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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1913
Page
6
Local pharmacy Prince promotes D D D Prescription for eczema and related skin conditions with a no pay guarantee if it fails. It claims quick itch relief from a simple wash and positions the product as backed by manufacturer guarantees and the store’s own trustworthiness.
Athens sees a building boom with hundreds of thousands spent on projects. The county courthouse, Holman Building, Prince Avenue Presbyterian church, James M. Smith block, Erwin and Company, Arnold & Abney, and Morris building all advance toward occupancy. University of Georgia repairs, Lucy Cobb dormitory improvements, State College silo work, and Normal School barn construction mark a busy season.
The Banner recounts a Morgan county oil project near Madison on Dr Wilson’s farm and notes Athens residents recall a former city oil well. Abner Dorsey drilled 380 feet through sandstone, finding water and a petroleum odor while nearby works and seepage at an old ass works site fed theories of oil or natural gas beneath the region. Experts and US surveyors have long suggested oil lies beneath the area’s rock formation.
In Athens on the Lumpkin-Milledgo line a young rider discovered her last nickel had disappeared. The conductor neared, but amid the crowd he passed by, leaving the girl without relief as she searched pockets and bags, lamenting that the collector would have noticed if she had kept the coin.
A thirteen year old dairy cow named Issis from Woodbine at the State College of Agriculture drew study from college protegees and rural economists. Issis cost $70 in 1901 and died in October 1912. Her annual milk value averaged $84.53, with calves valued at $25 and $50. Progeny Issihal and Empress carried significant worth, illustrating the cow’s overall contribution through milk and offspring.
In Oriole Pennsylvania M. E. Gebhart reports swift relief from diarrhoea after using Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at the suggestion of merchant Mr Yorke. He claims one dose cured him and others he shared it with. The remedy is described as routinely effective for ordinary diarrhoea and sold by dealers.
Mrs. Sara E Duncan of Tipton Iowa describes her son’s severe cold and cough. She credits one bottle of Chamberlains Cough Remedy with stopping the cough and curing the cold completely. Also advertise Dr Porters Antiseptic Healing Oil claims to relieve pain and heal. 25c 50c 1.00.
A recent scene near Eton College showed boys cheering as a hare swam the Thames with a hounds pack in pursuit, ending with the animal's drowning amid calls for reform. Canon Lyttelton defends the tradition, arguing campaigning cruelty is not rising and that all cruelty has largely vanished from hare hunting at Eton.
Electrician J T Altis killed Joseph McKinney a 65 year old Black man by punching him in the face in Kansas City Missouri. The assault happened in front of a saloon on Fourth and Cherry as Altis tried to strike a porter. A white man then knocked Altis down with a hard blow to the face. Local report notes the incident alongside a separate feature about Amanda Clement in La Crosse Wisconsin.
The American Association of Passenger Agents began its forty first annual convention in St Paul with representatives from major U S and Canadian railways. A W Fritot of Atlantic Coast Line presided as the meeting opened. After adjournment tomorrow night many members and their wives will tour Yellowstone National Park.
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