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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
8
Palmer and Sons proprietors of Prince Avenue Pharmacy plan a modern drug store for uptown residents. The venture aims to bring updated pharmaceutical services and a broader selection to the neighborhood.
After organizing the Second Baptist church in Athens a call will be extended to Rev Edward Neighbour who will resign as pastor of a Spartanburg South Carolina church. He has led growing congregations and revived many lives. Baptism and first services are planned as the new church forms. He will preach tonight at the Tabernacle and the four o clock Sunday organization will set the pastorate in motion.
Palmer & Sons announce a refurbished drug store in Commaire Georgia with handsome fixtures a soda fountain cafe department and full stock of drugs draggist sundries Huylers candies and smokers materials Palmer progressive spirit praised by J C Sims the singer of local business. Foley Kidney Pills praised by Sims as relieving back pain and scant urine with full customer satisfaction.
The funeral occurred yesterday for Mr. Wiley Childers. Services were conducted at the First Methodist church by Dr. J C Morris and Rev S R England. Six Sunday School members served as pallbearers. Floral tributes were ample and songs included How Firm a Foundation Saved by Grace and Nearer My God to Thee. Burial followed at Oconee cemetery.
A man with a wife and three children in Athens fell on hard times after illness and debt. He lost his job and cannot find work in his trade as a mechanic. The Banner endorses aid from the public to keep his family from need and asks donations marked Family care Banner. A Ga woman praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for cough relief.
In Athens a free 4 pm street performance by J. de Wolf Henderson features slack-wire artistry hailed as sensational. Edna Erskine leads a broader program, with a vaudeville act and a three reel film showing. Matinee admission for children five cents, adults ten cents. evening prices apply.
Colonial favorites return with a new musical play The Man From Montana offering versatile performances by the cast. Audiences will enjoy humorous situations song numbers and eleven dramatic pieces. Tickets cost ten and twenty cents.
Classified lines list piano tuning by R. E. Haughey at 156 College Ave and 160 College Ave with phone 443-3. Boarding and housing ads appear near Waddell St and Delaney Place 48 acres land two miles from Athens. Bludwine ad promises refreshment and good deeds.
A new drug called ethine double strength promises to remove freckles quickly with nightly application and morning results. Advertisers claim most cases clear with little product and offer money back guarantees.
A large crowd endured a tiresome performance of Madam Sherry at the Colonial with two hours of indifferent singing and acting. Audiences blamed a weak orchestra, dull chorus, worn scenery, and long intermissions, especially a twenty five minute gap between the second and third acts.
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