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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
2
The notice outlines gymnasia and swimming class schedules for the Young Women's Christian Association. It details class types, fees by age group, and member privileges. Contact info and locations are provided for registration and inquiries.
A reader urges customers to choose R Brandts for eyeglasses, noting fast service and accurate prescriptions. The piece highlights Mr Case, the optometrist, as an able professional with Boston study experience, arguing it pays to go there for proper tests and lenses.
Athens residents and visitors are named in a string of short notes. R Brandt's Jewelry Store Insurance Building in Athens will spend the weekend with Mrs J Tribble on Milledge Avenue. Col and Mrs B T Mosley of Danielsville were in the city yesterday, as were Mrs Billups Phinizy who returned from New York. Miss Etta Mae Mathews Comer and Mrs and Mrs W J Mathews will spend the weekend in Savannah. Olin and Tom Dozier returned from Alabama, and Mrs T H Dozier is visiting relatives in Watkinsville. Mrs Jim Rithers and Mrs Roper of Come shopped in the city. Mr Loves Coile of Winterville also visited yesterday. Mrs BL Thompson and Mrs HH Mathews of Hull spent the day in the city, as did Mrs R C L Neel of Waynesboro with her daughter and Mozelle Neely and Miss Scudder of Athens in Atlanta for a few days. Mr Prescott Briggs left for Sylvester to spend several years. John Koch and family reside at 1332 North Broadway, Baltimore. Judge Emory Speer returned from Mt Airy. Mrs John F Eckbert of Los Angeles visits with Haugheys on Barrow Street for weeks. Dorothy O Kelley and daughter visit Comer to see Mrs Ralph Russell. W H Thompson of Gainesville is a guest of Mrs Ralph Russell at Comer.
Mrs. Lizzie Hodgson Mure describes Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks with its island camps, quiet woods, and the season’s pace. She notes railroad access via New York Central, hotels, and summer residents including Alfred Vanderbilt and Collier's, and records camp life, meals, dances, and church by boat.
A vintage child health ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative. It claims a teaspoonful cures constipation in hours, noting coated tongues signal waste buildup in stomach liver and bowels. The copy warns of counterfeit syrups and instructs buyers to insist on the California Fig Syrup Company label.
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