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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1913

Page

2

Social calendar and engagements fill busy week

A crowded slate lists sewing parties and luncheons for Miss Starkie Cobb Miss Nell Hunnicutt and Miss Rebecca Stark with events through Friday A football game Georgia versus N G A C looms Saturday An engagement announcement follows for Annie Lee McKenzie to Milton Dargan Jr and notes on community church activities and a packed orphans box drive for the First Methodist society

M. A. Lipscomb Adgate New York Europe Dargan Milton Dargan Atlanta University of Georgia Jed Chi Phi Fraternity

Local social notices run through Athens church and clubs

Athens engagements and gatherings fill a busy week with church meetings at Miss Mary Hunnicutt's home and YWCA extension events. Miss Bacon offers literature classes, Ruth Hodgson hosts a luncheon for Miss Stark Cobb, and Mrs. M A Wapscomb plans a buffet in Athens for Miss Princess Adgate Ellis with musical interludes by Hugh Hodgson. An S.A. E.B. fraternity dance closes the update.

Miss Ellis M. A. Wapscomb Athens Princes Hugh Hodgson Europe John Morris Francis Adgate Ellis Eli Lipscomb Hearst

Glasses in an Hour at R Brandt's in Boston

Boston readers urged to choose R Brandt's for rapid eyeglasses. Optometrist trained in Boston assures accurate prescriptions and rapid fitting. Customers warned that sending glasses away by others costs time and money and causes discomfort, while Brandt's promises an hour or so turnaround and fewer headaches.

R. Brandt Boston

Stork News and Local Socials In Athens Area

Florence Lumpkin and Miss Stark Cobb host a sewing party and handkerchief shower for a bride elect this morning at 11 on Meigs Street. Mrs James White hosts Miss Margaret Thomas at a 1 30 Incheon in her honor. Emmanuel Guild meets with Mrs R K Bloomfield on Barber Street. Local residents travel to New York for Episcopal convention and return from visits in Athens. Various social calls include Misses Lawton of Porto Rico and guests at the campus, plus many names traveling to Stephens Sunday centennial events.

Lois Fleming Starkie Cobb James White Margaret Thomas Miss Stark Cobb Meigs Street Incheon Margaret Lawton Emily Lawton Porto Rico C. M. Strahan

Piano Class Organized By Several Instructors

Miss Mary Ross a Belmont College Nashville graduate and pupil of Stojowiski in New York and Hutcheson in Berlin is organizing a piano class. Phone 577. Bt

Mary Ross Belmont College Nashville Tenn Stojowiski New York Hutcheson Berlin

Popular Athens brothers back Georgia games

Messrs Marcus and Hamp Me Whorter, popular Athens men and sons of Judge and Mrs Hamilton Me Whorter, visited Athens for the initial Georgia game. They traveled to Atlanta yesterday, where they are in business, and they expect to attend many Georgia games this fall. They were Georgia team members in college and remain loyal backers of the Red and Black. They were pleased with Sanford Field prospects of a winning season.

Athens Marcus and Hamp Hamilton Georgia Atlanta Bob Sanford Field

California Syrup of Figs Adverts Warn Parents

A vintage advertisement urges mothers not to scold irritable children and promotes California Syrup of Figs as a first remedy for stomach and bowel issues. It claims a teaspoonful cleanses the bowels within hours and warns to buy the genuine 50 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company, noting counterfeits.

California California Fig Syruy Company

Madam clairvoyant office in Athens advertises hours

An ad notes Madam Paulini Clairvoyant and Scientific Palmist returns to Athens with office hours 10 am to 3 pm daily except Sunday at 243 Clayton St West. Also promotes New Life Pills from H E Bucklen Co Philadelphia or St Louis and cites a testimonial from Hugh Tallman of San Antonio praising the product.

Athens Clayton St West Wi New Life Hugh Tallman Sim Antonio Tex H. E. Bucklen & Co Philadelphia St. Louis

Avoid Sedative Cough Medicines Promote Chamberlain's Remedy

A newspaper item warns against sedative cough medicines like cocadine morphine and teroin as contributors to pneumonia and bronchitis. It endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the necessary expectorant to clear bacterial culture beds and prevent pneumonia, claiming it contains no morphine or sedatives and is sold by dealers worldwide.

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Society Alice Adams Alice H. Adams R. P. Stephenson First Methodist Church The Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Meth Cdist Church Mary Hunnicurt Milledge Avenue St Athens Miss Bacon George Crabb Cloverhurst Avenue Ruth Hodgson Stark Cobb Deadwyler-Simpkins Mary Deadwyler-vail Mae Deadwyler John Os. Simpkins First Baptist Church S. A. E. Dance S. AL EB. Hernity Dein Chapter House Pur Street Charlie Phinizy Mroo Meret Vaul Smith Mro Edgeworsis Lamkin Dorothy Darr Jennie Arnold Carolyn Baynes Edith Branson Marion Hodgson Cally Ar Trist Times Athens, Ga Emmanuel Guild R. K. Bloomfield Barber Street Troy Beatty Episcopal Church Mr. Easter el Paso Texas V. Mo Morris Greene County Athinta Lyndon Poe Charlie Melhoof Ted Mies Elen Tom Mell John D. Mel Geo. Mell Jim Mell Miro Og Bickers T. HW. Dozier C.J. Landrum To Young Eld. Cox M. Snelling Moselle Nina Susan Scudder Geo FE. Stone B.D. Gray My. Wlc Wingfield AL . Cox Thos. C. Moore John Kelly Stephens Sun Old Antioch Church Rev J. D. Mell Harry Hull Yancey Harris el Passo, Paso, Texas J. H. Beusse Savannah Raymond Harris J. W. Walden Andres Morton Henderson Avenue Eutaw Ala Major Wells Baltimore City Coke Talmage Mss Ruth Wells B. P.O. Edwards Birmingham Eunice Lemon Bobbie Lemon Lula Gertrude Martin Mary, Ross E. H. Dorsey Chas. Stern Clayton Street Uneeda National Biscuit Company Madam Paulini Ladies and Capitol Woolen Mills CO Crugedale Greenhouse S. Lumpkin St
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