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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
1
A historical advertisement for Mexican Mustang Liniment promotes it as the great antiseptic pain reliever for humans and beasts. It claims quick relief for spavins and lameness in horses and ailments of cattle and poultry, extols absorption through skin, warns against alcohol liniments, and touts safety near flames while asserting the product as a safe and sure cure.
A Georgia farmer, Vic Andrews of Gaeexsnono, recounts long familiarity with Mustang Liniment. He asserts it treats sprains, cuts, bruises, and many accidents for humans and livestock, recommending it as cheaper than doctors and essential for families, horses, and stock.
The Fifth National Corn Exposition in Washington opens January 27 with a coeducational exposition school for prize winners. About 800 to 900 corn club boys and around 50 tomato club girls from southern states will attend, with activities spanning domestic science and arts, canning, cooking, floral culture, vegetable growing, and poultry. The school is directed by J B Hobdy of Auburn Alabama, and each state will send five tomato club girls.
Dr. T J Wooster announced new certificates issued by the state board of education at a Atlanta meeting. A high school certificate, normal school graduate, summer school graduate and college graduate certificates authorize teaching in high schools and common schools. Examinations will occur after summer session and at the regular June statewide test, with supervisors assigning exams to eligible college state or accredited students. The move aims to boost qualified teachers for rural and urban schools alike and emphasizes technical training for teaching.
Yesterday at Boggs chapel near Athens, Elizabeth Pridgeon, daughter of J. H. Gilleland who built a rare double barrel cannon, was laid to rest. The service, led by Rev. S. R. England of Young Harris Church, drew a large band of mourners from her family home of Mrs. Sims.
Louise Barrow of Winterville Ga describes her January 1913 start at Clarke county short course in agriculture for girls. She recounts lessons in poultry raising horticulture cooking home dairying and other topics and notes it was the first such course offered to girls at the college. She expresses pride in winning a scholarship tied to a tomato project and hopes more girls gain the opportunity next year.
Funeral held yesterday afternoon at Emmanuel church Athens with vast attendance from Atlanta and Georgia cities. Many clubs and organizations paid tribute, including the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs and the Daughters of the Confederacy. City offices and many businesses closed in her memory, honoring a longtime community leader.
Prof. W. M. Worsham agricultural chemist at the State College of Agriculture was chosen secretary of the Council for the Advancement of Science, the nation’s largest scientific body. He was selected at a Cleveland meeting with about 1,000 attendees. The next association meeting will be in Atlanta during this year's Christmas holidays.
Yesterday Captain W. Connor visited Athens and considered appointing I. H. Stroud a colored mute shoemaker as head of an industrial department at Cave Springs school. A bottle-contained miniature chair by Stroud drew crowd, while local dignitaries and clubs attended services, with music and prayers marking the day. An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and Chamberlain's Liniment for coughs and paraly ies, to be sold by dealers.
The Georgia Horticultural Society showcases a model display at the State College featuring 160 varieties of fruits nuts and vegetables. It includes fifty citrus varieties, forty apples portions from many states, apple packing demonstrations, frost protection equipment, spray gear for scale and fungus, and automatic frost warnings. The exhibit appeals to professional growers and home owners alike.
A rare case from Athens describes Jule Brawner freed after a few days in the stockade for selling liquor. He cannot speak unless his left foot rests against a fixed object, a condition tested by officials before the council allowed appeal. The case ends with his release, though a bystander interrupted his parting gesture.
At the corner of Clayton and Lumpkin streets the Holman Office Building project advances as Carr & Co commence a modern structure. With only about fifteen feet of clearance to the street car line, space is tight and the contractor’s office sits atop the sidewalk.
A sick man requests Dr Hartman’s view on Peruna for Bright's disease of the kidneys. The doctor declines promises but urges trial, recommends a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime for two to three weeks, and promises frankness if no improvement. He explains Peruna as a catarrh remedy that may relieve kidney catarrh if kidneys are not destroyed, and notes confidential, private correspondence.
A Lewisburg West Virginia resident C B Rader credits Electric Bitters with curing ten years of stomach trouble and rheumatism. The ad touts relief from dyspepsia indigestion jaundice and kidney poisons with a 60 cent guarantee at local druggists W J Smith & Bros and A R Palmer & Sons.
Col Robert S Wynne of Atlanta marries Mrs Belle Pettis Freear of Richmond at the First Methodist parsonage. The couple leaves for Jacksonville to spend time together after the ceremony.
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