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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1916
Page
8
Ads from The Banner offer services and items. Includes insurance pitches, loan offers, equipment, rental rooms, a furniture sale, a heater line, a lost pin notice, a car for sale, and miscellaneous notices. Notable names include Lipscomb Jester Davenport Mitchell Sledge and Bell Bros Marble. Locations mentioned include Milledge Circle and Athens Georgia.
A mix of local ads includes savings bank rates, tire sales, Spirella Corsets, butter and eggs, hot blast heaters, mackerel, household furniture for sale, olive oil, rental apartments, pecan trees, fire insurance agents, farm land loans, and self rising buckwheat flour. Includes addresses in Athens and New York.
A collage of classifieds and ads from Athens Georgia. Items include a board and lodging request by a gentleman, an office position seeking a experienced worker, a gumbo of specials at Costa's Delicatessen, Bermuda Easter Lily bulbs for sale, a secondhand Ford wanted, a base burner heater for sale, a furnished front room for rent, a chauffeur needing butler duties, and fresh country eggs from King-Hodgson Co.
Tuesday features Dorothy Gish in Gretchen the Greenhorn with Fred Mace Keystone Comedy Elite Pauline Frederick in The Moment Before. Wednesday shows Wm Farnum in The End of the Trail Pietro the wizard with Elite Daisy Rooster The Girl With the Green Eyes Beatrice Fairfax No 4 Thursday presents Wo 8 Hart in The Patriot Chas Murray Keystone Comedy Elite Dustin Farnant in David Garrick Friday screens Mae Murray in The Big Sister Grip of Evil No 12 Elite Then I’ll Come Back to You with Alice Brady Saturday presents Lionel Barrymore in The Upheaval Helen Gibson Railroad Drama Elite Liberty Lonesome Luke Comedies.
Betty Lorraine cites Mrs. Osgood's Wonder as a magic cure for unsightly hair growths used safely on skin unlike electric needles or smelly pills. The product, now sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons and other drugstores, carries a money back guarantee.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly remedy to cleanse the stomach and liver, remove sour undigested food, and keep bowels regular with a 10-cent box. It claims the product calms nerves and headaches and suits both adults and children, promising morning relief and long-lasting health. Also cited is a testimonial about Chamberlain’s Colic Remedy curing dysentery.
An advertisement promotes Dr. King's New Discovery as a pleasant sweet syrup for coughs and colds. It claims long usage by trusted customers, a guarantee, and money back if not satisfied. Buy a bottle and use as directed. Keep remaining for future cough and cold relief.
A Texas family credits Thedford’s Black-Draught with keeping illness away. The testimonial claims the vegetable remedy calms weak stomachs, aids digestion, relieves indigestion and colic, and has benefited over a million people in 70 years. The product is sold nationwide for 25 cents.
An advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for colds with inflammation cough and phlegm. It claims quick breathing relief and cautions laxative tar syrup and pine tar balsam prevent bronchial irritation with guaranteed results at druggists.
Georgia timetable shows trains serving Athens daily and on Sundays. Train 50 leaves Athens 8 35 a m daily while Train 52 runs daily except Sunday at 4 p m. Train 54 runs Sunday only at 4 30 p m. Arrival times include Train 51 at 12 59 p m daily except Sunday and Train 53 at 9 30 p m daily. Train 55 arrives Athens at 12 30 p m on Sundays.
The timetable lists trains No. 11 No. 17 No. 6 No. 29 No. 30 No. 6 No. 18 and No. 12 with departure times 6:37 8 7:10 3:45 6:17 10:40 6:17 7:45 and 11:42 p m respectively.
Southern Railway timetable lists daily and Sunday trains for the Athens branch. Arrival times shown include 12:40 p m 6:50 p m and 9:45 a m for daily and Sunday services respectively.
A letter argues Sunday enforcement hurts Athens mainly by forcing soda water and cigar sales to stop. The writer says the old law is outdated as modern life includes streetcars, phones, and deliveries. He cites prohibition era issues, calls for sane governance, and notes out-of-town visitors and the Chamber of Commerce.
The regular term of the court of ordinary adjourned to Saturday the 7th. J D Tribble named administrator of W A Edwards estate. Alice Pitman guardian for Mildred Pitman. Several admins granted leave to sell lands including R Z Tolbert Mary Riley Burwell Morris Marian West Georgia Hawkes and estate of Mrs Louise Jones executor Nettie Jones named. Judge Brand orders prison for J W Griffin. Court announces sale day at courthouse and notices from constables and J P. An automobile sale occurred. county boards meet to audit October bills. A lunacy charge is sworn against Jim Edwards and he is placed in custody for ten days.
Horace Lumpkin colored shot at and slightly wounded Sims colored after a ridicule over his big feet. Lumpkin received a ninety day sentence in the city stockade. Dan Wingfield colored was jailed after shooting and slightly injuring Eberhart in a Sunday dispute over a woman. He had been arrested up to this morning.
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