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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1916
Page
6
Mrs Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky recounts severe illness and months of bed rest before she took Cardui the woman’s tonic. After eleven bottles she regained strength and can perform all tasks, praising Cardui as the best medicine. The ad urges others with premenstrual ailments to try Cardui and notes it has helped thousands in 50 years.
The notice urges careful use of phone numbers to prevent wrong-number calls. It cites operator training and supervision, and assigns responsibility to callers who recall numbers from memory or speak indistinctly. It asks subscribers to cooperate to reduce annoyances.
In a humorous note the Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a reveler who claims his car chimed in as he headed to a post party blowout. The anecdote frames a festive mood with a wink at inanimate objects sharing in the fun.
The article discusses Cities Service Company Preferred stock value tied to dividends on Common stock. It notes a 6 percent cash dividend plus potential additional dividends in common stock, with common stock earning over 20 percent in the year ending April 30, 1916. It traces rising preferred prices from 84 84% to 88% and highlights limited foreign offerings. It ends with Athens Rail Way & Electrical Company reporting 13 percent higher net earnings.
The story reports Col. John R. Christy of Georgia, elected to Congress in 1865 but never seated, may have heirs receive 6964 dollars in salary and travel pay if Congress approves the claims. Heirs include E. J. Christy and Mary L. Christy among others, with Tribble pushing the bill.
Washington Georgia hosts the first annual District Sunday School Conference on June 7 and 8 with 150 to 200 superintendents and teachers from the Athens district. Rev Nath Thompson of Griffin and Rev W W Carroll of Watkinsville headline talks on forward movements and the teacher's tools. Hon Geo M Napier of Atlanta delivers the evening address on The Sunday School Ideal.
The superior court validated forty thousand dollars in city of Athens water works bonds on the opening day of a called term. Bonds have been sold and extensions and improvements will proceed with legislature permission sought to acquire and lease property outside city limits for waterworks.
Washington Ga May 29 The closing exercises of Washington high school take place Thursday and Friday evenings this week. Commencement sermon was delivered at the First Methodist by Rev H L Grice. Thursday features primary operetta Over the Rainbow and Friday will grant diplomas to graduates Sara Fanning Ker en Hollenshead Annie Wootten Helen Burdette Roselyn Wootten Maud Garrett Christian Johnson Willamette Barksdale Blanche Harris and irregular graduates Flora Granade Alice Sutton Garnett Lyndon. The board also named the next year’s staff headed by J W Moseley as superintendent D H Perryman principal and An nat Neeson Charlie Mae Carter Annie Fluker Rosa Neeson Eli Dorsett Elizabeth Bounds Annie Louise Smith Susie Bilbert Elizabeth Dyson and Mrs H L Garner. Dyson new to the corps will teach domestic science and assist in crowded departments after eleventh grade added.
A Lexington sale lists Miss Daisy Colbert’s Barber Street home and lot to go auction next Friday at 6:15 PM with easy terms. The ad itemizes house features including screens, two baths, storm sheeting, double hardwood floors, painted cypress shingles, large closets, gas piping, instantaneous heater, and indoor water shutoff. AMERICAN LAND COMPANY notes the event along with a morning Christian program schedule at 8:30 devotions and related organizational talks.
The forecast for Athens and vicinity calls for fair weather Tuesday. Georgia expects generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with light local showers in the cotton belt on Sunday in eastern areas. Temperatures are high across regions with many stations above 90 degrees. Washington reached 94 and Atlanta 92.
Conditions favor fair skies and continued warm weather for Alth ens and nearby areas tonight and into Tuesday. Forecasters expect light winds and dry conditions with temperatures remaining above normal for the season.
For a long time Miss Lula Skelton of Churchville New York suffered biliousness with sick headache and dizziness. Chamberlains Tablets provided permanent relief and are sold by all dealers.
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