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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1907
Page
2
A community barbecue to benefit veterans is planned for tomorrow in Meendupees. Tickets cost fifty cents, with proceeds aiding veterans. Organizers urge attendance and note tickets are available at designated venues.
The Georgia Bankers will convene in Macon on June 6 for a program of practical benefit. Many of Georgia's financiers will attend with papers on topics valuable to bankers. Officers will be elected on the first day and notable figures will address the convention. The Macon gathering marks a historic point as the city where the association began, shaping leadership across the state.
The Whitehall Ga program lists song performances and skits by students led by Percy Bray. Acts include Measles Ada Yarbrough A Boy's Trouble Henry Bates Ma's New Boarder Rosa Phillips and others with Dewey Carter and Ruth Phillips among performers. Ending with Goodnight Minnie Williams.
A chaotic May 20 cotton scene in New York cites opposition strife at the cotton exchange over contract settlement and July futures. notices of crop damage and prices surface amid chatter of parliamentary maneuvering and regulatory action. Also mentions kidney health remedies in unsolicited ad snippets from Orr Drug Co.
National YWCA conference draws influential women from colleges and city units to discuss religious service and advancement. Notable speakers include Mrs. Sola Browdwell and Mrs. Robert B. Speer. Delegations from Athens and nearby areas attend, with ten days planned for devotion and study in a renowned conference setting.
Comer Ga May 20 The Comer Institute marks the close of a successful term as a new ten thousand dollar school building hosts commencement programs. Events include a sermon by Baptist minister, an address by Rev Nunn, a declamation contest, and talks by Prof Park of Athens, with annual exercises and commencement address by Rev C J Stacy.
Oldest female college in the country hosts commencement events in Micon Georgia. May 20 outlines include music programs at the Conservatory of Mic e WH and a missionary sermon by Rey plop Cook. May 27 features a massed recital, May 28 a literary address by Colonel George V Napier, and diplomas ceremony with baccalaureate address. Graduation week closes with seniors receiving medals and a farewell by the president and Mrs Guerry.
An Emmanuel church Guild notice calls all members and friends to an important meeting for Chapter A B this morning at 11 o'clock at the residence of Mrs H C White. All interested in the work are urged to attend. The ad also promotes Kodol for indigestion sold by Orr Drug Co.
A jumble of small notices lists roof paint and cement work by M B Morton, rental for four rooms, lumber and brick listings, strawberries at Williamson's Lumber, logs from Lumbrand Logs Savannah Ga, equipment to saw, second hand bags and burlap buyers, vegetables for families, fire insurance by J C Jester Athens Savings Bank, Franklin Springs amusements, information address for G C Tillman Franklin Springs Hotel, extra stenographic work, telephones, travel ads, and a cough syrup advert claiming honey and tar benefits sold by Orr Drug Co.
G W Cloyd of Clunix Mo recounts a near amputation four years ago after a jimson bur I in his thumb. He refused amputation and says Bucklea’s Arnica Salve cured the dangerous wound. Sold for 25 cents at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Son druggists.
Mr. Charles N. Hodgson plans an early start on a handsome residence beyond Lynwood Park in Cathedral Pines. The project will have a contract soon and is expected to be finished by early fall, offering a splendid home with a magni ficent view in all directions in Athens.
The Argo Red Salmon brand is advertised as cheaper gas belsteak at ten cents per pound due to higher nourishment content.
Bodkin says he has discovered a new atsthme etre. He plans to experiment with it on some of those wheezy old jokes from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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