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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1916
Page
2
September features natural imagery and community notices. Local meetings, church events, and social activities fill the schedule, including barbecues, Guild gatherings, swimming times, and missionary society plans. Notable arrivals, departures, and local business promote civic life in Athens.
President C. Flanigen and Vice President J. Tibbetts of the Athens Chamber plan to attend the Georgia Chamber of Commerce meeting in Macon on the 21st. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness and floral tokens in a family bereavement. A. A. Fambro and Mo. Dickinson families noted. Kidney health ad promotes Foley kidney pills with a testimonial from T. Hutchinson of Little Rock.
The News Print Manufacturers Association says it will meet with newspaper publishers to discuss regulating white paper distribution to aid small papers facing suspension. A shortage and high open market prices strain small papers. Manufacturers reject shifting other grades to news print and labor unions block Sunday plant operations.
The health board and charity officers ask for old clothing for all ages as autumn approaches. Garments and shoes are needed for men, women, and children including baby sizes. Call 252 or send items to the health board office at city hall for redistribution.
Miss Caribel Wilks of Quitman arrives in Young Harris after a late train connection, declines Sabbath travel, and will conduct Bible readings at 4 PM and 8 PM daily for eight to ten days. A noted student of the Word, she assists Rev. W P Scoville and aims to guide individuals toward a better life through Scripture.
Mrs F E Hartmeister of Tea Missouri says kidney trouble and poor strength kept her from cooking. After using Foley Kidney Pills she feels like a new person. The ad warns many women neglect symptoms of kidney derangement and related pains.
Mrs W B Conway wife of Dr Conway long ill at a daughter’s Blacksburg Virginia home was attempting to rise from bed when she fell against a door edge and sustained a deep forehead wound requiring many stitches delaying their return home.
A McDuff Virginia reader describes how Tieionds Black-Draught relieved stomach trouble that plagued the family for years. The letter claims the vegetable tonic regulates digestion and eases indigestion, colic, wind, and nausea, noting 70 years of use and over a million beneficiaries.
Georgia Railroad announces timetable changes for Athens service. Train 60 departs Athens daily at 1:85 am Eastern Time. Train 52 runs daily except Sunday at 4 pm, Train 64 runs Sunday only at 4:30 pm. Arrival times include trains 51 at 12:59 pm, 53 at 9:30 pm, and 55 on Sundays at 12:30 pm.
Train No 2 leaves Athens 7 20 p m and No 4 leaves Athens 2 20 p m Train No 1 arrives Athens 11 40 a m Train No 4 arrives Athens 6 40 p m Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe intermediate points and with the Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern stations and with Southern Railway north and south
The notice lists Seaboard Air Line trains with departure times for the southbound and northbound routes. South bound trains No 11 at 6 27 am No 17 at 7 10 am No 6 at 3 45 pm No 29 at 6 17 pm. north bound No 30 at 10 40 am No 6 at 6 17 pm No 18 at 7 45 pm No 12 at 11 42 pm.
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