Short Notes of Interest Advertisements in The Banner
Classified snippets show insurance offers from Specialty-inesurance and CG? ester, savings bank ad from The Athens Savings Bank offering 4 percent interest, multiple rental listings on College and Thomas streets, a loan offer from Green & Michael Loan Dept, room and house rentals, stray Jer sey cow notice, and drug business opportunity for Druggist or Doctor. Local names include Cobb St J C Jester, Bertha Davis, Carl Saye, D G Bickers, Louis Camak.
Williams Bros. promote spring wagons and fruit products
Moving and storage ad copy touts large spring wagons by Williams Bros with a photo reference. It lists Sundrie Apples evaporated peaches prunes and peeled peaches and attributes the items to King-Hodgson Co.
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Williams Bros
King-Hodgson CO
Fragmented Tautological Exoneration Amid Clerical Jests
A garbled page fragment cites a minister sermonizing on minor matters, with aside remarks about humanity and a mocked editor. The dialog hints at newsroom satire and social tension, featuring a newspaper editor referenced in a quip about private and public expression.
Good Advice Wasted Says Institute Warns Women To Sleep Early
A Life Extension Institute statement urges girls and young women to go to bed early and avoid cake or cream with a witty jab about stopping talk of clothes. The quip mocks vanity and social conformity in a light news vein from The New York Herald.
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Life Extension Institute
New York Herald
Surgeon Uses Chopin Funeral March In Major Operation
A Chicago surgeon reports employing music during surgery with the Chopin Funeral March as accompaniment. He says the piece helps guide long procedures and keeps his team in step as they work through complex steps.
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Chicago
Safety First Prompt Guidance
A request to think before speaking is echoed as a safety motto. It urges careful wording and prudent communication to avoid unconsidered or reckless remarks in dialogue. The phrase frames thinking as a precautionary habit for safer, clearer exchanges.
Leave Something to Others in Life and Craft
A reflective piece cites Shakespeare that the world is a stage and urges restraint in seeking the spotlight. It cautions that overreach risks becoming an unpaid clown when facing the mirror of vanity.
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Nation
Atchison Globe
Appearance docket to be called Friday
The superior court yesterday completed the Winfrey trial with a verdict for the plaintiff. A note suit, Matin vs Shelton and Duckett, was heard and adjourned to finish. The grand jury returned several true bills and the judge announced Friday morning as appearance docket with a potential motion docket on Wednesday April 11 1917 and listed cases for April 12 1917 through April 23 1917 with multiple dockets and defendants named.
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Maria Winfey
Walte Winfrey
Matin
Cobb
Dootean
Standard Mfg. Co
McDonald
McLeroy
el Moro Cigar Co
Petropol
Armes
Chafin
Boswell
Dreyer
Cora A. Whitehead
Bob Spence
Coleman
Clarke Co. Bank
Hodgson
Coca Cola
Bottling Co
Pinkston
Derricotte
Russell
Fowler
Jno
Doe
J. H. Lester
Rich Roe
C. EJ
Abe Hicks
C. A. Scudder
C. E. Will Jones
J. H. Leal
C. B. W. Fleming
C. E. Sou
Mfg. C
Mfg. Co
A. C Tancock
Miss Hattle Bell
E. D
Mary L. Cooper
Rich Roe T. and
W. A
Harper
Mrs. Harper
Clint
India
F. Hodgson
Daily Thought Quote Highlights Knowledge and Ignorance
A reflection on knowledge and ignorance attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes. It says the best knowledge shows where knowledge ends and ignorance begins. The quote emphasizes awareness of limits in understanding.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Governments plan for creating great army for duty
A government circular places full responsibility on federal efforts to build and train troops for war use. It limits new national guard units, urges state authorities to maximize existing forces, and expands civilian officer training with three months of intensive drills and lectures. Regular army enlistment age rises to forty. white regiments closed to new war-strength units until directed, while black regiments are filled to war strength.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
National Guard
Regular Army
U S Destroyers Capture Schooner Loaded With Munitions
Two U S torpedo boat destroyers fired on and captured a schooner laden with munitions bound for a Mexican port. After a failed escape, the schooner was beached and rifles machine guns and ammunition were seized and taken aboard the destroyers. The arms were landed at a Pacific coast port.
