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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1903
Page
4
A 1900 testimonial promotes Wine of Cardus as a universal remedy for women’s ailments. Mrs. W. H. Jones of Cameron Missouri describes lengthy suffering and a recovery after using three bottles, while other letters claim cures without medical advice.
University Savings Bank in Athens promotes savings accounts with capital of 40000 and savings deposits only. Local ads tout olive oil, coffee blends, shepherd pups for sale, new cottage construction, and Crawford Cheese at M M Arnold's. Photography by C W Motes highlighted, with notes on city hall roofing progress and a stock closing sale by J M McCrimny.
Miss Callie Sosnowski after returning from Europe will teach private pupils in painting French and general literature and history. Interested persons should communicate by telegraph or otherwise at Dr. Peacock's residence on Prince Avenue.
Beginning Sunday May 17 and through October 25 1903 the Seaboard Air Line Railway will sell tickets to Atlanta and return each Sunday for 1.00. Tickets are valid on train 41 departing Athens at 5 35 city time with return date of sale. Athens Ga agent J Z Hoke, Atlanta AGPA W E Christian, Portsmouth VA GP A O B Ryan.
Turner and Hodgson advertise custom gowns with Missie Cowen and assistants shaping orders. They urge early fittings before cold weather, offer reduced suitings, and warn only about thirty five pieces remain. A Chicago observer praises kindness and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is endorsed by local merchants.
An October 16 1903 advertisement from The Daily News About Cotton promotes Cham berlain s Stomach and Liver Tablets as pleasant and easy to take. The pills are sold by H R Palmer Son and W J Smith Bro.
Yesterday the price of cotton advanced by twenty points in New York with a corresponding rise in the spot market. Prices are creeping toward ten cents, though that target remains in doubt. Athens saw a banner day for wagon cotton as the fleecy staple appeared widely and more cotton arrived by wagon than on any day this season.
The Young Men's Christian Association announces gymnasium classes for city youths starting Monday night October 10 at 8 15 pm. Classes will meet Monday Wednesday and Thursday until mid May with Mr Long as instructor. The program includes dumbbell drills apparatus work and games alongside baths and a swimming pool to promote physical and moral vigor.
Harold Tuck won the MEQAL drill medal at the Athens Guards armory on Clayton street with Capt. J M McCurdy and Hoerschel Carithers judging. Lt Col Alvin Golucke presented the medal, marking Tuck’s third consecutive win and its retention under company rules. The notice also includes an advert for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming rapid relief from indigestion and related symptoms.
Daily letters from women praise Kodol for curing indigestion and stomach disorders. The piece explains that weak stomach juices fail to transform food into blood, depriving the body of nourishment and weakening organs until disease. It argues doctors mistake the diseased organ, overlooking the root digestive problem.
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