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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
3
A garbled OCR segment recounts scattered notions of a political or social event with references to The Service, Jerry, Phelps, and local figures. The text shows faded dialogue, stray names, and hints of a public notice or remedy sale amid confusion and incomplete sentences.
A notice promoting the July issue of the Southern Advance with H H Tucker’s The Wrong Way and the Right Way essay on Christian giving. It urges pastors to order 10c copies, mentions a forthcoming September write-up on Dr Crawford Long, and provides orders to H R Bernard, Editor, Athens Ga.
An ancient myth explains how spring colored the world. God sends spring with crimson lips and golden hair, bringing flowers and birds. white animals gain red eyes and blue violets appear on a white bird, shaping the season and leaving snowy peaks and white creatures as remnants of the original world.
An advertisement explains that fat in food boosts flesh and health. Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil is praised as a powerful flesh builder and widely prescribed for wasting diseases, coughs, colds, and bronchitis for nearly thirty years. Free sample offered. Scott & Kowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York.
Sunday excursions from Athens and Atlanta offer round trip tickets for 1.00 beginning May 17 through Oct 15, with trains 41 from Athens at 5:35 city time. Agents J Hoke Athens and C B Ryan Portsmouth issue notices. tickets valid for return sale on Sundays. Also mentions health ad for Botanic Blood Balm and catarrh care advertisements with addresses.
Local ads note various groceries and produce at Williamson's and P. Morton's, with phone numbers. A feature on Dr. T. G. Merritt's startling health test using Electric Bitters claims rapid stomach and liver relief, suggesting strong efficacy for dyspepsia and kidney troubles.
A fragmentary historical note describes a fire insurer in ancient Rome who bought burning houses, hired slaves and artisans, and bid for salvage. Crassus and Cate the Elder are cited as wealth foundations, while Charlemagne and Remo figures appear in a broader, stylized account of divine right kingship.
A collection of medical advertising and anecdotal notes highlights Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery for kidney and bladder issues, dyspepsia cures, artificial limbs claims, August Flower stomach aids, and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets testimonials. Includes a 1961 mail-order claim and unrelated anecdotes about tea habits and humorous stories.
Aged advice promotes Cuticura products for infants with skin and scalp disorders. It advocates warm baths with Cuticura Soap, cleansing crusts, applying Cuticura Ointment, and occasional Cuticura Resolvent pills to ease distressing dermatitis and related conditions. It cites millions of women using these goods for skin restoration, scalp care, and sanitizing needs.
A local lodge directory lists Knights of Pythias No. 4 meeting Mondays at 2 PM at Castle Hall in the Max Joseph building with visiting Knights invited. Keystone Chapter No. 1 Royal Arch Masons meets on the third Tuesday at 8 PM in the same building. Mount Vernon Lodge F and A M No. 2 holds regular communications on the second Thursday night at 8 PM. additional Odd Fellows and Encampment groups meet weekly at various Carlton and Jackson Street lodges with officers named for contact.
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