Flag Day preparations and local notices in Athens
The Athens Daily Banner urges decoration of business places in national colors for Flag Day next Tuesday. It notes an expected 500 decorated automobiles in the parade, calls for timely materials, and mentions merchants supplying decorations. Also discussed are Villa’s pursuit, nitrogen plants in government plans, and local figures on TB aid and public health efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Department
Georgia
United States Public Health Service
Raoul Foundation
Local merchants plan Flag Day decorations in Bord Sxtens
The Chamber of Commerce urges all businesses and public buildings to display flags bunting lights and flowers for Flag Day April 11 in Bord Sxtens. Athens merchants stocked colors flags and related decor with crews ready to install at reasonable cost urging patronage of local chamber members.
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Fhe
Chamber of iGoumnerse
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Helping Beautify the City Streets
Citizens especially women launch a campaign to improve the small park strips between paving and curbing. They urge keeping these strips green with lawn or planting flowers to enhance the city’s exterior and inspire broader care for cleanliness and beauty along nearby homes and streets.
Georgia Children’s Exchange aids hundreds of vulnerable youngsters
The Georgia Children’s Home Society reports caring for nearly 500 babies and children in the past year. It acts as a mediating organization placing children with suitable foster homes when parents are unable, unable, or criminally compromised. The work, difficult and vital, deserves broad support from Georgia’s public.
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Georgia Children’s Home Society
Georgia
Cartoon Reflection on Theology and Religion
A brief cartoon caption contrasts two friends Theology and Religion. Theologys dry framework is described as bones while Religions living presence is a plump person with a vital heart and a pleasant smile.
Remembering the past and thanking hometown friends
A veteran speaker expresses gratitude for Memorial Day honors, the Daughters of the Confederacy, local newspapers, and townspeople including Mildred Rutherford, Mrs Welch, and local women. He recalls Birth of a Nation events, cheerful home life, and promises to remember the community’s courtesies. Also advertises Jane Greenhouse Co. plant sales with phone number.
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Ous
Mildred Rutherford
Welch
Daughters of the Confederacy
Evening Herald
Athens
Procession to feature many groups in uniform parade
A large procession will include the Woodmen of the World uniformed rank Knights of Pythias and Knights Templar in full dress. Confederate Veterans Masons of Athens and state section total 1200 people and the Spanish American War Veterans. Four bands will accompany the big decorated auto parade.
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Knights of Pythias
Knights Templar
Confederate Veterans
Masons of
Athens
Tanlac credited with curing veteran rheumatism and stomach trouble
F. P. Riley of Montgomery Alabama reports ten years of rheumatism and indigestion relieved by Tanlac. He slept poorly, suffered headaches, and lost energy but after three bottles regained appetite, sleep, and general strength. Tanlac sold in Athens by Citizens' Pharmacy and in Winterville by The Kroner Co.
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F. P. Riley
Montgomery
Ala
Wetumpka Road
Tanlac
Athens
Citizens’ Pharmacy
Winterville
Kroner Co
Adv
Georgia Debaters Chosen for May Intercollegiate Meet
Henry West of Athens and Sam Wiley of Sparta selected as Georgia intercollegiate debaters to face South Carolina with Tennessee hosting May 3 at Knoxville. Wiley, a senior law student, and West, a prolific speaker, complete two law and five year academic track in five years.
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Henry West
Athens
Sam Wiley
Sparta
Georgia
University of South Carolina
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
J. B. Munn
Columbus
Tennessee
Columbia
South Carolina
Wiley
West
Phi Kappas
Law
Sloan's Liniment Relief for Neuralgia and Rheumatic Pain
An old advertising notice promotes Sloan's Liniment for neuralgia stiff neck sore muscles and rheumatism as a remedy used after drafts. It claims quick relief via increased circulation and a tingling warmth with one or two applications and notes a 25 cent price at druggists.
Busy Court Activity At County Courthouse This Month
The first Monday and Tuesday of the month bring busy sessions at the county courthouse with judges Cobb and Crossley handling civil cases. A young man Hal Mathews faces a theft charge after taking an automobile belonging to Hon. O H Arnold. he waived preliminary hearing and will proceed to the big court. The day includes sales of levied goods, audits of county bills, and a regular county commission meeting to review contracts, taxes, clothing for convicts, and road projects. Ordinary's Court also reports probate actions including wills, guardianships, and administrators appointed.
