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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1915
Page
8
A collage of small ads and notices listing products and services in Athens area. Includes auto insurance promotion Lipcomb, Athens Savings Bank 4 percent deposits, country meats at Cooper's Cash Market, loans, rental houses, tomato plants for sale, a Harley Davidson motorcycle for cash, lost item Milledge avenue bag, two nearby rental houses, Poulnett cotton seed sale, dinner spot Oasis, barber trade schooling, and multiple notices.
Classified items include sale coupons with ads, insurance offers, a for sale of a horse and wagon, multiple rental properties on DuBose Avenue Milledge Street Boulev ard and Springdale, a real estate loan offer of 300 dollars, and a Belt car service interruption on Prince Avenue. Also listed are fruit and vegetable specials, fresh produce at Williamson's, and varied humorous notes.
Lillian E. Young advises Washington Star readers to choose up-to-date designs and removable fur trims for between-season wear. The feature highlights a green Tipperary cloth coat with skunk banding and a back-fastening blouse cut in a hip-length, pouched panel silhouette ready for spring transition.
The article details a two piece outfit with a long fur trimmed tunic and two part skirt. The front features a fur edged panel, cream Grosgrain cuffs, and an upstanding military collar. A satin or taffeta underskirt is fully covered by the tunic and fur. The design allows a fur removal for warmer weather revealing a sand colored faille collar and cuffs.
German soldiers dig in in the woods near Warsaw as their advance has been checked. The move signals a shift to trenching and awaiting further orders amid the evolving frontline situation.
A German officer stationed at Lille writes to the Prague Daily News describing the city after shelling. He praises the elegance and cheer of Lille women, noting stylish dress and long cafe watches despite daily cannon fire and devastation nearby.
The duchess of Devonshire wife of the duke and heir to Cavendish estates devotes herself to relief work for wounded soldiers. Formerly Lady Evelyn Fitzmaurice she is mother to two sons and five daughters. The duke inherited the title in 1908 and has opened several grand estates to wartime care.
Germany objects to phrases like God punish England on mail to neutrals from German firms. The North German Gazette notes stamps and letterheads bearing insults to hostile nations may backfire by alienating neutrals. Also included: a quip about geology and national pride.
The article offers practical remedies for common ailments and grooming. It advises applying mild substances after injuries, using peroxide or ammonia for hair, maintaining nails to curb biting, applying salt butter on a bumped head, and posture tips for rounded shoulders. It also links perspiring hands to circulation and suggests fresh air and palm bathing with alcohol.
A brief health note warns that cramped lungs due to poor posture hinder oxygen intake and waste removal, potentially harming breathing efficiency and overall health.
A Buffalo Express report notes a sharp investor warning as one man realizes he was tricked in a gold-mine investment scheme. The article highlights suspicion of deceit and urges caution for readers considering mining ventures.
St Louis probate judge grants Mrs Johannes Rulf permission to live at 2522 Hebert Street for fifteen years without rent on Knollman property. Rulf lost homestead rights by remarriage to John Rulf in 1912, then was appointed curatrix of her son Theodore Knollman’s estate. Lower flat rent goes to Minnie Knollman, cousin and curatrix of William Knollman’s estate.
Blind Johnson and his wife, once in poverty in a New Bern hut, inherit over five hundred thousand dollars from the death of Johnson's brother in Florida near St Augustine. George, who became wealthy in orange farming, learned of the fortune. John, blinded in an accident, once sold newspapers and later married a blind woman. The couple will move from hardship to luxury on the Florida plantation.
A Royal Scots front line tale recalls a delayed field kitchen four horses pulled to its arrival. Three pots boiled as soldiers gathered for dinner when a German shell struck the kitchen, shattering it and scattering the meal for fifty yards. No one was killed, but hunger persisted.
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