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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
5
An old advertisement extols Cardui as a remedy for female ailments. It claims it can prevent “near death by smothering” and supports women’s health, urging readers to obtain a bottle from Metisine Co and Lady Tenes oa easement.
Vintage ad listing Glinton Spring Water branding with Bowden Lithia agents and a Sloan's Liniment pitch. Promotes Pine-Tar-Honey cough remedy and health tonic from Dr Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey with antiseptic claims.
Lindley M. Garrison addresses the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration, urging fearless treatment of national defense. He argues that strong preparations are essential, rejects isolation as safety, and stresses that defense must be funded as a proper expense for the common good.
Mrs A L Luckie of Rochester New York suffered from sick headache and despondency caused by a weakened stomach. After taking Chamberlain's Tablets she found them pleasant mild and effective and was restored to her former health in a few weeks. For sale by all dealers. Invigorating tonic for adults and children.
The Sarepta Association of Georgia Baptist churches will hold its annual meeting at Providence Church in Madison County from Friday through Sunday May 28 to 30. The program lists talks and sermons by J. M. Brown W. M. Sage P. W. Davis T. C. Burrell and others with sessions on church mission education and pastoral leadership.
The ad urges urgent attention to kidney trouble, listing symptoms such as backache headaches and dropsy. It promotes Doan's Kidney Pills with a quoted Athens resident Mrs. M Garrison and notes a 60 cent price at dealers, with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as the maker.
The passage argues controversy fails to persuade. true influence comes through individuals thinking for themselves. It suggests guiding readers with a good book read at leisure, avoiding overt subjugation, and using the superior reasoning of an antagonist without causing embarrassment.
A vintage advertisement notes middle aged men and women experience rheumatic twinges joint swelling and bladder troubles. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills as safe prompt relief and credits H R Palmer & Sons as distributors.
The note states that the general presidential election is a legal holiday in most states but lists Alabama Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maine Massachusetts Mississippi Nebraska North Carolina Utah Vermont Ohio Kansas and West Virginia as exceptions.
Baseball results across leagues include Detroit 8 11 Philadelphia St Louis 5 New York 4 Cleveland Washington postponed Chicago 3 Boston 2 in 17 innings National Boston 2 Chicago 3 others postponed Federal St Louis 3 Newark 4 Chicago 9 Brooklyn 2 Kansas City 8 Buffalo 3 Pittsburg 3 Baltimore 2 Southern Atlanta 5 Nashville 2 Mobile 2 Memphis 5 New Orleans 4 Chattanooga 1 Birmingham 3 Little Rock 9 South Atlantic Savannah 3 Macon 4 Charleston 2 Columbus 1 Columbia 4 Albany 3 Augusta 2 Jacksonville 3 sixth beat seventh in city school game 17 to 11.
Mrs Archie D al rymple of Crooksville Ohio reports that Chamberlains Cough Remedy relieved her three boys whooping cough after a year of illness. She says continued use cured the disease in a very short time and notes it is for sale by all dealers.
An old advertisement offers a trial package from Foley & Co. Chicago. It invites readers to mail five cents with name and address to receive Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. H. R. Palmer & Sons promotes the ad.
The Elite Theatre presents The Kreutzer Sonata a Tolstoy drama praised as a great film play. Star lineup includes Nance O Neill Theda Bara and William E Shay in a celebrated picturization cited by the New York World and New York Times. The show runs today only with no advance admission.
Friends of Representative L. C. Brown of Clarke county report he has been bedridden at his South Lumpkin street home after injuring his back lifting machinery in Greensboro. He is slowly improving.
The Weather report from Atlanta on May 21 notes unsettled conditions with likely showers tonight and Saturday for Athens and nearby areas. A broad U.S. weather picture shows a western storm moving northeast toward Minnesota and Wisconsin, with a secondary low near southwest Texas, and widespread unsettled, cloudy, rainy conditions across much of the country. Temperatures rise in the east while the Rocky Mountain region remains cooler. Denver and North Platte report heavy and light frosts respectively.
Medical authorities warn c olds are infectious and schools bar children with colds in some cities. Spring weather brings more colds and coughs. The ad promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a quick safe relief option from H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Irene refuses to enter neighbor Reggie’s house during a storm and playtime with his Nose ark. Her mother, a woman of advanced ideas, notes Irene must stay outside to stay healthy. The scene hints at a small moral lesson in a domestic setting.
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