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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1913
Page
7
Removal sale highlights include 100-piece English porcelain sets at $13.50 and $15.00, gold band china at $9.50 and $15.00, 9-inch porcelain plates at 35c, cups and saucers at 50c, and various cookware and hardware items discounted. Also featuring O'Cedar products, Rogers and nickel silver flatware sets, chamber sets, clocks, and glassware with substantial price cuts across categories.
In Saint Ramy, Deux Sevres, France, the Gauthier farm family reportedly fell mad after a clairvoyant sleep walker warned of evil spirits entering their home. The priest, asked to exorcise the demons, refused, then was forcibly brought to the farm, confined, and beaten when prayers failed. neighbors later freed him.
Five hundred English song birds including larks robins tits goldfinches and linnets were released to repopulate forests of Vancouver Island. Selected by J H Turner agent general, they traveled aboard an ocean liner with a dedicated aviary and an expert whistler accompanied them on the journey across Canada in a car deluxe.
Totton reports for the past week show widespread deterioration in cotton across the Atlantic states and Mississippi Valley due to insufficient rainfall and heat. Texas, Oklahoma, and parts of Arkansas report heavy shedding with bolls opening rapidly. boll weevils damage Mississippi and southern Texas threatens fall crop. Alabama, South Carolina, and parts of Louisiana and Tennessee report varying declines with uneven rain and dry spells.
An old reliable remedy advertises Dr Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil for curing old sores and other ailments. It promises relief from pain and simultaneous healing with product prices listed as 2c 50c and 1.00.
Madam Paulini a noted clairvoyant and palmist returns to Athens for a short period. Office hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily except Sundays. Located at 293 Clayton Street West.
Dr A T Bristow of Brooklyn died from blood poisoning after a finger scratch with a knife during an appendicitis operation at Long Island College Hospital. He washed the finger, but two days later developed sepsis. Bristow, aged 62, Yale 1873 graduate, held positions at Long Island College Hospital and St Johns Kings County, and edited medical journals. An advertisement endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a testimonial from M E Gebhart.
A small bid of one dollar was placed for an old church at Clairfontaine near Rambouillet, France, the sole offer remaining open after a later bid to $1.65. The church, in Romance style, cannot be maintained, leaving the ground available for purchase as well. The cure and mayor await further offers as repairs burden the poor congregation. Mrs. C. C. Kimzey begins china painting classes September 9 at 480 Meigs Street, 714-J.
A letter titled To my dear God in Heaven written in a child’s hand was posted in a Russian townlet. Addressed in German, it was sent to the German frontier post at Tilsit, where the postmaster returned it with the note To be returned. The addressee is in heaven, with which Germany has no communication.
Miss Anna Bischoff sixty-year-old patient at Mattheawan state hospital New York earned the nickname human pin cushion after swallowing a four inch hatpin whose knob had been removed. It pierced her stomach and lodged in the lower intestines. A week ago she swallowed six safety pins, underwent another operation, and the pins were removed. She has recovered fully.
The entire stock including imported wallpapers borders paints varnishes floor stains waxes wall colors and brushes will be sacrificed for the next twenty days at 225 Lumpkin Street Jos H Lumpkin, Trustee.
A historical advertisement extols Hobson’s Eczema Ointment for infant skin eruptions claiming relief and cure. It features a parent testimonial from Mrs Strubler in Dubuque and lists druggists selling the product for 50 cents through Pfeiffer Chemigal Company in St Louis Philadelphia and Adv.
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