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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1903
Page
4
The church outlines Holy Thursday services at 7 30 a m and morning evening prayers this week. Next Sunday May 24 Bishop Nelson will visit Paris to consecrate the church at 11 a m and administer confirmation at 8 p m with the bishop preaching both services.
Athens boys defeat Winterville 16 to 8 on campus. Charlie O Farrell shines with 14 strikeouts and 5 hits in 7 at bats. Also features ads and testimonials for patent medicines and a local pain balm endorsement.
Mrs Emily Alexander died yesterday at noon in Jackson County seven miles from the city after a brief illness. She was 83 and was an aunt of Sheriff K. W. Wier and County Treasurer J. A. Prier. She leaves three sons and four daughters. Funeral services will be held today at Mizpah Drive Church where she had long attended.
An old ad touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as gentle pills to remove constipation biliousness and fever tropbies. They claim to scour secretions move bowels and restore stomach liver function with continued use preventing recurrence. Sold by The O r Drug Co.
Georgia finished second as Vanderbilt led a Southern college track meet in Atlanta on May 16. Final scores list Vanderbilt 46, Georgia 22, Texas 12, Tech 10 with event winners including Smart and Baxter among others. The report also notes a separate medical ad about catarrh and indigestion promotion.
Advert reads that a healthy start to spring involves taking S. S. S. to purify the blood, boost digestion, and fortify the liver and kidneys against boils pimples and skin eruptions. It promises strengthened constitution improved appetite and warns polluted blood invites disease with testimonials from Mrs. M. P. Smythers and J. G. Scott praising S. S. S. as a purifier and tonic.
This morning at eleven o'clock the new Oconee Street Methodist church will be occupied by the congregation for the first time. The consecration services will be quite interesting. The Sunday School will be held at the new church this afternoon at half past three o'clock.
Notice for S. K. Melodge regular convention at castle hall at 8 pm Monday May 18 with social meeting refreshments and attendance requested. A. W. Dozier C D Attent T. J. Nickerson K ot R. & 8 Fezema No Cure No Pay. Your druggist refunds money if PA 20 OINTMENT fails to cure skin diseases including ringworm tetter ulcers pimples and blackheads on face priced 5 cents.
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