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U. S
Mexico
Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Words of Wise Men Teachings for Preachers and Youth
A reflective piece warns that learning alone does not confer happiness and urges living with thoughtfulness and active virtue. It argues teaching ideas and training to practice, avoiding secret scandals and prideful behavior, and valuing gratitude as a grace.
Latin American lineup forecast in 1917 war stance
Washington reports clear shifts in Latin American positions with Chile and Mexico likely neutral while Brazil Peru and Guatemala may align with the United States and Cuba and Panama. Brazil's break with Germany unsettled but possible war declaration noted.
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Washington
Latin-America
Chile
Mexico
Brazil
Peru
Guatemala
Cuba
Panama
United States
Germany
Indigo as a vanished Alabama crop and its value
The Demopolis Times recalls Indigo as the once money crop in Alabama Mississippi and Georgia. It notes Indigo’s high value before the cotton gin and argues a hundred acres could yield more money now than alfalfa cotton corn and peanuts combined.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Reward of Growth and Stewardship, a Mau rice Quote
A quotation from Frederick Denison Maurice asserts that reward comes not from repose but from active labor and expanded influence. It links wealth growth to expanded responsibility, stating ten cities for ten pounds and five cities for one, as a moral law of magnified good through use.
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Frederick Denison Maurice
Keep Your Engagement
A moral admonition on the duty to keep engagements to prevent others from losing what cannot be replaced. The piece stresses honesty and responsibility in fulfilling promises.
Breach of Promise Threats Over Marriage and Alimony
A man faces pressure from a woman who threatens to sue for breach if he does not marry her. She vows to seek divorce and fifty dollars per week alimony if they wed. The exchange highlights coercive tactics around marriage vows and financial leverage.
Rolled Steak with Bread Stuffing and Herbs
A rolled large round steak is prepared by trimming fat, spreading a bread herb stuffing, rolling and tying in three places. It is baked with onion and boiling liquid, then basted and cooked at a moderate heat for best tenderness.
Hard Task: Corporate “Put On Its Feet”
A brief item notes a corporate effort to be set up or reactivated amid skepticism about business souls. The Omaha Bee quotes a cynic asking how a corporation can have a soul when none are believed to exist.
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Omoha Bee
No Atturement Quote Reflects Owner's Dismissive Retirement View
The remark contrasts a claim of eventual wealth with a stubborn stance against leaving the business. A confident owner rejects the idea of giving up a pleasant office to retire, insisting on continued work and presence in the company.
End of Day in Greenland Brings Half-Year Night
The line notes a six month night in Greenland marking the end of a perfect day. It conveys a stark seasonal shift where daylight disappears for an extended period, highlighting Arctic darkness.
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Greenland
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J. D. Bradwell
Clarke
Bhipecamp’s
Inesurance
Athens
Cobb St
J. C. Jester
Roy M. Strickland
College Ave
A. B. Wilson
Thornton's
Green & Michael, Loan Dept
Spleg
D. G. Bickers
Thomas St
Anight
Horna
Bertha Davis
Boulevard
Carl Saye
Clayton St
Jones Green House Co
Kiower
W. Broad,St. 2
C. A. Huff
Iward Ave
Atlanta
Milledge Ave
Louis Camak
Bwellings
J. T. Anderson Real Estate and Fire Insurance
Adam
Adiva
Manchester Guardian
Mingus
Superior Court
G. Taylor
J. H. Becker
Jas. M. Smith
Broad Street
Gracedale Greenhouses
The
Food Commission
National Agricultural Society
National Council of Defense
National Fool Committee
Herbert Hoover
Algo
Saratoga
Constellation
Constitution
Ranger
Lexington
America
Daniels
Lipscomb & Co
Frank A. Lipscom
Ican Port
Don Et al
N. D
Arnold Clint
Mary
Laphan
Robertson Ve. Ye Garden
Ga. Nat. Bank Vs
Vernooy
RED Cross
Yeni. Sizapbackaueetess
Senate Cetueeees
Rasempapeese
D. G. Anderson & Co
Mnafix
Athens Shoe. Co
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