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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1903
Page
2
The Banner urges readers to mail notices with real names for publication and notes the fair opening in twenty four days. It discusses Athens rail and depot plans, railroads, and space sales in the fair edition. Opinions on Georgia politics, vagrants, and municipal street railways are shared in a bustling community column.
The Northeast Georgia Fair is described as a labor of love with organizers noting it is not run to make money. Investors who supported the fair have not expected to lose their money, though the stockholders face uncertain returns as reported by The Banner.
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for wasting diseases, disfiguring skin, and general debility. It claims to expel humors, cure eruptions, and “build up the whole system” with a claim that the medicine aids recovery and vitality, urging use with Hood's Pills to aid absorption and effectiveness.
The Southern Railway offers weekend tickets Athens to White Sulphur Springs Ga at 1.35 round trip for select Saturdays through Sept 12. Tickets valid on afternoon or evening trains with return by Tuesday after sale. Ely's Cream Balm promoted for nasal catarrh at 60 cents. delivers relief via nasal application.
The Southern Railway Co will offer round trip fares to Baltimore at one fare plus one dollar. From Athens Iowa the rate is 1870. Sale dates September 1st 9th and 20th, return limit September 28 with extension allowed to October 3. For schedules call RK WS'ZER Athens Ga. Owes His Life to a Neighbor's Kindness. In Mercer and Summer counties W Va a man nearly died from diarrhea but recovered after a neighbor gave Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Local dealers H R Palmer Sons W J Smith & Bro.
Week-end railway rates via the Southern railway are extended to include Saturday September 20 1903. Notice signed by W Sizer General Agent.
A Chicago Todger Ocean feature explains the sand fly or May fly Ephemerida. It spends one to three years as a underwater nymph before emerging to live a single day in light. The harmless insect cannot bite or eat, its sole duty is to lay eggs.
A public notice promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a cancer and skin disease cure with testimonials from Mrs. M J Adams of Fredonia Alabama and Mrs B M Guerney of Warrior Stand Alabama. It markets Blood Balm for eczema pimples blood poison and various bone and skin ailments with sample offers and home-use directions. Also a separate brief notes a New York Press quote on the genius of labor and a testimonial about King s New Discovery for respiratory illness with pharmacist endorsements.
The Southern Railway offers special weekend tickets every Saturday through September 12 at greatly reduced prices. One fare or less for round trips to destinations including Atlanta Talulah Falls Asheville Hot Springs Arden Fletcher Hendersonville Flat Rock Saluda and Tryon N C with return allowed until the Tuesday after sale. Details available from R W Sizer in Athens Ga and S H W Hardwick W H Tayloe in Washington DC and Atlanta Ga.
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