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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
5
Atlanta May 7 Wide discussion follows Southern author Jonathan B. Frost on Justifiable Aristocracy. Frost defines new aristocracy as self made by labor and character, contrasting with old birth based privilege. He says labor is the badge of the ennobling circle and idleness belongs to the past.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a remedy for dandruff and hair loss arguing microbes cause dandruff. It claims the product stops itching and prevents baldness, priced at 50 cents a bottle and sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons with a guarantee.
Atlanta reports say Chubb Wall, sought by state and federal courts for felonies over ten years, was captured by Chief J H Lurber of the Internal Revenue Department. Wall, a Rabun county taxpayer’s son and college graduate, awaits trial in Clayton jail amid four figure rewards. He previously killed a peddler, escaped prison, shot an uncle, and allegedly ran a large illicit distillery in North Georgia.
A 25 cent box promotes HOT SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS from Arkansas as a gentle purgative and liver tonic. Claims include improved energy, clearer skin, better digestion, and relief from constipation, with a push for free samples from Hot Springs Chemical Co.
Hartwell Ga May 7 W E Meredith resigns as city council clerk after several years in service. The board accepts the resignation and appoints J Lloyd Teasley to the post. Teasley is a prominent businessman and junior member of the firm McKnight Teasley warehousemen.
Gilbert H. Block, a local bricklayer, fell three stories from a hotel scaffold this morning. He was pronounced dead by many at the scene, revived en route to the hospital, and then sat up to reveal only bruises with no broken bones or internal injuries. Nearby, rental ads appear for a S-room house on the boulevard with modern conveniences, phone numbers 414 or 895.
Readers learn of a cure for catarrh touted by Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming to cure the constitutional disease through internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers a $100 reward if any case fails to cure and urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Distributed via druggists.
Nearly sixty boys from the Boys' Achievement Club of America left Boston on a trip around the world. The prize winners were selected from many cities from San Francisco to Boston and drew notable attention as they boarded at the port.
Ottawa reports the Canadian Baseball League begins its regular season with Hamilton at Guelph Peterboro at Berlin St Thomas at London and Ottawa at Brantford. The league projects a strong, balanced pennant race across a 112 game schedule ending Labor Day.
The Missouri Association of Postmasters began its annual convention in St. Louis with a large attendance. All Missouri postmasters granted up to five days leave to attend, and the event is scheduled to close tomorrow.
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