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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1911
Page
3
The piece urges Athens citizens to support the Chamber of Commerce with dues. It praises local leaders and warns that active, funded effort yields community benefits, contrasting it with those who neglect to contribute.
Dandruff is described as an army of invisible germs harming hair growth. Parisian Sage promises to banish dandruff stop itching and promote lustrous hair roots. H. R. Palmer & Sons guarantees results or money back with 50 cent bottles. Girl with auburn hair pictured on cartons.
A free-for-all at the Douglasville county fair left J. M. Redding with severe knife wounds and H. T. Skinner and his son Walter badly injured. The dispute began when Redding asked the Skinners to leave the livestock tent and escalated after the younger Skinner returned with his father.
The ad promotes Hem-Roid sugar coated tablets as an inward treatment for piles sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons in Athens Georgia with a money-back guarantee. It claims to stimulate blood flow in swollen parts and offers permanent cure where salves fail. Cost is $1 for 24 days. Also notes Dr. Leonherdt Co. in Buffalo New York and requests a booklet.
Banks Madison Jackson and Franklin counties anticipate the Four County Fair starting November 7 with prize porker and premium corn displays. Eminent Athens educators will speak from Tuesday to Saturday on farming roads and education, with Ben Holmes wild west acts and balloon ascensions by Miss De Venda daily. Medical notes mention Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs, praised by Mrs Wisoughby of Marengo.
Nearly a hundred practical farmers and successful men gathered for a farm demonstrators conference. J. J. Hill and J. E. W. Smith from South Georgia praised improvements in Athens and at the Georgia college, noting they were students there thirty years ago.
James C. Dahlman known as Cowboy Mayor of Omaha recounts a career as sheriff of Dawes County and mayor of Chadron. He lists eight years as Omaha mayor and a 1910 gubernatorial candidacy while endorsing Foley Kidney Pills in a Chicago letter. Sold by all dealers.
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