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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
6
Community ads list varied items and services with privacy note on advertiser identity. Entries include insurance, dressmaking, sales, shop items, lodging, and a curious hospital anesthetic notice seeking weekly supplies, all referencing Athens Ga. and local addresses.
Classified items include bank notice offering 4 percent interest on savings, cottage rental on Cobb street, old tire and tire casings buyers, a 6 room rental on Harriatt street, a false teeth buy offer from L. Mazer, and cash by mail. Also medical ads for Dr King s New Discovery and Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey promising cough relief and cold treatment.
A promotional blurb touts floor lamps table lamps and silk portables enhanced by Edison Mazda nitrogen lamps designed for autos. The claim highlights improved usefulness and portability for in-car lighting solutions.
The United States informed Germany of its deep concern over Belgian deportations by German authorities. The state department noted 100,000 Belgians already deported and ongoing deportations at about 3,090 per week, warning interference with relief work.
The proclamation issued by Knapp, commander of US forces in Santo Domingo, states the United States has no desire to destroy Dominican independence. It offers to help establish internal order while keeping existing laws in force unless they conflict with the occupation.
Washington December 1 Speaker Clark proposes voting machines trim to cut gallery space abolish the Congressional Record and reduce House membership from 435 to 300 to save time and money in legislation.
The Chamber of Commerce directors led by President Flanigen and Vice President Tibbetts and Secretary Heidler held an afternoon meeting to discuss new offices. They considered relocating to the Southern Mutual or Holman buildings and named a committee to study sites and report soon. The group also addressed the rising cost of living and will form a local committee to explore relief actions if warranted.
The Georgia Supreme Court upholds $750 in damages for T. M. Williams after being ejected from a Southern Railway train when awakened after reaching Duluth and still wanting to continue to Gainesville. The ruling holds that a sleeping passenger should not be forced off the train without payment for distance traveled if no valid reason exists.
A Norwegian scientist advances a theory that Saturns rings are electrical phenomena produced by radiation of luminous particles from the planet, which constantly renews the ring system.
Uncle Eben mocks a man who proclaims peaceable nature and argues that such boasts reveal internal pressure to suppress a readiness to fight. The cartoonish quip highlights stubborn temperament and readiness for conflict beneath calm talk.
Secretary Lansing and Secretary Baker met with the president over the Mexican crisis after Arrendondo disputed reports of Carranza's defeat. Villa's possible northward advance and Juarez's growing garrison raise fears of renewed de facto authority near the United States. Loot from Chihuahua City floods trains westward while five hundred Chinese refugees seek aid amid reported massacres.
Boston December 1 federal officials nationwide begin an inquiry into the high cost of living led by George W. Anderson United States attorney for the district. Attorney General Gregory asked Anderson to coordinate the effort to ensure swift effective results across a wide range of facts and information.
At a directors meeting American State Bank declared a 2 percent dividend payable on demand. An additional 2 percent will be paid January 1 and thereafter 2 percent each quarter in April July October and January.
Judge B M Miller denied a new trial motion for David D Overton convicted of murdering Probate Judge Lawter. He announced plans to appeal to the state supreme court.
Savannah Morning News notes the Thalian Dramatic Club of the University of Georgia performed A Pair of Sixes to a small audience but with vigor and polish. Miss Baxter and Mr. McPhail drew high praise for their roles, while Harold impressed with clever business as the Eureka Digestive Pill Company office boy.
New York, Dec. 1 President Eb Betts announced Nap Rucker has ended his major league pitching career. He will scout for Brooklyn next year in the Southern and South Atlantic League territory. Brooklyn may relocate Daytona Beach to Hot Springs for a training camp.
M. C. Gay appointed market agent for Georgia under a co operative effort of the College of Agriculture and the U S Department of Agriculture. He returns from Washington after studying marketing methods and will assess Georgia facilities to raise efficiency and expand services amid diversified farming and boll weevil pressures. Close cooperation with Washington Office of Markets and the College of Agriculture aims to strengthen market news and extension division efforts across the state.
The Christian Endeavor workers in the city passed eight resolutions praising the Athens City Union for hosting the Northeast Central District convention. They thanked Rev. S. J. Cartledge and Central Presbyterian church for hospitality and sermon, field secretary Karl Lehmann, state president W. A. Gamble Jr., Mr. Haralson for efforts, and the Athens Banner for publicity. A copy will be sent to all named individuals.
A federal review shows further price advances fueling a speculative surge in commodities and securities. It says manufacturers and traders face heavy demand and workers spend freely on luxuries rather than save for a rainy day, as Pierre Jay reports to the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
To ease the car shortage the American Railway Association announced plans to shift a large portion of box cars from other regions. Railroads were instructed to turn over twenty percent more box cars to southern and western connections than they received.
The design features a satin crepe blouse with a shallow shoulder yoke and tub satin trim in white or ecru. A plaited broadcloth skirt with optional pockets completes the ensemble. Waist No 6869 fits bust 34 to 46 inches at 15 cents. Skirt No 94 fits waist 24 to 40 inches at 20 cents.
An old advertisement likens a cough to a fire bell and urges using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to cure the illness causing coughing. It cites Mrs. Thomas Beeching of Andrews Indiana praising the medicine for winter colds and persistent coughs and notes its wide availability.
A column notes that the earth’s rivers deliver about 6 008 cubic miles of water annually to the sea. The piece appears as a tall two-column column with dense type and a decorative header.
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