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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1918
Page
6
A city school proudly notes every pupil helps food production with a garden. The list names dozens of third and fifth graders and younger workers, highlighting a community effort to teach gardening and self-sufficiency.
The line notes that bad may offer sharper truths than good, framing a contrast between value judgments and practical outcomes. It suggests that imperfection can reveal more than ideal virtue, inviting reflection on how we measure quality and wisdom.
The field includes Hugdahl and Ben Giroux as European stars with four world marks. Competitors Clifford Craft Kansas City Larry Doyle Chicago Floyd Willard Minnesota Verne Soules Chicago Jules Ellingbee Western Canada enter Chinook cars and a case team forms Endicott Clark prepare Case entries. A fast Maxwell once driven by Eddie Rickenbacker is chosen by Hugdahl and Giroux while Willard pilots a Prince Henry and Craft a Wisconsin Special. Soules misses his mount as Case cars arrive first to Atlanta for speed trials.
A discontinued style calomel is replaced by Calotabs, touted as purified and safe. One tablet at bedtime with water purges the liver, leaving users feeling fine next morning with a restored appetite. Sold only in sealed packages for thirty five cents with money back if not delighted.
April 29 report notes partly cloudy conditions in Atlanta and Athens regions with unsettled weather across the country east of the Mississippi. A deep depression over Wisconsin and disturbances over Texas drive broad unsettled skies, heavy rains in Alabama, and showers from the Gulf to the Great Lakes with continued cloudy conditions.
A persuasive advertise ment promotes Rheuma as a guaranteed prescription remedy for rheumatism. It urges readers to buy from H R Palmer & Sons or druggists, promising quick relief within days and happiness within a week, with a full money-back guarantee if unsatisfied.
The Tiger Man with William S. Hart is praised for dramatic Western scenes including a turning point moment where Hart’s Hank Parsons must save settlers only if the minister’s wife rides away. A subplot follows Dick Greer’s failed romance, a contested divorce, and a final reconciliation as family ties strain and reform. The Elite screens The Camouflage Kiss with June Caprice, where a shy Rudolph King schemes to kiss Martha under cover of darkness, only to be revealed by daylight.
Hart directs and stars in The Tiger Man at the Strand in a strong, well staged desert drama. Jane Novak leads opposite, with Robert Lawrence Milton Ross and Charles F. French supporting. the feature runs today for one day only.
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin, ends today at the Elite theater with the final presentation. First show begins at 11 a.m. and runs every 90 minutes. Constance Talmadge stars in The Honeymoon at the Strand Wednesday a swift comedy of material mishaps.
The Salvation Army claims fifty thousand members are engaged in ongoing war activities without ally forces. Its latest international headquarters report notes two million dollars spent by the organization in these efforts.
The passage advises not to overvalue personal methods and to observe others. It notes many people use Chamberlain's Tablets for biliousness or constipation with good results and suggests following their example.
The first installment of city taxes is due from April 15 to May 1 inclusive. Taxpayers who fail to pay by May 1 will incur a $1.50 cost on file against all delinquents. B. O'FARRELL, City Marshal.
An advertisement from Linton Spring Water Co promotes its pure water and sanitary cooler, claiming health benefits. It urges customers to choose the purest water and notes the company phone number and location in Crane, Mer.
Secretary McAdoo urges universal citizen effort to reallocate labor and resources from peacetime pursuits to wartime production. He stresses fundamental war program needs and warns that national strength depends on in wartime unity and support for men serving in France.
A vintage advertisement touts Texas Wonder as a universal remedy for bladder and kidney troubles in men and women and promises bladder regulation in children. It offers mail order delivery for 1.00 with a two month supply per bottle and cites testimonials, listing Dr. EB Hall at 2926 Olivert Saint Louis Missouri and druggists as sellers.
Mrs N Finch of Batavia New York reports Chamberlain's Ointment gave prompt relief for chest pains and shoulder lameness caused by rheumatism in her testimonial.
Dennis A. McCarthy of the Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities says three women accompany the party that recently arrived in France as an advance guard of the American Catholic War Workers sent over by the Knights of Columbus.
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