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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
4
Advertisements list various notices including anonymous personal ads, lost items, wanted board room offers, farm loans and insurance, local services like rubber stamps and printing, market fare such as fresh vegetables and eggs, rental rooms, shingles for sale, and used sewing machines. Includes contact details and terse bids.
The Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded semiannually, with deposits opening from 1.00 ap. The notice urges adopting saving habits and invites customers to consider moving their accounts.
A brief dialogue scene unfolds as a Woman with duty chides her husband for dozing during a discussion. He admits fear he might fail, while she notes his initial fear was stronger than his later resolve. The exchange hints at resilience and shared purpose.
A newspaper notice reviews Ian Hay’s Getting Together and previews Jan uary and February releases from Dodd, Mead. It notes Hay’s fair, insightful critique of Anglo American ties and highlights Olive Wadsley and Grant Richards novels Bittersweet and Possession with plot details and praise.
To drive out malaria and build up the system. Take the old standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, the formula is printed on every label showing Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. 60c. adv.
This piece explains a severe billious attack with symptoms of headache coated tongue loathing of food constipation torpid liver and vomiting bile. It advises relief by taking three Cham berlain s Tablets noting they are promptly effective and obtainable everywhere.
An advertisement warns against calomel a dangerous mercury product that harms stomach bones and causes salivation. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative that starts the liver, prevents salivation, and leaves users feeling well, suitable for adults and children.
Dick Jameson resigns as sporting editor of the Atlanta Constitution effective March 7 to enter the automobile business. Leslie Rawlins succeeds him, previously with the paper and former city editor of the Charlotte edition. Readers in Athens recall Jameson’s frequent visits and close friendships there. The transition promises a bright, readable, dependable sports page.
Mary Pickford selects Douglas Wiggins novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as material for her next film project. The silent drama will star Pickford and mark her final move from the stage to cinema.
A brief, clipped exchange features a child named Tommy and his mother. Tommy deflects blame with a shy reply while Mr Klose is referenced, illustrating a polite yet evasive moment in a domestic vignette.
Fragmentary text references a Vermont Yankee novel blanket for cattle and a dislodged roll. No coherent event or clear entities emerge. core facts and names are unreadable, yielding only hints of a literary or agricultural fragment.
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