisco joss house with a weapon idol, starring William Duncan with Edith Johnson and Joe Ryan.
London dispatch says high prices for blooded bulls dominated a Perth shorthorn cattle sale with strong export demand. The top price reached 70,000 dollars for the champion owned by Lade Cathcart, while other lots sold from five hundred to 15,000 dollars as demand exceeded supply.
Indigestion and loss of appetite nearly ruined a tradesman from Phenix City Alabama before Sulferro Sol restored vigor and appetite. He credits the remedy with curing indigestion and enabling him to work harder and enjoy life again. The ad asserts Pellagra eczema rheumatism and other stomach kidney blood and nervous diseases respond to Sulferro Sol.
Governor Dorsey addressed students of the colored high and industrial school praising their music and patriotism. He contrasted their vocal renditions with his own and urged mutual duty between races to solve southern problems. The school has drawn national notice with support from Taft, Morgenthau, and others.
An old warning urges immediate action against ordinary colds to prevent influenza pneumonia. It touts Hodge's Croup Rub as the reliable external remedy for colds, croup, whooping cough, catarrh and pneumonia and urges every home to keep a bottle in the medicine chest.
The National Geographic Society bulletin, via Dr Edwin A Grosvenor, recounts Poland’s restoration after the partitions of 1773 with a note on its heroic history. It notes Poland’s geography between Prussia and Russia, wars with the Teutonic Knights, and the Jagellon dynasty, highlighting Polish resilience, the szlachta nobles, and the reform failures that led to the three partitions. It also contrasts Russian russification with Austrian leniency, and praises Polish contributions in music, art, literature, Copernicus, Sienkiewicz, and Paderewski.
Meadowsville resident Pearl Pabrick recounts relief from constipation with Thedford Black Draught. She describes sour stomach and weak digestion from doctor prescribed pills, noting the laxative’s easy use and gentle, reliable action. The advertisement touts Black Draught as valuable for stomach liver and bowel troubles with no after-effects.
Special for immediate shipment of Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage plants. Prepaid parcel post pricing: 500 for 1.25 dollars, 1000 for 2.00 dollars. Express rates: 2000 for 3.00 dollars, 10,000 for 12.40 dollars. Also offering potato plant prices from Parker Farms at 1 Moultrie, Georgia.
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