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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1906
Page
7
A parent describes a six month old with widespread eczema resisted doctors care, pain and bleeding. After trying several treatments, a friend recommended Cuticura remedies and within ten days to two weeks notes improvement, with full clearance by ten weeks. Event location South Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
There will be an examination held at the post office in this city on April 28 for clerks and carriers. Posts offer better salaries. with effort, young men can pass and obtain appointments. It notes historically that African American applicants have secured appointments, while white men have shown less interest. Application blanks are available from the postmaster and for more information.
An Athens advertisement warns of kidney diseases early warning signs and urges use of Dean's Kidney Pills. Mrs. S. H. Haddock of 311 Prince Ave testifies the remedy relieved years of backache and dark, sediment-filled secretions after failed treatments. Foster Milburn Co. markets Dean's in the United States. Huge battleship demand noted with a prophecy of future invention to destroy ships.
A university committee releases A Great Chancellor's Vision outlining future campus growth. It maps an academic group anchored by a new chapel, with chemistry biology law and mathematics buildings, plus a post graduate school, state departments, women’s college, engineering and agricultural clusters, and extensive athletic and farm facilities.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an uncured case of catarrh using Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials from Toledo druggists Walding Kinnan Marvin and mentions price seventy six cents per bottle. A stray line notes improving railroad schedule work by the Chamber of Commerce in Athens.
In Atlanta on April 4 five shots at 110 Hampton street wounded Carrie Bryant. A hand to hand chase in the gutter near Emmet and Hampton ended with Walter Hightower killing Ben Wilmouth. Hightower surrendered to Deputy Sheriff Chastain. Bryant’s wound, in the right hip, remains undetermined in seriousness.
In Newton county Georgia a mass meeting chose a new executive committee and arranged a Democratic primary for state and local offices. Col. R. W. Milner was elected chairman, Charles G. Smith secretary, and May 8 set for the primary. A reform proposal urged broader participation in state senate selections. The report also notes a local testimonial about Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy from Ontario constable William Thos Lanorgan.
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