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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1909

Page

2

Social notes mix at Harawa Hall and Athens events

The item piles social updates and notices from Athens and nearby towns, mentioning a Saturday soiree at Harawa Hall, bridal party movements, weddings Altman McGehee, and numerous visits and travels among residents. It notes fashion pieces, a legend about Bob White, and local society chatter with multiple names and places.

Painkiller and Dream Balm Promoted By Local Drugstore

Our Town Druggists tout Painkiller as the best medicine they keep during hard times. Ely’s Dream Balm restores taste and smell from Nasal Catarrh and begins healing quickly when applied to air passages. Available at all druggists or by mail from Ely Bros New York for 50 cents.

Ely Ely Bros Warren Street New York

Normal School Notes Round Table and YWCA Activities

The Round Table met in the Mildred Rutherford Society room for an Uncle Remus evening with Miss Winburn and several readers. Stereopticon slides accompanied songs. The M C A held its usual meeting in the Altiora Society room with Rev Frank S Hudson lecturing on What Is Love. Several students left for homes or teaching posts. the YWCA met Sunday with a lecture on The Cries for Help of the Multitudes in the Foreign Lands.

Round Table Mildred Rutherford Uncle Remus Lenny Winburn Elizabeth Aiken Agnes Motes Leith Shannon Hortense Reid B. T. Ry Dr M.C. A Altiora Society Frank S. Hudson Young Harris Methodist Church Bessie Stone Concord Atlanta J. Otis Freeman Augusta G. C. Freeman Weldon Williams Farmington Williams Harry L. Upshaw Loganville Young Chloe Lloyd

How to Make a Fortune from Thrills

An early Philadelphia Inquirer piece outlines quick riches from entertainments. Roller skating rinks yielded 22.5 to 50 percent dividends with some ventures showing 105 150 and 155 percent returns. Aerial railways and glorified roundabouts can bring in up to 250 to 600 dollars daily. The switchback, debuted at Coney Island, helped build the resort’s fame.

Philadelphia Inquirer Coney Island

The Rise and Fall of Thrill Machines and a Rheumatic Cure

The article recounts the rapid profits of thrill devices like the scenic railway and switchback, noting large dividends and stock gains in Shanghai and the United States. It contrasts fleeting fads such as big wheels and revolving towers with the long term draw of new entertainments, then ends with an ad for Detchon's Rheumatism Remedy sold by L. P. Canning.

Shanghai Stock Exchange America White City

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