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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1910
Page
7
Chicago aims to complete a religious census with twenty thousand volunteers. The plan has broad church participation to canvass neighborhoods house to house to tally church attendance and discover how many residents do not attend and why.
Berne October 7 The manufacture importation or sale of absinthe in Switzerland is absolutely forbidden by a law recently passed by the federal parliament which went into effect today.
Georgia paper recalls astrologer Richard H Norris of Lumberton NC who predicted for Hoke Smith’s loss but endorsed Governor Brown for another term. The prose lampoons astrologers and includes Norris poems and a later verse about a “Victory Won” for Georgia’s fate with political overtones.
Savannah anticipates a three day November celebration to unveil a bronze heroic statue of Gen James Edward Oglethorpe in Chippewa Square. Plans include state military participation from forts McPherson Chickamauga Park and Fort Myer plus a field artillery battery. The sculpture by Daniel C French will honor the founder of Georgia with $38,000 raised by Georgia state and Savannah plus patriotic societies.
An advertisement extols Buck Jen's Arnica Salve as unmatched for cuts, corns, burns, bruises, sores, scalds, ulcers, eczema, and salt rheum. It claims perfect efficacy for sore eyes and positions the product as the world’s best salve.
Good roads enthusiasts and automobilists predict the All Round the State Good Roads Tour starting October 17, 1920 will be highly successful across Georgia. The tour aims to share road-building progress, provide county-by-county insights, and boost rural life while allowing free telephone service for tourists via the Southern Bell system. Farmers gain through better roads and telephones, saving wear on stock and equipment and keeping families in touch with home as the trip proceeds.
In sudden mishaps or accidents Chamberlains Liniment is urged as a reliable substitute for a family doctor who is not always available. The advertising copy promotes Chamberlains Liniment as never failing in emergencies and implies quick, local relief.
A weekly Tradesman list shows Alabama saw plants with values including a $10,000 sash unit at Attalla and a $150,000 fertilizer plant at Selma. Other entries include banks, mills, and factories across Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, with totals ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. Includes Jacksonville realty, Pensacola enhancements, and various railroad, oil, and manufacturing ventures.
Athens ministers expect about 1800 Baptists to travel to Elberton for the Georgia Baptist Convention. Elberton prepares extensively to welcome the large gathering, with Athens delegation details and regional church activity noted amid other major Georgia denominational meetings.
A wartime style health ad extols Beldrie Bitteri as the greatest health builder, claiming it purifies and enriches blood, tones the system, and aids digestion and organs. It cites a testimonial from W M Sherman of Cushing Maine who says three bottles cured kidney trouble and renewed his health. Available for 50 cents at Palmer and Son and W J Smith and Bro.
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