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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
7
In four days three young ladies secured 434 telephone orders totaling 422.00, a feat Montgomery Journal praises as proof of telephone value for business. The letter from John De Motte extols Bell service and urges merchants to use the telephone to reach patrons and boost sales.
Winterville notes list relatives and friends visiting for the funeral of Mrs. A B Reddick, with at least a dozen attendees from Camak Monticello Atlanta Crawford Sylvania Hull Arnoldsville and Oswego. The obituary recalls her Beulah Dunlap birth in the town 31 years ago and her gentle service to children and elders.
Advertisement invites readers to obtain a free bottle of Green's August Flower at Palmer & Son, claiming fifty years of success in curing indigestion, dyspepsia, torpid liver, constipation, sour stomach, and related ailments. Promotes 25 and 75 cent bottle sizes as remedies for headaches caused by stomach disorders.
Bluepira photoplay The Mysterious Mrs M with Mary McLaren and Harrison Ford shown at the Elite. Lois Weber production promises artistic fidelity based on Thomas Edgelow’s tale about a seeress fortune and a predicted death date. The Strand features Sacrifice with Margaret Illington in a war and spy drama by Paramount, exploring danger, diplomacy, and a diplomat’s daughter amid international intrigue.
The Strand Theatre closes the Patria chapter today featuring Mrs Vernon Castle as Patria in the final installment. Frances Bushman is highlighted as the extra feature with special musical programs in two blocks. Also touring Chaplin shorts with strong praise from managers and critics.
The page lists May 11 baseball matchups including Maryville at Tennessee and Mississippi College at Mississippi, all canceled, plus a note on a summer dress pattern Pictorial Review No. 70,97 for teens with a V neck frock, linen collar, and gingham fabric requirements.
Margaret Illington, among the era’s finest stars, makes her screen debut in Sacrifice at the Strand. Screenwriter Charles Kenyon, noted for stage hits, crafts the photoplay under Lasky production with director Frank Reicher at the helm. The tale centers on selfless devotion amid a war setting, offering stirring drama from imaginary nations.
Stop Left Over Coughs Dr Bell pine tar honey cures lingering coughs with soothing balsams glycerine and antiseptic formula on bottle 25c. Sloan’s Liniment relieves sprains muscle soreness neuralgia gout rheumatic pains and grippe pains quick pain relief at druggists 25c.
Renovators of ladies and gentlemen hats at Look Us Up Hat Renewery have relocated from 147 College Ave to James Music Co. on Clayton St. Patronage appreciated. satisfaction guaranteed. Also notes spring house cleaning and a laxative product ad for Dr King s New Life Pills at 25 cents for clearer complexion and brighter eyes.
The Strand screens Marguerite Wilington in Sacrifice with the last chapter Patria and extras Frances and Bushman. Mme Petrova appears in The Waiting Soul and Chaplin debuts The Cure. Elite features Helen Holmes in The Stall Road Raiders and “Luke and LKO Come dy” as additional program notes.
The blouse is made of fig ured silk with a satin belt matching the silk figures, a hemstitched silk gauze collar, and voile flare cuffs. In medium size it requires 4 yards 36 inch silk and 34 l yard voile. available in sizes 34 to 44 inches bust for 20 cents.
An old advertisement promises freckles fade with ethine double strength. Apply nightly and morning from a druggist, with money back guarantee if it fails to clear the skin. Typically one ounce suffices to improve complexion.
A brief comic exchange unfolds as a man notes a bad cold and the woman agrees, joking that her hoarseness spares him from attempting a kiss. The light dialogue hinges on playful flirtation and miscommunication.
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