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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1908
Page
5
New York on November 17 plans are complete for the dedication of the mortuary chapel attached to the Church of the Transfiguration known as The Life Church Around the Corner. The chapel honors Rev. George Hendric Houghton founder of the parish and will be conducted by Bishop Greer.
The New Jersey Sunday School Association holds its fiftieth anniversary convention at the Second Reformed Church in New Brunswick starting November 17. Leaders from several states attend, including Marion Lawrence of Chicago and Dr. Cadman of Brooklyn, with a notable historical program scheduled.
Delegates visited Rutgers College and the New Brunswick Theological Seminary this morning as part of a memorial session to be held in the afternoon at the First Reformed Church near the grave of Theodore Frelinghuysen. Dr. Clark of Ohio will deliver the memorial address.
A reader letter asserts a baby grew fat and healthy after using Grape-Nuts mixed with water and milk, noting a Dr. Kellogg product from Battle Creek. The writer claims the food reversed illness and cites a neighbor’s success, with the brand urged as a reason.
Albany Georgia reports Ernest Cunningham a leading young man from Arlington shot himself. After church with Miss Pearl Bostwick he borrowed a pistol from a companion and killed himself. no definite cause found though a gypsy fortune telling earlier that day left him blue. He was son of W H G Cunningham.
W S Read left campus due to illness. Miss Pearl Haley visited near Elberton. J C Neal Jr from Anaconda spent time with Daisy Neal. Beulah Rabin of Savannah visited Lunnette Rabun. Seniors attended the Country Life commission on Nov 11. Nellie Verdery spent Sunday in town. The Saturday Night Round Table featured E P Aiken and Miss Patterson with stories and a critic’s report by Miss Greene. W M Walden returned home. Some Normal boys enjoyed skating subduing neck pain and a sore head as rink floor needed repairs. Y M C A Snr Key and Jordan and Y W C A Miss Oliver and Miss Clapp went to Macon for the Georgia Students Missionary League. Emma Dee Randle of the Dixie Lyceum Bureau entertained the Normal School Thursday night. The football game with Athens High School ended 18 to 15 in favor of the State Normal School. E P Clark and Jack Taylor gave Y M C A talks Sunday evening.
The New York shops face strain meeting demand for mosaic or cut up picture puzzles described as as popular as ping pong. The Sunday World offers readers a unique mosaic puzzle in its November 22 issue for fun with no prizes. A new popular song is also advertised.
Peter Van Viissingen a prominent real estate dealer admits for eighteen to twenty years he obtained over 700000 dollars through forged notes and documents. He explains a glass desk top device aided tracing signatures as twenty five victims face losses totaling more than 7000 dollars. He pleads for swift punishment and is sentenced to an indeterminate term of fourteen years.
The ad touts Parisian Sage as the leading hair restore and tonic. It claims it cures dandruff in two weeks and makes hair lustrous and full. A customer testimonial from Buffalo praises the product, offered by H. R. Palmer and Sons in Athens with a money back guarantee.
A Panama Missouri resident touts seven years of proof that Dr King's New Discovery is the best remedy for coughs throat and lung ailments. The ad claims thirty eight years of proof by the product's manufacturer and notes it prevents pneumonia when used early. Sold with guarantee at local drug stores for 50 cents and 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
R M White of Turtle Bayou Texas says Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy outsells all other colic medicines. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co Warren J Smith & Bro EC McEvoy L P Canning.
The wedding of Miss Elen F and Mr Higgins took place at St Joseph Church with Governor and relatives in attendance. The Rev Dennis Lewney conducted the ceremony. A reception followed at the bride’s parents’ home on Spring Street.
When lines are sore and inflamed germs of pneumonia and consumption multiply. Foley's Home Tur kills the cough cures the obstinate hacking cough heals the lungs and prevents worse results. The genuine is in the yellow package sold by all Druggists.
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