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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
6
An anonymous testimonial from J W Rollo of Atlanta Georgia praising a remedy for nervous prostration headaches indigestion and constipation after other treatments failed. The letter states satisfaction with results and recommends continued use.
Athens gears up for a major project as the Southern Cotton Oil Company plans a new plant with mill, fertilizer factory and acid chamber at an estimated two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Executives visited Athens Oil Mill and eyed sites near the city, signaling Athens as a future industrial hub with many workers needed.
Advertises Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for sleeplessness and nervous exhaustion caused by overwork and worry. Claims to restore nerve force, brain tissue health, and sleep, with testimonials from Max Borgheim, Sage Ray A. Goran, and others praising relief from insomnia and other ailments after use.
Talk grows over who will represent the Clarke county district in the state senate. J R White of White Hall is urged to run, with supporters citing his business leadership and absence from politics as strengths. White presides over Georgia Manufacturing Company and Athens banks, among other ventures. Salt rheum and eczema claimed cured by Hood s Sarsaparilla.
Clarke County commissioners will begin permanent road improvements this year by macadamizing leading roads. They plan to spend about five thousand dollars on road working machinery, likely a combination roller and rock crusher. Farmers will supply rock from lands beside roads, paid for their time, with rock piles placed at one mile intervals. The aim is to macadamize all county roads in coming years and treat the system as a growing, ongoing project. The article also notes a general push for road work and mentions Dr King’s Now Life Pills as a local advertisement.
Mersis J J C McMahan and H J Rows of the Athens Chamber of Commerce railroad committee visited Atlanta to confer with Southern and Seaboard officials on requested schedule changes. The meetings yielded satisfactory results and the committee reports that better schedules will be announced within two weeks, pleasing local business interests.
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