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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
9
New York November 19 opening and closing quotations on the cotton oil market show tone steady.
Advertisement urges readers to take Dr Kings New Life Pills to prevent biliousness malaria and jaundice. Mentions W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons drug stores as sellers.
Short notes from Athens area advertise drugstore services turkey and coal sales sewing machines and rent sale of flowers and produce. Names include Our Drug Company Fears & Son Singer Sewing Machine Co. J. P. Fears & Son Athens Floral Co. Klein & Martin and S. H. Norris. Also offerings for insurance realty boarders and a stray pup reward.
Mrs M A Lipscomb was reelected to lead the Georgia Federation after its twelfth annual meeting in Valdosta. She resisted resignation, directed Tolullah school and industrial work, and reported over $2 000 in the treasury with an extra $500 raised at the convention. Guests included Miss Louisa Poppenheim of Charleston and Miss Celestia Parrish of Athens.
Rev W A E Church holds the record for raising pumpkins with no planting. One vine grew in his front yard reaching the porch roof. another vine spread 75 feet in his garden. Five pumpkins sat on the porch and twenty one in the garden, averaging twenty pounds each. Two large pumpkins rested atop the porch roof.
An afternoon football game on McWorter's field featured the eighth grade team against Barrington Flannigen's squad. The eighth graders showed strong ball handling with standout effort from the backfield and receiving ends while Barrington Flannigen relied on its full back two halves and left end for defense and offense.
U S Deputy Collector P D Moore arrived in Athens to oversee special revenue taxes. He is regarded as one of Uncle Sam's most popular officials in this region.
Last evening at the First Methodist church Sunday school room the Athens W C T U and University of Georgia Temperance Society held a delightful reception. The piece describes a cordial gathering with members from both organizations in attendance and a warm social program.
Chancellor David C. Barrow had been indisposed with a severe cold in recent days but is now much improved and expected to return to duties within a few days.
An old newspaper fragment notes Walter Nixon a col being judged lunatic yesterday by an Ordinary Wing field. The brief item mentions a jury and a girl's behavior as part of the overheard remarks.
Billie Burke recalls her start in vaudeville and stage work from small parts in The School Girl to Love Watches. She describes early auditions with Mr. Frohman, gaining a starred role, and her shift toward comedy before later fame in Paris with Bernstein and Israel.
The New York World discusses Henri Bernstein's rise to fame. It suggests the public would better appreciate his work if more of his early life were known, citing Samson and Israel as crowning successes after The Thief and earlier plays like Le Berecail Le Detour Brother Jacques Rafle.
The Spokane Spokesman Review reports a 25 million barrel apple yield, totaling 62 500 000 bushels, gathered from 15 000 growers across Union belts. Drought pests and rains affected some districts, but overall the crop matches 1907 in size and distribution while prices rise. Domestic supply remains tight as export demand intensifies.
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