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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1906
Page
1
An advertisement urges customers to use Royal Baking Powder in all recipes calling for cream of tartar soda or baking powder. It claims Royal’s purity and leavening strength give lighter sweeter food, while alum and phosphate powders fail to produce wholesome results.
Miss Disbro of Atlanta arrives to organize the Athens branch and a meeting will be held to perfect the organization. Several hundred locals signified for membership as the project gains momentum. The Frisco fund total raised by The Banner is 608 dollars and 64 cents, sent to Governor Pardee in Sacramento.
Two local Odd Fellows lodges contributed sixty six dollars to aid San Francisco earthquake victims. This follows the Banner’s earlier report of six hundred eight dollars and four cents raised in Athens. The lodges’ generosity reflects the order’s charitable principles.
Messia Willie Saye and C A Von er Lieth gave the annual addresses to Odd Fellows lodges of Clarksburg Oak Grove and Liberty at Bogarth. The event drew large attendance and was described as a rare pleasure. A separate tale recounts a patient recovering from severe lung hemorrhages after using Dr King’s New Discovery cured his condition and he remains well. It is promoted as a cure for hemorrhages chronic coughs and bronchitis with 60c to 1.00 prices and a trial bottle offered by druggists.
Yesterday afternoon in Win Judge George C. Thomas of this city gave the Memorial Day address to a large audience. The orator is regarded as a foremost voice in the region and the address was described as one of the most stirring ever heard in the section.
Judge C F Brand delivered the anniversary address for the Bethlehem lodge of Odd Fellows yesterday. The Gratis Monroe and Winder Jodges joined in the exercises before one of the largest crowds in the lodge's history in Bethlehem a noted camping town with a thriving community and strong lodge presence. The anniversary program impressed attendees and Brand's address was praised as a perfect gem.
The quick relief from rheumatic pains afforded by Chamberlain's Pain Balm has surprised and delighted thousands of sufferers. It makes rest and sleep possible. A great many have been permanently cured of rheumatism by the use of this balm. For sale by H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro.
Pleasant A. Stovall of Savannah delivered the memorial day oration in Athens at the opera house. He reflected on the return of battle flags, the evolution of national unity, and the shared history of the North and South while praising local veterans and urging reconciliation.
Provincial Constable Wm Thomas Lanorgan says he caught a severe cold while pursuing a burglar last fall in Chaplean Ontario. He used Chamberlains Cough Remedy and was completely cured after two small bottles. The remedy is advertised as effective for coughs and colds and is sold by H R Palmer and Co and W J Smith and Bros.
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