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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
3
A lone case occupied the B-30 session on Wednesday afternoon before Recorder Thornton. A young white boy was fined one dollar for riding Abtvele on the sidewalk. A slip of paper advertises Foley products for coughs and kidney ailments.
A garbled advertisement promotes lemon-based skin whitening for a beauty effect. It touts using two lemons to brighten the face and hands and claims celebrities use the lime remedy to achieve a rosy white complexion, including claims about freckles and sun exposure.
Baxter Street School P T A plans its annual meeting Friday at 3 30 with full attendance urged. Community notices include Missionary Circle 6 meeting with Mrs E G Fambro at 4 and other local society events and visits in town. Attendees named include Mrs C D Graham and Mrs T J Wooster among many listed residents.
Me Marton Norville of Augusta spent Tuesday in the city as Buford visitors en route to Arnoldsville for a visit. Mrs Lipscomb Mrs Hurt and Mr and Mrs Sherwood Hurt spend the week for Lakemonrgian improvement of Mrs Billups at a hospital. Rowland Augusta Rev Cauthen called on account of illness of her brother Mrs Watson. Friend of Mrs Julian McCurry learns of her juneng at Mulledge Avenue home. General efforts continue.
An old advertisement promotes Dodabn's Liver Tone as a pleasant vegetable liquid claimed to replace calomel. It warns calomel is dangerous and may cause weakness and nausea, urging readers to use the product to avoid sickness and lost work. It emphasizes quick salivation of the liver with a household remedy tone.
Resolutions passed by Rt. Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias memorialize Troy Beatty a native of Alabama adopted by Georgia and a longtime member. The eulogies praise his knightly life, courtly courtesy, kindness, and boundless sympathy, noting his service in lodge offices and as a representative to Georgia Grand Lodge.
R Roth of Columbia S C was injured on Thomas Street while removing hides from the Athena Hide Company window. He fell and sustained a leg injury and was taken to the Athena General Hospital for X rays to check for broken bones.
The article notes spring dress guides by Mary Brooks Picken, stressing color use and the three piece suit. It highlights sleeves, sleeveless dresses, and the value of self trimming for silk dresses, urging self-reliant home dressmakers to pursue simple, versatile silk gowns.
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