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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
5
A speaker commends monthly canceled checks and the pass book as real bank service, saying the statement shows account status and outshines the pass book. The remark highlights the value of regular statements in managing finances.
Farmers in South Georgia discuss shifting part of cotton acreage to peanuts as oil demand and prices rise. Prof. John R. Fain reports that profits hinge on contract prices around 60 to 75 cents per bushel, yields of 40 bushels per acre, and market outlook including edible, oil, and pig-feeding uses.
Mrs. Ethe Mae Baker of Spenceport New York reports Chamberlain's Tablets cured her of bilious attacks and sick headache and toned up her whole system. For sale by all dealers.
Bankruptcy sale of Athens Pottery Company assets on February 28 1916 at 11 AM in the Athens Georgia referee in bankruptcy office. Three acres in Clarke County with plant buildings machinery including No 1 and No 2 flower pot machines, dies, and gear. Good condition plant with trackage facilities and established business. Jerome Michael signs.
Daily Thought cites Goethe praising the happiest man as one who values others' merits and finds joy in their pleasure as if it were his own. The quote emphasizes empathetic joy and moral virtue in social harmony.
An old remedy argues exposure avoidance and warmth, touting Dr. King's New Discovery as a pine tar based product that kills cold germs soothes the throat and heals mucous membranes. It claims 65 years of use and high satisfaction guarantees.
Paris reports the second winter campaign on the Franco-Belgian front shows similar patterns to last year with better trench tactics. Mud and drainage dominate conditions as ditches become marshes, soldiers endure cold and weariness, and daily fighting with artillery and mines continues along the front.
The Presbyterian linked speaker Dr H M Myers returns from eighteen years in Japan to address men Sunday at the Elite theater. The YMCA committee invites all local men, chorus to open at 3 30 and the address at 4 00, promising an intellectual and spiritual treat.
The piece describes trench warfare adaptations such as chevaux de frise barbed defenses, trench mortars called crapouillot, hand grenades, and aerial torpedoes. Prisoners report the torpedo as a major source of terror and havoc in German trenches, illustrating how terrain and troop positions dictate combat methods.
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