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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1913
Page
5
Judge Speer, reported better by Dr. Goss yesterday after returning from Highlands, suffered a severe ptomaine poisoning along with other complaints. Lapham Sanitarium house physician Dr. Steve Harris treated him and helped pull the distinguished patient through.
The Ina Lehr Stock Company closes a highly popular run at the Majestic praising the group as refined and suitable for families. The company will stay on for Monday and Tuesday with The Fatal Wedding a three act society drama featuring romance and conflict within a virtuous framework.
A reunion marks the last act as Miss Lehr headlines opening in a high class vaudeville program. The bill features moving pictures between acts with matinees daily at 4 30 and two evening shows at 8 and 9 45.
A brief note requests scrutiny of curacy accuracy and integrity of Optemerist. It directs consultation with Mr. Case and mentions a schedule of prices to be examined.
Former lightweight and featherweight South champion Mike Kelley visits Athens for several weeks at the Manhattan Cafe. He shows boxing skill and wrestling ability with a suitable partner and invites local fighters to arrange glove bouts or challenge him to wrestle.
Mr W J Russell, recently back from Washington, has made the city his home and installed a telephone at his residence. The number Ig 603-11 rings.
The 1913 college football season begins with Carlisle Indians at Albright and Boston College at Maine as early highlighted games. A vast slate follows with Yale vs Wesleyan and many matchups across the week including Harvard Maine and Princeton Rutgers. Also listed are a Morristown horse show and Kansas City motor boat races. Notable local note: John W. Clark of Augusta visits.
Mr W F Dobbs a University graduate and Coal Products Company office manager resident here for years may seek a Third ward council seat. He is described as capable conservative progressive conscientious and energetic and as a strong public servant if elected.
James W Jackson died yesterday afternoon at Watkinsville after a long illness. He leaves a wife and one son W P Jackson and several daughters. He will be buried this afternoon at Wilkinsville at 4 oclock with funeral services at the Methodist church. He was a prominent planter and a good citizen.
The notice lists a Holland dinner served 6:30 to 8:30 with a 75 cent price, featuring oysters celery olives snapper a la creole leg of lamb mint sauce and other dishes, plus 12:30 to 2:00 demi tasse luncheon at 50 cents. Also an ad for Dr King’s New Discovery claiming relief for consumption with testimonials and money back guarantee.
Advertisement offers a home cure for piles using a new absorption treatment. Readers are asked to mail their address to Mrs M Summers in Barn Notre Dame, Indiana, for immediate relief and free trial samples with local references upon request. No money required and readers urged to inform others.
Record shows permanent rent amounts with multiple figures including eighty two fifty and thirty seven fifty alongside negative values of thirty two fifty and eighteen dollars. Several entries display small balances such as fifteen fifty and thirty dollars indicating adjustments or refunds.
The State Board of Health asks parents and teachers to supervise early worm screenings for pupils. Boxes with specimen instructions will be sent to schools, specimens returned in bulk, and reports mailed to senders. Emphasis on parasite removal linked to better student performance and healthful school facilities guidance.
Conservation Fair in Knoxville during the Exposition will feature Helen Keller, described as a wonderful woman, drawing widespread southern interest ahead of her visit on September 20.
State Entomologist BE Worsham reports progress after tours of Mississippi and Louisiana. He will issue a bulletin to Georgia farmers detailing fighting tactics against the boll weevil, including planting an early maturing cotton variety to outrun the pest. The Cotton Seed Crushers Association aids, supplying seed meal and hulls as mills press fall crush, boosting feed use and livestock support.
Helen Keller and Mrs. John Macy will headline the National Conservation Exposition in a southern city. Keller will speak on “Helen Keller Day” on September 30 while Macy, her lifelong mentor, will deliver an address. The article ponders how to teach a blind deaf and mute person about the world.
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