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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
1
Letters warning Negroes and some white farmers with Black tenants to abandon a farming area near Clarke Oconee and Oglethorpe counties circulated for days. Postal inspectors and federal agents plan to pursue unidentified authors behind the threats and seek severe federal penalties.
Washington sources report debate over Mexican killings of Americans near Villa forces. Secretary Lansing pledges action to capture perpetrators while Senator Stone warns of armed intervention if Carranza cannot restore order. By Associated Press January 12 Washington.
Late last night at 11 30 in Barberville near Mr Otho Browns store an automobile driven by Tom Murray collided with a wagon driven by Peter Nunnally. The wagon carried nine passengers including several children. Mr Frank Arrington was painfully hurt and taken to the hospital while Mr and Mrs Nunnally were bruised and shaken. The wagon team was damaged and the cause was not learned.
The weather bureau reports a major blizzard across the central west extending toward the Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes. In Tennessee a tornado at Madison near Nashville killed four people and injured four others with several homes destroyed.
At the Elite in Athens Edna Goodrich stars in Armstrong's Wife a photodrama by Margaret Turnbull with supporting cast including Meighan Cruze and Flor The film sends viewers from a quiet village to city gambling halls and the Canadian Northwest promising suspense and thrilling scenes from the Lasky studio production.
Fresh country eggs 27 1 2c Large fat fries 35 and 40c Nice fat hens 50c Turnip and mustard salad 10c pk Ruta Baga turnips 2 1 2c lb Turnips with salad 7 1 2c bunch Pumpkin yam potatoes 25c pk Hand packed tomatoes 3 for 25c Small English peas 10c can 3 lb can best beans 12 1 2c can Select prunes 12 1 2c lb Cal peaches 100 lb Mt dried apples 8 1 2c lb Fresh nuts all kinds 17 1 2c lb Call 1176
The Vaudette screens Crane Wilber in The Mystery of Carter Breene and Jackie Saunders in His Conquered Self, plus a top-tier comedy. Also advertised are local ads for Columbus buggy and harness, Arnold and Abney hams, and Garden sandwiches. A wagon collision report notes a machine ran into a wagon at a curve and overturned.
Petition seeks charter for a 495 mile railroad from Augusta to Athens Georgia through Crawford Richmond Columbia McDuffie Wilkes Oglethorpe and Clarke counties with 100000 capital stock and 100 year term. Signers include Twiggs Barrett Wright Lombard and Dickey requesting Secretary of State approval.
A Paris letter from 1915 thanks Athens citizens and the Athens Grey Knitting Club for support. It requests clothing for French children and outlines donation routes via the American War Relief Clearing House and local avenues, urging immediate contributions to feed and aid families.
Yesterday morning after the Seaboard train from Atlanta arrived funeral services for Mrs. B M Bishop formerly of this city were held at the Presbyterian church conducted by Rev E B L D D. The body was laid to rest at Oconee cemetery following the service with many friends in attendance. George Washington Coffee is offered in three sizes: 30c 50c and 90c.
Los Angeles Jan 12 Mat thew A Schmidt convicted a fort night ago of murder in the Times building dynamiting was sentenced to life imprisonment at San Quentin. Georgianne Salad Oil 30c a can six for $6. Arnold and Abney ad for onions and other items.
The London led dispatch reports heavy fighting around Gettinje Montenegro as Austrian forces advance. Montenegro may bow to foreign conquerors, with Teutonic occupation threatening the Adriatic, Saloniki, and Allied movements in Albania. Rebels and Russian front notes follow, with Milan’s king proclamation and Lille explosion updates.
The second Geraldin Farrar photo dramatic feature The Temptation will play at the Colonial under the Jesse L. Lasky Company. Hector Turnbull wrote the story about a cafe singer who aims to become an opera star while loving a penniless violinist composer. The cast includes Pedro de Cordoba Theodore Roberts Elsie Jane Wilson Raymond Hatton Ernest Joy Anita King and other Lasky stars.
William Lifson, seventeen, of Elizabeth City New Jersey was killed and six other students injured today in the annual bowl fight between freshmen and sophomores at the University of Pennsylvania. Seven hundred participated in the event.
Fresh Cocoanuts five and ten cents and large Fancy Fresh Pine Apples at Williamson’s. Fresh Butter thirty cents per pound and Fresh Home Roasted Coffee also featured. Taffy Nuts and Mustard Salad offered. references to a parliament motion about conscription and Irish Nationalists taking a position at a labor meeting.
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