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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
2
For 35 years we have fitted trusses with a private room and no fitting charge. We promise a perfect fit with hard rubber silver elastic trusses and will improve comfort. a wide range of elastic stockings bandages crutches and doctors supplies are available.
Mr C E Gay Jr industrial agent of the Southern railway spent yesterday in Athens. The Southern is promoting new industries in the South and highlighting Athens and the surrounding area as advantageous locations.
Report from the Laura Rutherford Chapter notes a gift to the Winnie Davis Memorial Hall in Atlanta. Richard Harris the Athens Ga barber donated a large Jefferson Davis cabinet portrait, once owned by his father Tom Harris, to the Athens Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. All honor to Dick Harris for preserving Confederate memory in memorial hall.
An advertisement offers Botanic Blood Balm at one dollar per large bottle claiming to cure chronic rheumatism and catarrh by purifying the blood. It promises permanent results and free prepaid samples with medical advice from the Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
The Misses Bradberry advertise their millinery shop on College avenue with daily new arrivals including children's caps and a full line of gloves. They urge inspections of gloves and best-in-line choices at reasonable prices, while noting a separate testimonial for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve sold at local stores.
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