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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1913

Page

8

Euphemia Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy for Health

Evelyn Abeewa Stewart of Euphemia Ohio recounts decades of monthly illness until starting Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound at 47. She credits the treatment with restoring health, enabling work as a maternity nurse and self support. She recommends the product to others seeking relief before and after childbirth. She notes confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Massachusetts.

Euphemia Ohio Kansas Lydia E. Pinkham Lydia E.pinkham Evelyn AbeEw1a Stewart

Exonerated or Whitewashed Which’s Tis

Avanta May 2 The city council committee investigating petty grate charges against Aldermen Maddox Ragsdale and Spratling will report the charges unwarranted by the facts The aldermen’s friends say they are exonerated whitewashed Mayor Woodward’s camp claims exoneration while others demand fair unprejudiced ruling The committee has yet to finalize its report and will review testimony before deciding.

Woodward Avanta City Council Maddox Ragsdale Spratling Friends of Atlanta McClelland Council

Deral Prison Center Literary Culture

Flanta May 2 The fame of the ral prison as a center of literary culture increases each month. Julian Korne, associate editor of the magazine, has published some pieces said to be better than anything he wrote before he was in prison.

Flanta Ral Iterarure Julian Korne

Popular Couple to Be Married Tomorrow at West End

Miss Bertha Garrison and Mr Henry Kilgore, popular church members, will marry after the 11 o'clock preaching service at West End Baptist Church. Rev L T Weldon will officiate in a brief ceremony at the chancel as the couple exchange vows witnessed by at least two congregants. The bride and groom view matrimony as a divine ordinance and chose the church for the solemn vows.

West End West End Baptist Church Bertha Garrison Henry Kilgore L. T. Weldon

Judge Mosely Retires as Danielsville Monitor Editor

Judge Berry Mosely of Danielsville retires after twenty one years as editor and chief spokesman of the Danielsville Monitor. He praises loyal readers and weekly press friends, noting exchanges with nearby papers and the joy they provided. He is succeeded by H W Dyar, editor and owner of the Comet News, uncertain if consolidation will occur.

Berry T. Moseley Danielsville Monitor The Monitor Weekly Press Association Weekly Press Oglethorpe Echo Lexington W. A. Shackelford Jackson Herald Jefferson John N. Holder H. W. Dyar Comet News Dyar

Sunday Joseph Interprets Dreams Lesson

Sunday School lesson outlines Joseph as a type of Christ, stressing suffering leading to glory. John Bomar frames Joseph’s trials in Potiphar, prison, and interpretation of dreams as a model of faithful stewardship, incorruptible conduct, and wisdom under trial.

Joseph John Bomar The Baptist Tabernacle Athens Egypt Daniel Jesus Christ God Wilcf Butler Baker Jacob Potiphar

Electric Bitters advertised as health tonic for weak people

An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for weakness nerviness and low appetite promising energy and improved digestion. It quotes a testimonial from Mrs O Rhinevault and notes price 50 cents to a dollar with recommendations from local firms. Separate editorial cites rising living costs and slow agricultural progress attributed to higher prices and quoted E Dana Durand from Youths Companion.

Thedford's Black-Draught Promised Cure For Digestion

Waynesville North Carolina resident F R Huffman credits Thedford's Black-Draught with curing his indigestion and heart trouble fears. He urges others to use it as a reliable vegetable liver remedy. The ad notes 70 years of popularity and a 25 cent price.

Waynesville N.C F. R. Huffman Thedford Thedford’s

Immense Free Meals For Veterans In Chattanooga Meet

In Chattanooga Tennessee on May 2 1913 plans are set for the United Confederate Veterans and Sons reunion. Upward of 12 000 veterans are expected with free lodging and meals at Camp Alexander Stewart totaling an estimated 144 000 free meals over four days. Government tents and cots have been supplied by the War Department. The gathering may be the last pilgrimage for many veterans who fought in 1863 at Chickamauga Lookout Mountain and surrounding grounds.

Chattanooga Tenn Chickamauga United Confederate Veterans Los Angeles Alexander P. Stewart War Department Lookout Mountain

Best Medicine for Colds from Dr King’s New Discovery

Marion Ohio druggist C Lower endorses Dr King’s New Discovery as the best throat and lung medicine. He says it cured his wife’s severe bronchial cold after other remedies failed. A home doctor for colds bronchial throat or lung coughs. Prices 50c and 1.00 guaranteed by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer and Sons.

