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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1916
Page
8
Short notes advertise fire insurance divisions and coal suppliers. Apartments and rooms for rent on Milledge Avenue and near Clayton Street in Athens Georgia. Old hats for hospital donation and calls for real estate loans. Piano exchange for a Ford, loans on real estate, and retail job applications. Groceries and fresh Stone's Cakes promote, plus two college boys seek furnished rooms after holidays.
The Athens Savings Bank advertises four percent interest on savings deposits compounded semiannually. Deposits from one dollar are accepted. Also notices list local ads for rents, groceries, and shop services around Athens Georgia with several names and numbers and routine classifieds. An assessment notice for Oconee Burial Fund dated January 4, 1916 requires payment of two hundred fifty dollars.
A cynical claim that young men seeking wealth through marriage are drawn to easy gains. The remark suggests that striking at a wealthy in-law is a calculated lure for ambition and status, warning of the moral toll and empty victories in such schemes.
A Colonial theater feature, The Battle Cry of Peace, opens next Tuesday and Wednesday with a University of Georgia regiment parade announcing the arrival of the film. Confederate veterans will attend the parade, part of box receipts aiding the Georgia cadet band. Seats go on sale Saturday morning. 25 cent children, 50 cent adults, all reserved.
The article argues legume roughage cannot fully substitute concentrates rich in protein for dairy cows. It cites Missouri College of Agriculture showing two pounds of cotton seed meal daily increases milk flow, and concludes cotton seed meal remains the cheapest protein source even when priced high, especially in the southeastern United States.
Columbus proposes an egg demonstration to prove earth's roundness but is met by a court astronomer’s quip. The French telephony note says Paris operators transmit 190 words per minute to London, illustrating language efficiency in long distance calls.
The promotion committee of the University of Georgia YMCA will meet tonight at 6 30 in the First Methodist church Sunday school rooms. A supper precedes the business session which includes Bible study leaders and auxiliary work. about 65 of 70 members usually attend.
The Colonial hosted When Dreams Come True to a large audience last night. Praise centered on costuming scenic effects and dancing led by William Pruette Jr and debutantes Estelle Newton Edna Temple and Lillian Armstrong. Connie Mack’s Matilda the Irish girl drew encores, while most found it average among recent musical comedies.
Aulanta Ga Jan 6 Chairman Davison of the prison commission called sensational reports about milledgeville Milledgeville prison farm mistreatment absolutely false He disputed claims of worms in cabbage and 30 to 40 lashes by Warden Smith Davison blamed influx of dope fiends from Atlanta Fulton County for farm problems and noted Avera's kidnapping case as context
The Chinese government to equip two cotton mills with American machinery valued over 700000 dollars. Orders placed with U S manufacturers including Saco Lowell Shops Boston for 25000 spindles per mill and power equipment. readiness of American supervision and support from Julian H Arnold U S Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Judge R C Orr received copies of the acts from the special session for Clarke county officers. The regular session acts were distributed months earlier.
Effective Jan 8 the Athens Georgia timetable changes with train No 14 leaving at 6 40 central time instead of 6 45 am. The note mentions a river scene and a humorous quote about a wife advocating woman suffrage.
The World Almanac 1916 edition enters the year with rich coverage of the year gone by. It includes election returns, crop and business data, war summaries, motion picture industry notes, woman suffrage, and civic topics. It also lists social and legal items from the United States, with special sections on roads, libraries, unemployment, and health laws.
Cars equipped with apparatus to disinfect clothing and baggage of passengers exposed to contagious diseases have been put into service by an Italian railway.
A quoted local character jokes that a soft answer may avert wrath but warns excess gentleness may invite a slap for sport, reflecting a folksy moral tone. The remark frames social caution through a humorous adage attributed to Uncle Eben.
In Syracuse New York a preacher proclaims a future world with no liars amid a debate with a pessimist noting the inevitable end of the world. The Canadian Courier quotes the exchange reflecting moral critique and apocalyptic humor.
A household tip suggests shaving fine soap into starch to yield a glossy finish on collars and cuffs and to prevent irons from sticking. The note frames this as a good plan for starch preparation.
A Viennese surgeon has devised aluminum forms to fit all body parts as surgical compresses. The devices are pierced with channels for hot or cold water circulation to aid treatment.
Rankin declares he will quit the union saying he cannot see consistency in allowing walking delegates to hire an automobile. Phyle asks why prompting the exchange on union policy and conduct.
A humorous Topeka Journal item notes a lawyer seeking a fine after a driver hit a man because a nail in the latter’s clothing punctured a tire. The judge questions the demand while the exchange highlights slapstick courtroom wit.
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