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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1915
Page
8
Athens readers hear a testimonial about Vincl a tonic claimed to restore strength and cure anemia and nervous exhaustion. Mrs Bessie Hering of West Philadelphia reports improvement after four bottles and recommends Vincl to customers as a cod liver extract based tonic sold by H R Palmer & Sons.
The Linton Spring Water Co announces ready service for Athens families with pure water and emergency delivery today. They invite friends and patrons to the spring season and provide phone contact 504 for orders.
In a nostalgic ad style the copy touts Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a stimulant for colds a remedy for hacking coughs and a fortifier of the throat lining claiming it strengthens against germs. Aimed at households a bottle is urged for constant use with a 25e price.
Miss Verlie Matthews visited her sister Miss Lucile Matthews at the college. Chancelor Barrow spoke to the YWCA in the chapel. Bible classes organized with leaders Pound Young Merrill Holingsworth. Millie Rutherford Society initiated 95 new members. Various faculty and student activities, visits, and new student arrivals noted. Advertising note for Dr King’s New Discovery ends.
Sam Bernard, famed comedy king, makes his screen debut in Poor Schmaltz at the Marion tomorrow as part of a four part program. The feature includes thrilling scenes of war era exploits and wireless danger as it previews via a big screen broad satire.
The Elite presents The Cotton King a photoplay shot in Columbus Georgia with New York cast led by George Nash. John Osborne buys a southern mill which is later set ablaze by a drunken engineer, sparking sensational incidents across native Georgia settings.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for headaches biliousness and constipation claiming they cleanse the stomach remove undigested food reduce gases and purge poisons from the bowels by morning with a 10 cent box. It also shifts to a local sale pitch about Dutch kalsomine pricing and wall border discounts.
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