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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1915
Page
7
An ad urges avoiding calomel known as mercury and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative. It claims calomel causes salivation and weakness while Liver Tone starts the liver without side effects and does not gripe, suitable for children.
Mrs Arch ie Dal rymple of Crooksville Ohio says her three boys recovered quickly from whooping cough after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The ad notes the product is for sale by all dealers.
An advertisement touts General Tonic Grove’s Old Seana Grove Tasteless Tonic as having quinine and iron to drive out malaria enrich the blood and strengthen the whole system. Price listed as 50 cents.
A touring car plunges overboard from the South Jacksonville ferry as Dr O H Johnson their three children Mary 5 Charles 3 12 Eva 18 months and Mrs Johnson are drowned. Dr Johnson is rescued along with Mrs Bland and two Bland girls. Rescue efforts locate Mary the 5 year old in a pole hook and later the car is raised with divers and volunteers assisting.
Yesterday morning Dr May of Atlanta and the French consul, based in Atlanta, arrived to spend the day with Prof and Madame Lustrat. He spoke little about the war and the Lusitania disaster, deeming the catastrophe too appalling for comment.
Hart County Singing Convention officers and many members plan to travel to the North Georgia Singing Association meet in Athens on June 4 and 5. Prof Stevens of Anderson South Carolina and Carolina singers will also join. Clarke County Choir schedules Sunday 2:30 PM at Hale’s Princeton church along with monthly singings ahead of the June convention.
Atlanta attorneys L Z Rosser and Benjamin Z Phillips announce the admission of Stiles Hopkins to their law firm effective May 1. The notice appears in a local paper highlighting a firm modification and invites advertising of wants.
A vintage advertisement extols Dr Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey as a healthful pine forest remedy to clear throat and head congestion and to revitalize with antiseptic healing. It also touts Electric Bitters as a spring tonic available at all druggists.
A car fell into the river near Jacksonville. purser George Stern, divers L J Hennessy and G H Meister helped, Band Box proprietor H H Johnson led efforts, a Merrill Stevens dredge, the launch Fairfield and a diver searched the river. All bodies were reportedly recovered and funeral services planned in Jacksonville today.
Linton Spring Water Co advertises pure water and invites inquiries via phone numbers 504 and 95 for rates. The company notes they are agents for Bowden Lithia and promotes its spring water products.
A short reflective excerpt notes life moving toward light and a hoped for completion. It frames suffering as part of a journey toward hidden joy and fullness prophesied in faith.
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