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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1917

Page

3

Baseball scores from American and National leagues

AP reports yesterday’s results across leagues. American games saw Cleveland 1 Philadelphia 3 while others were rained out. In the National League Philadelphia 8 Chicago 6 New York 0 Pittsburg 2 Brooklyn 3 St. Louis 1. Southern slate included Chattanooga Mobile rain with Nashville 2 Atlanta 5 Memphis 3 New Orleans 1 and Little Rock 5 Birmingham 8 3.

Cleveland Philadelphia Chicago-Boston Detroit New York National Chicago Pittsburg Brooklyn St. Louis Cincinnati Chattanooga Mobile Nashville Atlanta Memphis New Orleans Little Rock Birmingham

Cough remedy ad reports Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey

An old advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey claiming it stops lingering coughs from January 1 and soothes irritated membranes. It touts antiseptic, pleasant taste, and relief for all ages with a 25 cent bottle price. It also lists scores for a South Atlantic game and a stop left over coughs line.

Dr. Bell

Sandpaper in the Kitchen Tip for Cleanup

An instruction suggests keeping fine sandpaper in the kitchen to rub off overbrowned cake or bread smoothly and to clean stuck or burned panes more easily than with a grater, highlighting its usefulness for kitchen cleanup.

War Preparation Classes Boost Draft-Age Men

The YMCA offers war preparation classes for draft aged men with no monthly dues, aiming to build physical readiness for front line duties. The program runs nightly, targeting those subject to the draft, with enrollment ongoing through September. Also notes liberty loan basics and insurer New England Mutual Life’s temporary policy treatment before war clauses take effect.

Young Men's Christian Association Association New England Mutual Life

Chamberlains Tablets Prove Useful to Spencerport Woman

Mrs Anna Kadin of Spencerport New York praises Chamberlains Tablets for long standing stomach troubles. She reports the tablets gave positive lasting relief after trying many remedies. The ad notes the product is obtainable everywhere.

Chamberlain Anna Kadin Spencerport N. Y Chamberlain's

Scrap of Paper at Athens High School Drama Club

Under Mrs Lucy Leah West Mathis direction the Athens High School Dramatic Club presents A Scrap of Paper at 3 30 on Thursday night May 31 in the High School Auditorium. Cast includes Misses Marita Bullock Kathleen Ashford Kathleen Park Helen Capps Gertrude Bond and Messrs Alfred Callaway Jon Funkenstein Fred Stewart Norman Nickerson Drewry Stinchcomb and Charles Sanford.

Lucy Leah West Mathis Oratory Athens High School High School Dramatic Club Marita Bullock Kathleen Ashford Kathleen Park Helen Capps Gertrude Bond Messrs Alfred Callaway Jon Funkenstein Fred Stewart Norman Nickerson Drewry Stinchcomb Charles Sanford

Drink a Glass of Real Hot Water Before Breakfast

An article promotes internal sanitation by drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning. It claims cleansing the stomach liver and bowels enhances appetite and health, urging readers to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate to prevent various ailments and vilify internal toxins.

Recharge Your Batteries for the Hard Thing

A motivational note urges rising and rubbing shoulders with energetic people to recharge motivation. It claims social energy stimulates nerves and helps tackle difficult tasks.

Jed Searbore

Commerce Ga. Public Schools Close With Cantata and Graduations

Commerce Georgia May 22 The Commerce Public Schools close with a Cantata Strange Visitors performed by about seventy five Grammar School pupils from four countries and a High School Chorus. Sunday the Commencement sermon will be given by Dr J T Whyte of Bessie Tift College at First Baptist Church. The evening features a play Hoo doo by high school pupils followed by musical numbers. The program ends Tuesday with graduating exercises led by Salutatory by Mary Hood Class History Grace Green Prophecy Bernice Langford Class Will Paul Barrett and Valedictory Frank Nelms. Dr C W Daniel of the First Baptist Church Atlanta delivers the graduating address. Diplomas presented by Supt H B Carreker ending the 1916-17 school year.

Commerce Commerce Public Schools Grammar School Music First Baptist Church J. T. Whyte Bessie Tift College Doctor Whyte Hoodoo Messrs Frank Nelms Gerald Carreker Paul Barrett Hoyt Fowler Ernest Nix Verne Davis Hilda Sharpe Mary Hood Barah Hood Bernice Langford Reine Deadwyler Catherine Nix Agnes Hood Audrey Shirley Laetus Crowe Mildred Nelms Hattelle Mathews Edna Merle Jackson Grace Green Clyde Short C. W. Daniel First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Ga Daniel Supt H. B. Carreker

Clear Your Skin In Spring Ad Claim

Spring house cleaning advise flushing the intestines with a mild laxative to improve skin tone. The ad promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a remedy to clear complexion brighten eyes and shed a sluggish winter shell. Sold at druggists for 25 cents.

The Strand and Elite Movie Listings This Week

This week presents a lineup at the Strand with Viola Dana in The Cossack Whip and William S. Hart in The Desert Man plus new Fox comedies. Elite shows Mary Lawson's Secret with Charlotte Walker and confers other titles. Saturday includes Douglas Fairbanks in In Again Out Again and a health-themed feature on The Pythagorians with a health message linked to Chamberlain's Tablets.

Viola Dana Elite Charlotte Walker Mary Lawson Wm. S. Hart Fox E. H. Southern Douglas Fairbanks

Worldly Spirit and the Call to Holiness

Dean Stanley argues that a worldly spirit makes sacrifices tasteless and ordinary, while an unworldly spirit elevates, invigorates, and renders offerings noble and holy. The passage emphasizes choosing a higher spiritual savor over base, commonplace fleshly ease.

Dean Stanley

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