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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1914
Page
8
Taetmenes Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded monthly from January to July 1, with deposits from $1 and up. Also promotes home ownership options with low cash requirements and builder incentives, plus local wagon and product ads.
An old advertisement for TIZ promises relief for sore tired feet with claims of drawing out acids and poisons from feet. It markets a 25 cent box from druggists and dime-store outlets, urging readers to end foot torture and enjoy feet that feel fresh and happy.
Insurance and real estate items list services and ads for fire insurance with J C Jester, shoe repair and harness by Martin Brothers, Clayton street. Rentals offered at 373 Dougherty street and Prince area. requests for furnished rooms with bath or rooms and board. lost Jett pin reward. garden plants for sale and delivery notes.
Mr. W. R. Moore and Sons assume operation of the former Deadwyler Livery Stables and promise top service in every line. Telephone 661 for the best in the business.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that purifies the blood and mucous surfaces. It asserts authority from a physician and notes its availability through druggists. A second, unrelated line mentions political figures Clark and Underwood differing with the president after a 1912 Baltimore incident.
Georgia wins the first of a two game set against Wesleyan 7 to 0 after a tight pitchers duel. Fox shines in relief for Georgia allowing only two hits in eight innings while Ginn leads Wesleyan with a three base hit. Georgia continues with a second game win and heads to Auburn for a three game series.
In Atlanta Georgia on April 1 a crowd of state leaders and lawmakers arrived in the capital city. Speakers included William H. Burwell of Hancock and Joy Nunnally of Floyd with other figures such as Judge Pottle, John W. Bale, Representative McLaughlin, Ed Maddox, and more, all claiming they came for good weather rather than politics.
A Georgia mother testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured her daughter of severe kidney disease and improved health, while a Georgia man praises Foley's Honey and Tar for cough relief. The ads promote the products as reliable medicines with depictions of prompt benefits and no opiates.
Athens Gas, Light and Fuel Co. general manager A. C. Turner travels to Philadelphia for several days of conferences with company officers. He is expected to announce further improvements upon return. The Athens plant's parent company president also leads Curtis Publishing, maker of Saturday Evening Post and Ladies Home Journal.
Alexander J. Arid and Louis Bimberg of White Plains New York jailed in Salem New Jersey charged with planning arson to burn the American Ot Gloth Co plant they obtained a federal restraining order against William C Springer and John B Campbell from disposing of company assets Bimberg alleges their arrest was part of a conspiracy to seize control. In separate items Will Massey killed his wife and himself after a divorce quarrel in the street. Mining work resumes in Central Pennsylvania mines as wage talks continue. Twelve mutinous sailors arrested in Gulfport for disobedience while postmaster Killen of Brunswick Tennessee is shot during a theater performance in Memphis. Norfolk and Western shops resume with nine hundred workers returning to work.
Special to the Banner. Atlanta awaits a regional bank decision due in the next two or three days with expectations of a favorable outcome. Bankers credit Senator Hoke Smith for saving Atlanta, arguing he fought to keep Georgia included in the bank distribution after a tough investigative committee.
A reflection notes that new good things arrive with each generation, especially in the early twentieth century, contrasting with the saying there is nothing new under the sun. It emphasizes abundant fresh positives at that historical moment.
The Baltimore American argues taxpayers roar at small tax rate increases yet appease a legislature that spends their money freely. The piece suggests the legislature should worry about public finances and citizen complaints.
A humorous exchange hints at meaning of wanderlust and notes a traveler’s ailment. The piece contrasts a wife asking her husband about the term with a remark about a Chinaman preferring water travel, describing long journeys by sea over shorter overland hops.
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