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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1916
Page
2
Short notes list rentals sales jobs loans and lost items with names such as Lipscomb J Jester Erwin Co Athens Ice Co Louis Camak Cobb St Ring 1265 Geo Collins F K Freeman and Gulf Refining Co. Items include a 174room house for rent near post office, a 6room house on Milledge Ave, a large secondhand safe wanted, an insurance agency for sale, a real estate busi ness claims, and a sorority pin lost with reward.
Advertisements itemize savings plans at the Athens Savings Bank with 4 percent interest compounded semiannually on deposits from $1.00, plus notices for rental properties, loans, and local merchants offering groceries and services in Athens.
The Battle Cry of Peace drew record crowds at the Colonial theater with matinee and night shows on consecutive days, surpassing Tuesday’s attendance. Athens plans a possible return engagement while Geraldine Farrar in The Temptation opens Friday, with 15 and 25 cent admissions amid high production costs.
Belgrade scene recalls the 1903 regicide. Alexander Obrenovitch and Queen Draga lie unmarked in a neglected Belgrade cemetery chapel, with ruined vestments, shattered murals, and two crude crosses bearing only their names in Cyrillic. The murder sparked European intrigue.
Co featured sale offers made up Haviland dinner sets at cost and open stock patterns with about twenty options. The store also lists brooms, mops, O Cedar products, dusters, galvanized tubs, enamelware in four grades, woodenware like bread trays and rolling pins, washboards, clothes pins, and foot mats in cocoa and steel.
Report describes the murder of King Alexander and Queen Draga in Belgrade near the old Konak. The couple were toppled by a palace tragedy linked to the Karageorgevitch faction, with King Peter later placed on the throne after the events and no one punished.
The Athens district preachers meeting adjourned after a 9 am start with missions as the theme. Dr J M Pound of the State Normal School spoke along with Rev John S Jenkins from Atlanta. The district Sunday schools will fund a Chinese missionary at about 600 dollars yearly. Mr and Mrs James Hajian announce birth of their first child a girl due to celebrate her first birthday January 9, 1917.
The American Electric Railway Association's midyear gathering in Chicago on February 4 features Senator Oscar W. Underwood as dinner speaker on Government Regulation and Transportation. Key topics include valuation and rate of return, with discussions by top utility figures and an overview of the association’s vast U S reach and finances.
The Devil's Prayer Book, in five parts, faded as the Vaudette's attraction but drew praise for Arthur Hops and Miss Hanlon. The review calls it one of the best pictures seen there and warns missing it would mean missing a good show.
Willard and Moran agreed to meet March 3 in New York for a $45 000 purse with Tex Rickard announcing the bout and Sam McCracken named as promoter. The state law limits the match to ten rounds with no decision. Chicago reports Curley said Willard was offered $30 000 for the New York bout and may accept.
The passage argues that one should not pursue personal happiness if it harms a grand human ideal. It asserts that individuals must reject actions that, if universalized, would destroy society. It holds that personal gain causing societal harm is worse than maintaining the body politic.
The text explains concrete as a mix of pebbles stones and sand with a small proportion of lime or cement. It outlines how cement causes gradual setting and hardening, turning the semifluid mass into a hard compact substance comparable to or tougher than natural building stone.
Doctors note that most dyspepsia stems from worry, but worry itself arises from digestive trouble. The piece argues chronically dyspeptic people worry, while those with sound digestion and a clean colon do not.
A reader shares a simple energy saving trick stating that placing a teakettle on an unlit burner near the active one heats water to near boiling. This allows hot water ready when ironing or long cooking ends, reducing gas consumption for that purpose.
An Indiana man claims to have invented a photographic machine that can capture an object at two miles on a dark night. The device is described as a frightful camera raising fears of a “snapshot fiend” no one can escape.
The piece argues health is essential for women in the workforce. It urges using every minute of surplus time to acquire good health and frames health as a personal business and duty for all who work.
Edna flirts with a playful standard of romance saying a man who can drive with one hand suits her. Ruth retorts that she is easily satisfied and Edna counters by preferring a man who asks her to arrive. The light exchange showcases flirtatious social humor.
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