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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1909
Page
6
Members of the Middle Atlantic States Bill Posters and Distributors association gather in Charlotte for their annual convention. The group will stay several days to discuss issues of importance to the membership.
Certification states all druggists may refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs. It claims to stop coughing, heal lungs, and prevent pneumonia or consumption with no opiates. Genuine product in yellow packaging. refuse substitutes. sold by all druggists.
The second national apple show opened in Spokane at the Washington armory with President Taft initiating the event by electric signal. President Howard Elliott presided. prizes total 6000 with a 1500 top award for carload apples. exhibits include 650 boxes or 210 barrels and 2 million specimens anticipated.
Advertises Dr King's New Life Pills as the world’s best remedy for sick and nervous headaches. Claims include restoring pure blood and strong nerves and improving health. Sold for 25 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro., H. R. Palmer & Sons.
New York reports the Metropolitan Opera opens its season with Ponchielli’s La Gioconda starring Mme Meushehik in her American debut. The lineup includes Destini, Homer, Caruso, Amato, De Sesgarola. Slezak debuts in Othello. Lipkowska in Traviata. Forsell in Lohengrin. A 21 soprano, 15 contralto, 19 tenor, 15 baritone, 11 basso cast and a 250-voice chorus with 60 ballet members headline the season. Foley’s Kidney Remedy ad follows.
Kansas City November 15 The trial of Mellissa Sharp wife of James H Sharp Adam God leader of a religious fanatical band opens today She faces a first degree murder charge for the killing of Patrolman Michael Mullane during the December riot that left five dead Her husband James Sharp has been convicted and is serving a twenty five year term in the penitentiary
The brief item notes a local business named Merry Widow operating as the Bee Cash Grocery Co with possible branding or labeling details sparse in the readable text.
In Cherry Illinois near St Paul mine workers face a shaft disaster. Experts report extinguished fire and possible lifelines as 385 men remain missing or dead. Rescue teams prepare with oxygen gear as probes reach 300 feet with hoped for openings tomorrow.
New York Nov 15 plans announce a National Audubon University funded at one million dollars to save at least ten million annually by teaching economic ornithology. The project aims to educate all Americans through lectures and courses, benefiting farms and industry nationwide.
Advertisement for LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for colds. Druggists refund money if it fails. Features E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box and a 25 cent price.
Secretary Bryant of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association has shipped two cases of southern cotton and cotton goods to be displayed in Washington at the Southern Commercial Congress on December 6 and 7. The exhibit aims to demonstrate two decades of cotton manufacturing progress and indicate remaining opportunities.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a sty with swine and a floral tableau of roses and foliage. Mentions names and phrases that are garbled, yielding no clear event, date, or identifiable figures. The passage is too damaged to determine a coherent news item or outcome.
Boston hosts what many call the continent’s brightest electrical show for ten days. Hundreds of exhibits feature devices such as the singing arc lamp and Prof. Thompson’s multi phase motor. A model electric home demonstrates rooms, laundry, kitchen, milking cows, and incubating chickens powered by electricity.
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1886 in Toledo. The remedy is taken internally and said to act on blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials available. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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