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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1917
Page
8
Advertisements offer personal address secrecy and list varied notices. Items include Lipscomb's Specialty Insurance, Jester financials, Athens Savings Bank 4 percent deposits, real estate loans, rental listings on College and Milledge avenues, a missing person notice for Ida Bell, lost brooches, and a piano sale. Local merchants promote loans, real estate, and sales with contact details and times.
Rev Grubb officiated as Rheida Eberhart and Leo Barnett of Center wed at the Grubbs home with close friends present. After, they planned a wedding trip from the Georgian Hotel in a touring car. Attending were Mr and Mrs Pi man and Mr and Mrs Johnson, plus an auto party from Washington City and Cocro Florida. Dr Reagan of Atlanta joined the Georgian stopover.
Bargains on stationery and cards at McGregor's with 60 cent books discounted to 48 cents today. Sale emphasizes limited stock and one day only discounts for customers seeking bargains in reading and gift items.
At a well attended Athens meeting the Athens Retail Merchants Protective Association passed a resolution requiring members to obtain full ratings on all charge customers and to maintain monthly delinquent reports. A master tabulated list will be shared with all members to speed rating and accountability. The forty six member group aims to reach one hundred members. plans include enlisting new members next week as committees continue outreach. The association notes it has helped many customers open accounts and kept risky ones off member ledgers.
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims calomel irritates the liver and bowels, causing cramps, nausea, and sickness, while Liver Tone supposedly cleanses the liver without side effects and leaves users alert and ready for work.
The Y M C A board met and approved extensions work to house and assist the Fifth Georgia National Guard company stationed to guard bridges. Capt. Dick and Lt Wettersten, both trained in Y M C A activities, back the plan for a Y M C A tent and services for the troops camping on Lucas Heights.
Inside baths and morning hot water with limestone phosphate claim to cleanse the digestive tract from waste and toxins before absorption into the blood. The remedy is promoted for skin clarity, headaches, bilious spells, and constipation with results in one to two weeks.
Godfrey De Bouillon Commandery No. 14 Knights Templar holds a regular conclave at Masonic Hall third floor Max Joseph building Friday evening April 13 1917 at 8 30 oclock. Sir Knights urged to attend. H L Stewart B C Mo G Quinn Recorder.
Dust is described as a major enemy of industrial workers. It clogs the body and carries disease germs, weakening the worker. The result is reduced pay and possible loss of employment.
A Ku Klux Klan gathering led by Mildred Rutherford Klan is set for 8:30 PM at Knights of Pythias Castle Hall Jester Building. Col W J Simmons Imperial Wizard will attend from Atlanta and members urge every Klansman to bring a friend to join the new organization.
A period advert promises Freckle-Face treatment with no cost if freckles are not removed. It urges Miss Freckle-face to obtain ethinedouble strength from any druggist and apply it a few times. The guarantee offers money back if results fail.
Georgia Old Time Fiddlers association kicks off at the Colonial Monday under U D C auspices drawing a huge crowd. Notable acts include Fiddlin John Carson with Old Betsy, Pine Mountain Chanters from Rabun Gap, and nine other families and stars expected to perform by 8 PM.
Redpath Chautauqua announces May 15 to 22 program in this city featuring Creatore and band with Edith Harrington soprano, Mikado with Gilbert and Sullivan company, Oratorio Artists with Reed Miller tenor, and two unusual numbers Watawaso and Fraulein Marie Mayer. Mary Magdalene of Oberammergau star Mayer appears, advance man W S Wright reports tickets on sale.
The Physical Preparedness Exhibition at the YMCA tonight features a war tank demonstration built by Mechanic Sellars Rogers. The event showcases progress from junior to senior levels with calisthenics, maze runs, buck drills, sparring, and a volley ball segment. Admission is twenty five cents, with front-row seats at an extra quarter. proceeds aid athletic development.
The annual sophomore debate, announced in the Banner, takes place at the Seney Stovall Chapel Lucy Cobb Institute this evening at 8 30 o clock. Special music by the Georgia Mandolin Quintet.
Subscriptions pour in for a flag to be raised over the city hall water tower. E J Smith contributes 25 cents and local donors including Talmadge Bros Costa's Go Nat Bank pledge funds. The note urges timely completion and suggests naming two or three young ladies to boost donations toward a $1000 per hour goal in Athens.
Local store McGregor's offers all framed pictures at a 25 percent price cut today only. Shoppers may find a range of styles and sizes, with discounts applied at checkout.
A fragment recalls Robert convalescing from grippe inviting by his aunt for a walk. At the lawn gate he leans and says Auntie I feel like a broken toy.
Geologists estimate the petrified forest in Arizona dates back to ancient times as trees have become agate and amethyst formations. Stone crystallizations replace ochel wood, with submerged trunks later raised to the earth’s surface. The age is placed in the distant past.
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