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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
4
Advertisements cover various offers and goods with partial contact details. Items include insurance promotions, farm land financing, dressmaking, tailoring, shirts, neckwear, baby Grand Chevrolet, electric tools, and home delivery. A few entries request collectors or rentals, with partial addresses or P O Box references.
The Athens Savings Bank promotes four percent interest on savings deposits compounded January first and July first with amounts from one dollar. Other ads include a cottage for rent on Cobb street by J C Jester of Athens Hide and Rubber Co seeking old tires and tubes for spot cash, a groom house for rent on Harris Street, and a reward offered for a stray white spotted cow from Crane’s lot.
One thousand bushels of pure Lang ford cotton seed for quick sale in Lavonia Georgia. Sold in 10 bushel lots at 2.60 dollars, 86 bushel lots at 2.25 dollars, and 50 bushel lots at 52.00. Seed grown by the seller who guarantees purity. G. Weldon.
An advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for stuffed heads running noses and coughing. It claims to open air passages, reduce coughing, and speed recovery with directed use. A bottle is urged as part of a cough and cold insurance plan.
A brief note signals Anxiety and Education as central concerns. The text hints at a fal map and suggests deep controlling interest guiding discourse. No clear events, dates, or named entities are present in the fragment.
A brief note highlights how silk port components enhance the usefulness of floor lamps and table lamps. The guide suggests practical assembly tips and maintenance to improve illumination quality and lamp longevity.
Special to the Banner reports from New York detailing graphic Armenian massacres and deportations. Eyewitness accounts, including German sources via Switzerland, describe brutal killings, starvation, and torture of Armenians. Notes from a German civilian describe transports, executions, and women and children left to die, with harrowing scenes across Marash, Aintab, Sivas, and other towns.
Stamford nurse Edith Forbes details a nervous breakdown with loss of appetite and insomnia. After trying Vinol she reports four bottles restored health, appetite, and sleep. Palmer & Sons in Athens endorse Vinol as a constitutional remedy with a money back offer if no benefit. Also sold in Georgia towns.
An article fragment notes a youthful costume in velours and satin with possible material substitutions. It emphasizes a clear contrast in design and the need to reproduce this style. The text appears as a fashion note or guide fragment without complete context or attribution.
The reserved seat enclosures opened yesterday morning amid rush as holiday crowds secured seats for The Girl Who Smiles. The musical comedy arrives Monday evening with catchy airs such as Let Us Dance Teach Me to Smile Temptation and Your Picture drawing frequent encores and strong audience reaction.
A Augusta Chronicle editorial notes Atlanta Freight Bureau pressure aims to suspend the Interstate Commerce Commission order, restoring 1906 rates. G. McLendon asserts Atlanta coerced railroads via strong local interests, seeking preferential rates to gain advantage over other Georgia points.
Unusual activity reported at YMCA headquarters and at army camps between this city and San Diego California. Centers in the military camps show notable movement and organization as the YMCA expands its outreach to service members in the region.
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