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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1903

Page

3

Georgia and Oxford Set Dual Meet Tomorrow

Emory and Georgia prepare for their first dual meet as the Crackers boast strength in sprints and field events. Results from Georgia field day show speed and skill, with Emory favored in the mile and 220 hurdle while Georgia leads in many other events.

Georgia Emory Ond Odile Ritchie Hower Dearing Baxter Harmon Blowant Anderson England Griffin Blount Harper Barrow Mapley Ragan Klay T. Barrow B. Barrow Bower Methodists Lslea

Doan's Kidney Pills and Botanic Blood Balm Ad Mix

Historical clippings show testimonials for Doan's Kidney Pills promising backache relief and kidney cure with a 1903 date, plus an advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm claiming eczema and skin ailment treatment benefits and free samples from the Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta.

M. Myers Winchester Avenue Lth Street Ashland Dean's Kinney Pillsar Lancer Ventara Deng Co Doan Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y U. S B. B. B. Cares Blood Balm Co Atlanta

Fire at Tal Madge Bros store extinguished quickly

Yesterday morning at about one o clock a policeman spotted a fire in a trash pile behind Tal madge Bros & Co store. The alarm was given and the fire department arrived to extinguish the blaze within minutes. This brief incident was followed by a promotional blurb for Scott's Emulsion describing its palatability and health benefits for mothers and children.

Talmadge Bros. & Co

Captain Jack Crawford to Perform at Opera House May 6

Prominent entertainer Captain Jack Crawford, likened to Bob Taylor and Bill Nye, will appear at the Opera House on Wednesday evening May 6. General Lew Wallace lauds him as a distinguished gentleman, soldier, scout, and poet. Also mentions DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a quick cure for scratches and burns.

Jack"’ Crawford America Opera House Crawford Bob Taylor Bill Nye Eli Perkins Lew Wallace Opea House DeWitt Ore! Co

HUMAN PANTOMIME AND CROSS CULTURAL GESTURES

A discussion of how gestures correlate with feelings across races, noting English, German, Shiv, Spaniard, Portuguese, Italian traits and salutations. It includes a breakthrough claim about Dr. Merritt's reported cure via Electric Bitters for stomach and liver trouble. Also recounts a Persian coffee cup poison anecdote and a testimonial on Chamberlain's Pain Balm curing sciatic rheumatism after fourteen years.

Germany London Josh Edgar Germantown Cal Chamberlain

The Branding Iron at Lancaster Castle Relic

A curious relic in Lancaster Castle preserves a branding ritual once used on prisoners. The iron was heated red and pressed into the thumb to mark a malefactor, performed before judge and jury with the brander saying a final pledge. It notes the last two uses a century ago for manslaughter sentences.

England Lancaster Castle

East Indian Monkeys Emotion Mirror Human Conduct

A traveling naturalist in the East Indies notes that monkeys react to humans with almost human emotion. They stare, cough, snarl with anger, throw the band before their faces, and display gestures of abhorrence and shock, expressing horror at human presence.

East Indies

Women and hats show judge of effects by men

A dialogue on how men judge women’s hats, with a New York Press note claiming men often pick hats their wives should wear. An embedded ad praises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion and stomach catarrh, touting its ability to aid digestion and soothe the stomach.

Tien Sage Williner Gainsborough Adan New York Press Orr Drag Co

Quick Ardent Cure for Aches and Piles Noted

After LaGrippe a line notes rebuilding tissues and red blood supply with Kentucky wheat flour from Wingfield Cash Grocery. J A Gulledge of Verbena Ala suffered severe piles with 24 tumors. Bucklen s Arnica Salve halted inflammation and cured him, sold by local suppliers.

Clifton Kentucky Wingfield Cash Grocery J. A. Gulledge Verbena Ala Bucklen W. J. Smith & Bro H. R Palmer & Sons Drogeist

Clifton flour offer adds towel with heat floor

Wingfield Cash Grocery advertises a 60 inch towel included with a 45 pound sack of Clifton flour. The pitch links Clifton flour to a towel and heat floor feature in a single sale.

Wingfield Cash Grocery

Also Mentioned on This Page

C. A. Edgarton Mfg. CO Shirley Mass Morton & Parker Eire Insurance the National Bank of Athens Lipscombe& Co Carpenters Liability Ontice Well & Crawford J. K Davis College Ave Athens Cycle Co Lumpkin Street Petrie Weet D.M. Brenney Springdale St Arnold & Sorrells Savannah Central of Georgia Railway Southern Baptist Convention Augusta Macon Columbus Birmingham J E Humphrey Oxford Georgia Boys Milerai-Hoenty Murray Mtt King Anudrson M. Boyd Pune Hamar H. Bishop Distarca Nees Orcovatt Farmer Mabbett M. Soya Middlebrooks Henty H. Boyd Saunders Wynne Henz Tima Urquhart L H. Bishop Fick Jen Sec Daily News Baxter & Co Liverpool New York Scott Scott & Bowne Jack” Crawford T. G. Merritt Mehoopany W. J. Smith, & Bro H. R. Palmer & Son Persia Aspadana Ely LaGrippe S. Kingsbaker East Ohio Street Chicago Banner Salve H.R Palmer & Sons The Orr Drug Co E VU. McEvoy Clarke County Building Loan & Improvement Co Athens Athens Savings Bank Oconee Street T. A. Adams Oconee St Southern Railway Atria R. W. Sizer Georgia B. B Seaboard Air Linery Horth Bound Bradfield Regulator CO Dorsey & Funkenstein A. B. Baxter & CO Georgia National Bank Broad St Athens, Ga Lodge Directory St. Elmo Lopar K. Or St. Elmo Lodge Knights of Naneete Castle Hall Max Joseph Mr. Vernon Lopee Mount Vernon Masonic Clayton Streetall Maese F. Donary J. Garrdold Es Ber B. P.O. EL Moss Claytux Bs M. G. Micnar Ted Bi H. H. Choate Pte Jenn Lopeg Carlton A. W. Dozizr Noble Grand G. E. Stowe Williams Lopoe Garitza Balla Jackscott Atend R. W. Baker J. A. Mealon Ig Secistary Wre Secamrmeny Bolclock Flowa Jackson Strel Wa J. H. Bisson L. T. Carithers J. F. Bart M. J. K. Bunnery Dooves R. M
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