C. Lower Marion Ohio Dr. King W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer and Sons

Missions At The Fulton County Convict Camps

Atlanta May 2 A Bible class of 50 young men plans to establish missions in Fulton county convict camps holding weekly meetings with authorities approval. The first meetings are set for next Sunday and the project draws much interest from observers. County convicts will be engaged in spiritual work under supervision.

Atlanta Fulton County

Mothers of puny children seek help in this letter

A testimonial touts Vinci as a cure for frail babies, claiming improved health after three bottles. It cites J Edmund Miller of New Haven, Conn, and promotes a formula of cod liver oil and iron, with a money back guarantee through H R Palmer & Sons, Athens, Ga.

Vinci J. Edmund Miller New Haven Conn H. R. Palmer & Sons Athens

Governor's Mansion In General Decline

Avlanta May 2 The fate of the famous old One Horse Shay is to be decided as the Governor Brown and his family face a ramshackle mansion with falling plaster and patchwork repairs. Legislature committees will inspect conditions and consider proposals for a new executive mansion in Druid Hills with an annex to the capitol in exchange for the current property valued for business use.

Avlanta Brown Druid Hills State Capitol

Constipation Cured With Dr King’s New Life Pills

John Supsic of Sanbury Pa. praises the pills as the best for constipation indigestion and liver complaint. The ad notes price 25 cents and endorsements from W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons.

King John Supsic Sanbury W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons

Alligators Seen Far Upstream in Georgia This Spring

Atlanta May 2 sensational reports reach the city from negro fishermen of alligators spotted in the Chattahoochee and streams as far north as Atlanta and into the Georgia mountains. Roy Tibbetts claims to have captured a five foot alligator from an Athens pond being filled in, after dragging it from the mud by a rope.

Atlanta Chattahoochee Georgia Mountains Paces Ferry Road Roy Tibbetts Athens Tibbetts

Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad in Athens

Athens resident Mrs. J D Garrison testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved long standing kidney backache and fatigue after two boxes. The ad notes statewide sale by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY agents for the United States and urges readers to remember the name Dean's.

Dean Athens J. D. Garrison S. Thomas St Doan Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States Dean’s

Atlanta Exceeds in Infant Mortality Decline

Special to the Banner. Atlanta, May 2. The U.S. census bureau confirms Atlanta leads American cities in the decrease of infant mortality over the past decade. Health officials credit improved sanitation among the poor and protection of the milk supply for the drop.

Atlanta Savannah U.S. Census Bureau

Youth’s Companion quip on drinking and employers

A brief quotation notes that moderate drinking should not blind judgment, reminding that employers gauge men by dry measure rather than opinion, in a reflective line from The Youth's Companion.

Members Day at First Methodist Church Athens GA 1915

Rev C C Jarrell invites church members to a large Members Day and Communion on Sunday, May 2 1915. The letter urges attendance for a full ritual without preaching, highlighting Children’s Day in the Sunday school and the church’s growth and unity.

First Methodist Church C. C. Jarrell Amisg Zion Board of Stewards Lord Jesus Christ Cc. C. Jarrell

Rheumatism Relieved In A Few Hours By Remedy Claim

Madison man N B Langley reports relief from months of rheumatism after using Dr Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism. He says pain vanished in hours and full cure in three days, with work resumed. Sold by Citizens Pharmacy at Clayton and Jackson Streets.

N. B. Langley Madison Wis Citizens Pharmacy Corne Clayton and Jackson

100L Gets Too Big To Have A Commencement

The Public School in this city will hold no commencement exercises this year due to the absence of an auditorium. The faculty met Tuesday and agreed that since the school has expanded, the building’s auditorium must be converted into classrooms, making commencement impractical.

Commerce News

Atlantic Ice and Coal Corp Succeeds to Athens Firm

Notice proclaims Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation successors to the Athens Ice and Coal Company with a quotation from The Youth's Companion about trusting Providence and avoiding improvidence. The fragment hints at moral guidance and a business succession notice.

ATLANTIC @& COAL CORPORATION Sucssors Athens Ice & AL CO Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation Athens Ice & Coal CO

Also Mentioned on This Page

Deral Prison Center Berry Mosely Danielsville E. Dana Durand F. R Huffman Veterans I Chamberlain Guy OF Jefferson United Shenary Georgia EADS First Methodist Episcopal Church Ici Hate Crockery Company Mason’s
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