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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1913
Page
6
Desperate wife in distress finds relief after four years with Cardus the woman’s tonic. Testimony from Mrs Ballock credits Cardui style remedy for renewed mobility. Ad urges readers to consult their druggist and request Home Treatment for Women booklet.
Zach Lamar Cobb of El Paso Texas is appointed collector of the port there. A noted orator and Wilson supporter Cobb has long been active in Texas politics and national campaigns. He owns a ranch in the El Paso valley and promotes blooded hogs. Married with no children.
A small Georgia county near Athens is shaped by J. W. McWhorter a former editor and publisher turned preacher school superintendent and civic leader. He became county school head moderator of a country fair association secretary of that body director of the state experiment station in Griffin and president of the county board of trade along with roles in real estate banking and local church leadership.
Yesterday a court began a proceeding on little Bill Kenney sentenced to the reformatory by Judge West. His brothers backed the claim he is under ten, and Bill himself swore an affidavit of his true age. A companion urged him to lie about turning ten to avoid a long stay.
A H Sikes of Athens Railway and Electric Co receives notice from National Electric Light Association president Jos McCall via secretary T C Martin appointing him to the transport committee. Athens is the sole smaller city represented among members from New York Los Angeles Denver Kansas City Boston Chicago Schenectady Seattle Philadelphia Pittsburg St Louis San Francisco Cleveland and Ottawa.
Commerce Georgia September 10. Commerce High School opened with an attendance of three hundred eighty at the opening hour rising to about four hundred as more pupils arrived. Superintendent H B Bible leads the school through his third term accompanied by Principal Miller and a strong corps of teachers. The school, long ranked A one among Georgia public schools, aims to maintain its high standard.
A dated charm of an old time warning urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs to relieve a child’s stomach issues. The appeal promises a safe, rapid cleansing of the bowels and warns to buy only the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company, noting counterfeits. The text closes with a stray legal line about a character named Bill and a sentence about a till.
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