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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1920
Page
3
Mrs C D Cook of 1912 Whitty Street Houston says four months after marriage she suffered severe back and hip pains. After taking Cardus she recovered enough to leave bed, taking five bottles with no further illness. She recommends Cardui, noting many friends use it successfully. NC-136
B L Wilson proprietor of a Athens butcher shop at 769 College Ave testifies that kidney trouble from long hours on his feet improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He bought them at Palmer & Sons Drug Store and reports no further kidney problems. Doan's Kidney Pills are advertised at 60c. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
In a lengthy telegraph letter from J E Brown president of the Telephone Company, costs of operation are outlined as rising sharply. He argues wages, power, coal, insurance, rent, and construction push expenses above revenues, and says price reductions do not apply to essential services. He urges modest rate increases to fund adequate facilities and warns against reduced service.
The First Baptist Church will host Dr. Rufus W. Weaver of Mercer University for morning and evening sermons at the Y M C A auditorium corner Hancock avenue and Pulaski street. Young Harris Memorial will have Sunday school at 9:45 a m and services at 11:15 a m and 8 p m led by Rev J W M Morris and Pastor Rev H M Quillian away for the day. A Synagogue annual meeting re elected officers M G Michael Abe Joov Sol J Boley eM Stern Sydney Boley S Bernstein Arthur Flatau Lee Morris. A girls club meeting Sunday evening at 8 includes a Hannah Bernstein host and Amelia Dornblatt presentation with social hour.
A miscellany of public notices and ads excerpts. Health tips praise Pepto Mangan as a blood builder. Notices mention church services at First Methodist in Athens and revival plans. Jabs at baseball crook pitchers and jokes about To read news items include Salvation Army price notes and surplus handcuffs sale.
A vintage advertisement celebrates Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a safe laxative for rheumatic pains and injuries. It also promotes Hamlin's Wizard Liver Pills for stomach and headache relief. The copy urges keeping these remedies in the medicine chest and lists a 36 cent bottle size.
A sensational ad touts Aspironal as a faster cure than whiskey for colds and flu. It claims European and American army endorsement, two minute relief, money back guarantee, and widespread drugstore availability with a strong sales pitch and humorous collateral remarks from newspapers.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to keep Sloan's Liniment ready for sudden rheumatic twinges. It claims penetrating relief from neuralgia, backache, lameness, sprains, and bruises, with druggists selling 36c to $1.40 bottles and a larger size offering more value.
The clipping references Lenine and Fés with a note on leadership and a warning about fewer wrecks due to wet spots on the broad road to Westra tion. Mentions Gov Calvin Coolidge and a remark about wearing one suit eighteen months and the governor chair.
A series of announces names candidates for the Board of Aldermen across wards one through four. R T Dottery K A Hill J P McCall Ross A Creekmore P H Conolly B H Dunbar W C Thornton pledge to seek re election or election subject to the Democratic primary and ask for votes.
Lodge directory lists Oliver Encampment No. 141 O F meets Fridays in Odd Fellows Hall Clayton and Wall streets. St Elmo Lodge K of P meets Mondays at Castle Hall in term building York Street. Williams Lodge No 15 IC0 meets Mondays in Odd Slows Hall Max Joseph Building. Mount Vernon Lodge No 33 F and A meets Thursdays in Masonic Hall Max Jones Building Clayton. Classic City Camp 292 W C meets Wednesdays in Max Joseph Building all Voting Sovereigns welcome.
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