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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1915
Page
7
Mrs J B Whittaker of Duff Virginia says a decade of use of Thedford s Black-Draught keeps her family from illness. She notes it relieves weak stomachs indigestion colic and headache for young and old. The medicine is vegetable and has been in use for over 70 years sold at 25 cents per package.
A fragmented OCR item lists times 8 200, 1 00 p m 8 15 p m and 3 45 p m without clear context or events. No names or locations are provided to identify the activity.
Eastern time shows No 62 leaving Athens at 7 00 a m No 4 leaving Athens at 1 00 p m No 1 arriving Athens 11 25 a m No 3 arriving Athens 6 25 p m Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points and with the Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern stations and with Southern Railway north end south
Mrs F Trubus of Springville New York reports six years of relief when her liver is disordered after using Chamberlain's Tab Jets. The ad states the product acts quickly and provides relief and notes it is for sale.
Numerous parties convicted at Clarke County Superior Court began serving terms over the past three days. Will Riley received fifteen years for robbery at the Clarke county gang. Bumby Smith began seven years at Milledgeville state farm. Bill Kenney, white, to a Milledgeville reformatory for assault on a child. Howard Heard, a colored boy, sent to the reformatory for bicycle theft. Ernest Terry and Charlie Gregory sent to Rabun county roads for five years each. Charles Smith started a five year term with Clarke County gang. Ben Sanford, colored, to Clarke County gang for ten years for a killing.
An advertisement promotes Rheuma as a scientific remedy that removes uric acid from joints and purports to relieve rheumatic pain. It cites Judge John Barhorst of Fort Loramie Ohio claiming cure after two bottles and notes H R Palmer & Sons offer a no cure no pay plan at 50 cents.
Atlanta report notes fair in Georgia and Athens tonight and Tuesday with generally fair weather across the state. Elsewhere heavy rain in southern Florida and along the south Atlantic coast, showers in Texas and the Pacific coast, cool and clear in central valleys, with frost in Toledo. Temperatures below 60 in most regions except south Atlantic and East Gulf states.
May 10 reports show Atlanta men adopting linen and white duck suits, moving away from wool as health advocates criticize uncleaned summer attire. The piece notes a cultural shift toward Havana and India style clothing, while highlighting local norms and a Georgian poet’s publication. It also mentions Louis Gholstin’s pledge to protect workers’ salaries during wartime and Elks planning for a 1916 convention in Atlanta.
Nineteen cases docketed in the recorder's court with Judge Price presiding. Fines totaled 303 dollars for the morning session. One case was dismissed for witness absence. several defendants including Pope Ray and Mary Thomas received four month stockade sentences or similar penalties for drunkenness or disorderly conduct.
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Liniment as a favored remedy for rheumatism, lame back, sprains and similar ailments. A testimonial from Mrs. Charles Tanner of Wabash Indiana claims it relieves pain and soreness after twenty years of use. Bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents.
Edwin Bliss, noted novelist and Pathe writer, died suddenly at the Vanderbilt Hotel in New York on April 14. He had just completed the novelization of the Pathe motion picture series Who Pays and had found popularity through syndicated stories published nationwide. Bliss was 36 and his death is seen as a loss to rising fame in fiction.
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