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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1921
Page
8
A column titled Christ Column of Suggestions provides guidance for assembling a shopping list. Each line presents a brief action or idea to aid readers in planning purchases and organizing daily tasks efficiently.
An advertisement describes a wide range of knives including butcher bread and fruit knives, forks spoons and scissors, along with fenders andirons coal hods and bric a brac. It highlights aluminum roasters boilers and pans by Volrath and enamelware lines including pitchers bowls and wash pans in a high class display.
Fragmented OCR text notes an assortment of china and Pyrex ware offered in full sets and stock. The brief mentions Wippen Chinaware and Camden, with emphasis on diverse pieces suitable as presents, reflecting a retail display of household goods.
An overview contrasts British football’s popularity with American baseball, detailing the league structure in England Scotland and Ireland. It notes four national teams England Irish Scottish and Welsh form the world series style championship, mentions average salaries about fifty dollars a week and record attendances up to 127 307 at a 1912 England Scotland match.
Peoples Bank distributed thirty thousand dollars to its Christmas Saving Club savers on Thursday. The bank staff worked from opening hour to two o clock paying out funds. The program encourages parents to open savings accounts for children with weekly deposits from a penny to a dollar. The total payout supports local merchants as at least five thousand dollars will be spent in the city.
The Athens Savings Bank, a leading southern institution under President Myer Stenn and Cashier G. A. Mell, has declared a quarterly dividend of 9 percent payable on the 20th of this month. This year the bank has paid $18,000 in dividends, equating to 36 percent on its capital stock, showcasing growth despite unusual conditions.
Norfolk oyster extras ship from Arnold Abney and Co. Jones Little Pig Sausage now 40 and 46 cents. No other sausage compares in flavor. Fresh Indian River fruit includes thin skinned oranges and grapefruits. Real good fruit cake baked yesterday. Fresh large eggplants white turnips carrots rutabagas cabbage offered by Arnold Abney & Co.
Clarke County records show 52 births and 26 deaths in the past month, yielding birth and death rates of 22.5 and 11.2 respectively, with births twice the deaths. Dr. Applewhite, county health officer, also released a table of reported communicable diseases and cases.
An advertisement promotes a home treatment for catarrh related deafness and head noises. It claims Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar, taken in four daily tablespoons, can ease breathing, headaches, and dizziness, with improvement noted in a day and claims up to ninety percent of ear troubles linked to catarrh may be cured.
An incomplete note describes a speedy remedy for grippe, noting it as the fastest cure known. It mentions cous as part of the sequence but leaves many details unclear. The fragment hints at medical guidance without naming sources or dates.
In the Y League race Dean and Dudley pull even after two close games at the city prep league. Dudley beat Epps 13 to 11 with Captain Dudley and Patterson starring on defense. Pound defeated Dean 19 to 14 as Dean’s Captain Dean and Goldwasser led the Dean quintet, keeping both teams neck and neck for the standings.
The text lists team standings and a forthcoming contest featuring Dudley Epps with Pound and Du Dean scheduled to compete by noon. The fragment references a Christmas event and an electrical theme in a obscure newspaper snippet.
Advertises RAT-SNAP as guaranteed to kill rats and mice with no lingering odor. States rats are attracted to food and die after consuming the product. Promotes cake form with no mixing and that cats or dogs won’t touch it. Sold by Citizens Pharmacy in three sizes 35c 66c and 1.26.
A sweeping claim asserts that the number 666 can quicken healing from cold fever and grippe and prevent pneumonia, suggesting remarkable medicinal powers attributed to the digit.
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