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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
6
A school garden on the campus rear of the medical hall hosted by Paa Atarper and Prof Jer with teachers observing crops of corn and cotton. The effort reports experimental belts, seed trials, and tomato planting tests despite July heat, noting strong teacher interest and perceived benefits from the program.
The article applauds K. C DeWitt & Co for listing every ingredient on Cooeweet packaging to reassure mothers and physicians. It condemns narcotic mother’s syrups and argues the harmless formula offers safer infant relief without sedatives.
Senator Born introduces a bill requiring all public utility corporations operating in Georgia to secure charters from the state. The measure has been considered in the House before under Mr Hall of-lib, but has not passed. Born aims to advance it in the Senate and send it to the House for approval.
A nostalgic note praises a day of health and profit from Dr King’s New Life Pills, billed as painless purifiers that cure headache and biliousness and keep the bowels right. Sold for 25 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer.
The Brooklyn Eagle chronicles Oxford University’s thousandth birthday pageant showing its historic role in English intellectual life. Notables such as Walter Raleigh and Cecil Rhodes are noted, with American students and scholarships shaping ties to the United States. The piece details Oxford’s ancient colleges, Bodleian Library, and the unique nonpunitive, class-based system.
Mrs Robert Mytton of 457 John St Hamilton Ontario reports quick relief and healing for her daughter's knee burn after applying Chamberlain s Salve. The salve is sold by H R Palmer & Sons Warren J Smith & Bro L P Canning E McEvoy Orr Drug Co Athens Ga.
Atlanta July 29 The Pure Food Law of Georgia goes into effect August 1. Manufacturers and sellers of adulterated food will face prosecution. The Agriculture Department reports nearly $1,500 in stamps ordered for food inspections. P A Methvin will lead the inspection tour, with samples sent to State Chemist McCandless. Officials stress stamps, not tags, for inspection of all foods shipped into Georgia. Cotton seed oil hailed as purer than olive oil for condiments under the new law.
Pompous and mild men argue if a device is a fire plug or water plug. A pedestrian tests the plug and determines it is simply an iron plug. The page ends with an advertisement for De Witt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve sold by druggists.
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