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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
7
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Eastern Time shows Train No. 60 at 8 30 a m, No 52 at 4 00 p m, No 56 at 4 30 p m Sundays only. Train No 61 arrives 12 30 p m daily except Sunday. Train No 653 arrives at :30 p m. Train No 67 arrives 12 m.
Train schedules for Athens with Nos 2 4 1 and 4 connections at Belmont Winder Monroe Belmont interconnections with Georgia Railroad Gainesville Northwestern and Southern Railway routes.
Southern Railway Athens Branch lists daily departure times to all points at 8:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. Sun only 3:15 p.m. Daily except Sunday 3:30 p.m. Arrivals show 12:40 p.m. and 6:50 p.m. daily and 9:45 a.m. on Sundays.
The Raleigh Times chronicles Al G Field's Big Minstrels at the Academy of Music with praise for songs, scenery, and performances by Bert Swor Walter Sherwood Johnnie Healey Joe McCarty and Donnie ONeil. A parade featured William Walters and his band. Field hosts Elks guests and receives thanks from Field.
The New York cotton market opened with renewed nervousness as Liverpool buyers supported prices while Wall Street activity eased. March contracts traded around 11.28 cents, May near 11.64, and July about 11.85 as values fluctuated with short covering and liquidation. The South engaged in both buying and selling.
The morning trade shows sparse reports on interior spot conditions while New Orleans and New York quotes hold steady to slightly up. Liverpool futures close steady to up with American Locomotive and other war shares active amid light offerings.
The Chicago quotations list May and July figures for wheat, corn, oats, pork, lard, and ribs. Prices move within narrow ranges with May and July contracts showing slight gains and losses across categories.
Robert McLaughlin’s The Eternal Magdalene arrives at the Colonial Theater for a matinee and night show on Saturday March 4. Selwyn and Company present a cast led by Clara Joel with Wilson Reynold Helena Rapport George Wright Jr Helen Judson Malcom Arthur Allene Durano and others in New York hit production.
A written appreciation from YMCA boys to the Telephone Girls in Athens Georgia dated February 22 1916 expresses gratitude for a generous supper served at the YMCA headquarters. The note thanks Miss Ira May Childers and four women for the meal noting the chicken and sandwiches.
Miss Will-Nell Lavender brings Dixie's dearest songbird act to the Colonial with adapted songs for two performances. A matinee at 4 PM and an 8:30 PM show feature Silver Threads Among the Gold, amid a dramatized film drama. Lavender, Broadway veteran, renounced Broadway for a north south tour amid growing success.
Special weather bulletin from Atlanta dated February 23 reports a Thursday forecast of partly cloudy and colder conditions for Athens and Georgia with a fair day and slightly lower temperatures overall. A weak low pressure area extends from the central Mississippi to the northeast states, with a disturbance north of North Dakota. Temperatures vary from Duluth at 10 above zero to over 50 in the eastern cotton belt, as the system moves northeast.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills to stimulate the liver aid digestion relieve constipation and tone the body. It claims clearer eyes fresher skin and overall health for 25 cents at the druggist.
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