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Justice of the Peace Courts
Carlisle Cobb
Carl Crossley
Cobb
Hal Mathews
O. H. Arnold
Atlanta
Fort Said
G. M
Cook
Board of Education
Board of County Commissioners
Tate Wright
Hell's Hinges star William S Hart shows daring shootout stunts
William S Hart plays Blaze Tracy in the Ince Triangle film Hell's Hinges and performs feats of marksmanship, tumbling from a wagon and vaulting back into a horse saddle. He shoots a tin can from the air and cuts suspended wires to lamps in a saloon, practicing the saddle jump several times before perfecting it.
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William S. Hart
Hart
Blaze Tracy
Disperse Immediately
A terse aphorism from the Philadelphia Telegraph on prudent money handling. The quote warns that once a dollar is broken or spent, seeking the fragments is pointless. It reflects frugal sentiment common in the period's financial advice.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Prof Mahler Demonstrates Dancing Class At Elks Hall
Mahler's dancing school meets tonight at the Elks Hall with new pupils joining the class. Prof Mahler, a renowned expert, guides steps and instruction for local dancers.
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Prof. Mahler
Mahler
Elks Hall
Elks Ball
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Endorsements
A 19th century ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo sponsor the claim with endorsements from the National Bank of Commerce. The cure is sold for 75 cents per bottle and is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials are mailed free. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Hal
Garden Club to Meet at Y W C A
The Garden Club will meet Wednesday morning at the Y W C A parlors at eleven o'clock. An important meeting is to be held and all interested are urged to attend.
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Garden Club
Dr. King's New Discovery Fights Colds And Coughs
Advert says colds last from fall to spring and many suffer constant coughing. The medicine claims almost immediate relief by stopping the coughing inflammation and soothing throat irritation. A 60 cent bottle is recommended with testimonials and a money back promise.
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Dr. King
W. C. Jesseman
Franconia
N. H
Train Schedules With Sunday Variations
Eastern Time details show Train 60 departing 8 30 a m and Train 62 at 4 00 p m. Train 56 leaves at 4 30 p m Sunday only. Train 61 arrives 12 30 p m tally except Sunday. Train 68 arrives 30 p m and Train 67 arrives 12 m Sunday.
Gainesville Mid and Ry Schedule Timetable No 19
Gainesville Midland and Northern schedule dated January 23 1916 shows Athens departures and arrivals with trains 2 4 and 1, connections at Belmont to Winder Monroe and intermediate points, and links to Georgia Railroad for all points and to Southern Railway north and south.
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Macon
Maison
Georgia Railroad
Appalachee
Green County Railroad
Monrose
B. R. Bloodworth
Athens
Belmont
Winder
Monroe
The
Gainesvile
Gainesville & Northwestern
Southern Railway
Train Schedule for Seaboard Air Line Southbound and Northbound
The Seaboard Air Line timetable lists southbound departures No 11 at 5 35 am No 17 at 7 10 am No 6 at 3 46 pm No 29 at 6 17 pm and northbound No 30 at 10 40 am No 6 at 6 17 pm No 18 at 7 46 pm No 12 at 11 42 pm.
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Athens Daily Banner
England
Villa
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Tellenger
Lou
Jim Smith
Lexington
Chatsworth
Cartersville
Augusta
Ithan
University
Signal Corps
the Georgia Children's Exchange
Jane Greenhouse Co
Cobb-DeLaney
Wetumpe Road
Linton Spring
Hugh M. White
John R. White, Jr
W. M. Anderson
Mattie Lou Summers
Louphelia Young
R. J. Hardeman
Baptist
Hapeville
Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Scott Echols
Emaline Echols
S. Revaul Benedict
S. C. Benedict
M. Link
Cornelius Olive
J. A. Hunnicutt
Jack Jones
Orr
Athens Business College
S. P. Orr
Wray St
Athens, Ga
J.D. Bradwell
Mian
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph CO
Gainesville Mid and Ry
Seaboard Air Line South Bound
Sun
Paul
Pinkerton
E. Shelton
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