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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1916
Page
2
The Athens Daily Banner lists subscription rates and delivery notes, recounts a lively Christmas and New Year mood, and reflects on holidays and civic calendars. It notes Santa, crop reports, homecomings, and playful local humor amid year-end sentiment.
The Banner praises Judge Charles H Brand for Congress from the district. It highlights his extensive legal career as a practitioner, Solicitor General of the Western Circuit, and Western Circuit judge, arguing he can robustly represent Democratic principles and the people’s interests in Washington. The piece urges support in the January 11 casting and counting.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce calls on all citizens to attend Friday evenings annual meeting to elect officers for the new year. The piece lauds the current leaderships work in city growth and urges wide participation, urging every business and professional man to join in building a greater Athens through renewed concentration and cooperation.
A vintage notice-style item warns that untreated coughs can become chronic and offers Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a soothing antiseptic remedy. It touts relief of throat irritation and easier breathing, with suggestions for croup and bronchial issues and notes druggists carry the product. The piece blends with a separate ribbing quote about love from a sports skirt girl.
A prominent clergyman argues that breaking the Ten Commandments is the path to being interesting, provoking sharp criticism about originality and moral standards. Critics say novelty should not come from defying core ethics.
Mrs Hugh Cook of Scottsville N Y testifies that Chamberlains Cough Remedy relieved her children’s colds and coughing after she used it in Garbutt five years ago She says the medicine worked quickly and as advertised Obtainable everywhere The passage also notes a radical plan to add extra Christmases next year by shifting dates across months and keeping December the 25th.
Athens resident Mrs. M. Garrison describes backache dizziness swollen ankles and rheumatic pains from kidney trouble. She reports lasting relief from Doan’s Kidney Pills and, over three years later, reiterates high opinion and continued reliability. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The passage notes that small creatures form attachments, and when their caregiver is absent for a week, the remaining goldfish suffer high mortality due to broken hearts. The author humorously suggests their affection impacts survival.
A humorous scene shows John inhaling loudly while eating broth. After the third rebuke his mother loses patience and scolds him with a piggy metaphor. John calmly asks if pig mothers talk to their children as he is spoken to.
A vintage dental and medical advert ridicules slothful age habits and promotes a mild laxative pill for adults. It claims the product relieves dullness from overloaded intestines and sluggish liver with a bedtime dose, urging readers to buy at druggists for 25 cents.
A fragment recounts H. H. Harsh recalling childhood poverty and a harsh employer who promised payment with a half dollar and laughed at the narrator’s tears. The speaker surmises ill will if the man is still alive, ending with a grim image of ingrowing toenails.
An advertisement compares a persistent cough to a fire bell and urges curing the underlying illness. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is recommended as effective for lingering coughs after colds or influenza, with a testimonial from Mia Beeching of Andrews Indiana.
Nancy Foster of Avondale Birmingham credits Tanlac with freeing her from a decade of indigestion and gas trouble. After starting Tanlac she gained twelve pounds from 135 to 147, sleeps well, and can eat a full diet. She praises the medicine and endorses it publicly. Citizens' Pharmacy advertises Tanlac in Athens and Winterville.
In McDuff Virginia Mrs J B Whittaker credits Thedford's Black-Draught with preventing serious sickness in her family. She says it relieves headaches and stomach trouble and that her children request a dose when ill. The ad promotes Thedford's Black-Draught as a regulator of weak stomachs and indigestion.
Notaries public began with primitive Christians collecting facts about first century martyrs. The office later took a legal form and dealt with attesting deeds and other writings.
Lieut. Merry WV Hiltz of the Nova Scotia battalion explains British tanks as male and female pairs. The male carries four heavy guns and six machine guns, the female two heavy guns and five machine guns. They surprised Germans at Courcelette, advance slowly, and rely on direct hits to be damaged. Tanks crawl over trenches by a caterpillar motion and use white tape guides at night.
Mrs. Julia Nish of Hartsdale testified in White Plains that Xenophon Kuzmler, hotel Gotham chef, kissed her at her apartment after she refused. Jurors awarded $1,000 as a fair price for the kiss, awarding damages as Mrs. Nish sought $5,000.
In Los Angeles, scientists say a diminutive antelope from ancient times, about nineteen and one quarter inches tall, was unearthed at the La Brea asphalt pits and placed on exhibit at the county museum. The well preserved bones come from an era when the area housed an ancient lake that yielded many prehistoric animal bones.
Margaret Fahnestock daughter of Mrs Gibson Fahnestock was presented at a Washington dinner and dance signaling her debut into the capital's social circle. Her Newport debut was staged last summer, marking her entrance into high society.
Multiple candidates from Georgia's Eighth district declare bids for the Sixty-fifth Congress. Messages praise duty and experience, cite March 4 1917 start for long term, and January 11 1917 election date for the short term to fill the late Tribble. Candidates include James B. Park Q L Williford A B Stovall Thos J Brown Charles H Brand Julian B McCurry and T W Rucker.
Seaboard Air Line announces southbound and northbound departures with several times listed. Notable early morning and late evening trains include No. 11 at 5 02 am and No. 12 at 11 45 pm, along with various other daily departures.
Georgia Railroad announces timetable changes effective September 3 1918 Eastern Time with trains serving Athens. Train 60 runs daily from Athens at 8 35 a m, Train 52 runs daily except Sunday from Athens at 4 p m, Train 64 operates Sundays only from Athens at 4 30 p m, Train 61 runs daily except Sunday arriving Athens at 12 59 noon, Train 53 runs daily arriving Athens at 9 30 p m, Train 65 runs Sundays only arriving Athens at 12 30 noon.
The article argues for upgrading farm lighting with mantle burners on lamps to improve brightness and reduce eye strain. It notes that a collar can adapt many lamp sizes, lowers efficiency loss versus wick, and provides longer mantle life with proper care.
An ad claims constipation leads to dull skin and pimples. It urges using Dr. King's New Life to improve bowel movement and achieve clearer complexion.
A brief, garbled exchange centers on an umbrella needing repair. The dialogue hints at memory of a return yet questions persist about when the item will be brought back and who will pay for the service.
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