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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1916
Page
8
Advertisements in these columns reference a technical address via The Banner. Items include insurance, loans, vehicle for sale, land for sale, farm gear, second-hand Ford road, tires and tubes, clothing sales, rental listings, nursery stock, pecan trees, cookware oil, and lost glasses. Addresses and contact points given. identities not disclosed.
Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1 with deposits starting at $1. Oakland five passenger car for sale, and a cottage on Cobb Street for rent through Athens Overland Co. Also notes about home-building plans, car, rent ads, and local business services. Lost keys and a returned reward listed near Standard Oil filling station. Dr D L Peacock resumes office hours after illness. Rubber-tired buggy for sale at $25.
Classified note offers a nice cottage with all conveniences on a car line for rent by J C Booth. Also an ad seeking a large lady's cameo pin with reward for return to Banner. Includes bankruptcy notice for E J Bondurant in the Northern District of Georgia with discharge hearing date and clerk details.
Dr W R Rothroge advertises electricity, hot air tubes and German American methods to treat chronic nervous conditions and many diseases. The notice lists catarrh glands piles skin diseases rheumatism blood and kidney issues irregular periods cancer and other conditions. Office hours are 9 am to 2 pm and 3 pm to 7 pm with evenings by appointment.
In Winterville a letter from J. J. Flynt chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee explains that the state committee does not set primary rules for senators. The district committee must prescribe nomination rules and decide the party nominee. The note aims to reassure R. W. Haynie regarding the Twenty-seventh district’s process.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for coughs and chest irritation with claims of quick relief. It also notes Mayor-elect Asa Candler of Atlanta passing through the city en route to Anderson South Carolina.
The article notes rapid progress on several projects in Athens. Finishing touches remain at the new Y M C A building and the Southern Bell Telephone building at Dayton and Hull. Glass fronts brighten Hancock avenue storefronts Boston Bakery and Buchwald's. University infirmary rooms on Lumpkin street gain large airy spaces. Palmer's store on Prince avenue undergoes a major internal reconfiguration. A three story Good Samaritans building abuts the Morton Opera House block as headquarters for the order.
Yesterday morning two full train sections of the Great American Shows passed through Athens en route to Hartwell after performing at Washington fair. Manager H. H. Bain and wife were in town arranging Athens dates from October 30 to November 4 under Woodmen of the World patronage.
Advertising copy promotes Fo ley s Honey and Tar as a remedy that stops throat tickling relieves inflammation and irritation restores membranes opens congested air passages and provides lasting relief offered by H R Palmer Sons.
Evangelist Cross, Evan gelist Cross, speaks on Manifesting the Life of Jesus and Fall of Babylon to large Athens crowds. Three men responded to the call at the invitation as meetings continue nightly with a Friday nail sermon for boys and girls.
Gentle-But Sire. Biliousness, sick headache, sour stomach, gas, bloating, constipation, dyspepsia all these distressing consequences of retaining a mass of undigested and fermenting food in the stomach are avoided if the bowels are kept open and regular. Foley Cathartic Tablets are first aid to good health. Do not gripe. H. R. Palmer & Sons advertisement.
The Uniformed Rank of the W O W announces a week long carnival beginning October 30 at the old carnival grounds on Lumpkin street. The Great American Shows promote a clean, educational entertainment with modern and traditional attractions. Proceeds benefit the unit’s encampment next year.
Chicago dispatch states Senator William Saulisbury, Democratic Senate campaign chair, claims Democrats will retain all current senators and likely add four more. He says no Republican state west of the Alleghenies is safe. Adv. Foley Kidney Pills. H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Chicago. Two indictments return against Police Chief Charles C. Sealey. Malfeasance charge and a second accusing him, William Luthardt, his secretary, and Charles T. Essig, secretary of the Sportsmen's Club, of conspiring to nullify anti gambling laws. Bond set at 20000 for Sealey and 10000 for the others. Mayor Thompson to comment later. Public notice of bond and surrender deadlines appears.
Special to the Banner reports a marriage at the bride’s parents home in High Shoals Ga. Mrs Mary Duncan is wed to Otto Lowrey of Athens. The couple will reside in Athens where Lowrey works with Bailey Plumbing. Mr M L Manne visited Atlanta over the weekend.
A detailed description of a Pictorial Review gown design using pale green tulle with satin girdle and chiffon vest. It notes fabric requirements: 7 yards 40 inch tulle, 112 yards 36 inch satin, 12 yards silver lace, waist No. 6544. Sizes 34 to 42 bust. Price 15 cents. Skirt No. 6834, waist 22 to 30 inches, price 15 cents.
Mrs J M Gaskil of Green Indiana writes that Foley Kidney Pills relieved severe back ache and sharp pains. She praises the standard remedy for kidney and bladder ailments and notes it can be taken safely. H R Palmer and Sons advertise the product.
A French doctor reports success using compresses soaked in equal parts tincture of arnica tincture of iodine and spirits of camphor at the first signs of inflammation to scatter boils. He advises continuing until the trouble passes and adds that sulphur water or red clover plogsom may aid the scattering and reduce recurrence.
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