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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1915
Page
10
The play The Winning of Barbara Worth by Harold Bell Wright comes to the Colonial Friday evening. The much anticipated stage version of the famous novel promises lively action set in the plains and deserts of the Southwest with a scenic production expected to meet high audience expectations.
Cotton market opened lower by 4 to 7 points but rallied midday as shorts covered and bearish east belt weather gave way to bullish southern spot advice. December rose to 12.57, January to 12.68, with later quotes around 12.61 and 12.78 as activity cooled. Spot markets in Athens to New Orleans held steady around 12 45 to 12 60 cents.
Denver police say Geo. Flaragrady an Austrian killed Geo. Gray an Englishman by pushing him into a drill press in a railroad shop. Flaragrady reportedly sought vengeance for his brother killed in the European war.
Georgia Spirit, led by captain Tommie Pennock with four touchdowns and Charlie Lemon adding another, defeated College Avenue 30 to 0 in a decisive public school game. A player praised Georgia Spirit and predicted another win from Virginia tomorrow.
Virginia backfield star Half Dack Mayer is linked to Athens as a grandson of the Classic City. His mother, a local Athens woman named Miss Noble, lived in the Pulaski street home now occupied by Mr. John Moss.
Athens and the nation plan National Electrical Celebration Week from November 29. Electric companies and dealers will light up streets and homes with new displays and demonstrations. Plans include free aerial flights and fireworks each day, with attractions aimed to draw holiday shoppers at little cost to promoters. Local merchants are invited to express opinions on the proposal.
An advert promotes Foley Kidney Pills claiming to strengthen the kidneys and improve filtering of waste to reduce fatigue backache headache stiff joints and rheumatic pains. H. R. Palmer & Sons markets the remedy.
A Havanna Florida preacher Reverend C M Knighton reports three months of kidney and back pain ending after using Foley Kidney Pills He says the relief felt added about twenty years to his life and endorses the medicine for rheumatism backache sore muscles and stiff joints by H R Palmer & Sons.
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