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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1917
Page
6
Public notices and small ads list services and items for sale or rent with names such as Lipscomb's Specialty Insurance Jester and A H Davenport. Also mentions piano contest entries for Sarah Will Collins and Irone Smith, plus local money to lend on improved city property from Jerome Michael at the Southern Mutual Building.
A collage of local notices and ads includes Athens Savings Bank offering interest on deposits with compounding semi annually, small deposits welcomed. Rentals advertised include a cottage on Cobb Street and a 4 room cottage near Normal School. Also listed are piano contest notices, help wanted at Milledge Avenue, and a public vote solicitation for Edna Beauchamp Brooks. An Health ad touts Dr Kings New Life Pills for constipation. Also referenced is SARAH WILL COLLINS, daughter of Mr and Mrs W T Collins.
B Wixon of Farmers Mills New York reports long use of Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach disorders and says they are the best he has ever used. Obtainable everywhere. adv
Georgia previews midseason athletic efforts with a heated gym program and upgraded facilities. The basketball squad, led by Rawson, McCall, Scott, Morrison and Cox, opens against Auburn in Athens while a growing track program eyes a strong season and a planned dual meet with Clemson. The annual pushball contest pits Sophomores against Freshmen in February amid bright prospects and student interest.
The United States Golf Association awarded the national amateur championship to Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh the national open to Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton Massachusetts and the national women's championship to Shawnee Country Club in Shawnee-on-the-Delaware Pennsylvania.
Athens residents may view the 1917 real estate assessments at City Hall council chamber from 10 to 1 and 3 to 5 beginning January 4 for ten days. Assessors listed are C. N. Weatherly, Geo H. Palmer, and John T. Anderson.
Toads are useful garden denizens that eat harmful insects including wasps. They catch prey with a long pink sticky tongue that shoots from the mouth, gripping with a rapid lash. The tongue grows from the front of the mouth and curves to the back as the insect clings to its surface.
A clipped exchange between Mrs Casey and Norah references a doctor diagnosing a condition with a Latin name. Casey admits the diagnosis was real but notes the doctor only charged a dollar and quips that the ailment did not amount to much. The dialect conveys a lighthearted, rural tone.
The remark likens talking to playing a harp with equal skill in quieting and producing sound. It reflects on the craft of speech as music shaped by precise control of tone and touch. The comparison names Tolmes as the source.
Mrs J B Whittaker of McDuff Virginia credits Thedford’s Black Draught with ending frequent sickness in her family. She says it relieved her chronic headaches and stomach trouble after a friend recommended it ten years ago. The vegetable medicine is described as regulating weak stomachs and aiding digestion with a long track record and a 25 cent price.
Washington D C January 12 The British labor exchange system established in 1909 improves employer worker communication and is government funded In January 1916 it operated 390 exchanges coordinated by a London central clearing house Applicants provide detailed information and exchanges do not guarantee worker ability wages or conditions The war boosted female registrations and vacancies filled rose 67 3 percent in 1915 for women and girls while men rose 4 9 percent Unemployment insurance did not reduce activity Exchanges reduced casual labor and aided public opinion and municipal enterprises 124 405 women registered for war service by March 1915 with 8 256 placed by year end Minors placement was most successful and data aided employers in selecting suitable youths
Frank R. Howard, longtime Oglethorpe resident and veteran citizen, died yesterday near noon at Eddie Howard’s home. He will be buried at Cloud's Creek Baptist Church at two this afternoon. He leaves a wife and five children, with siblings W. C. Howard of Atlanta Asa Howard of Texas George Howard of Crawford and Miss Sarah Howard of Washington. He was born and raised in Oglethorpe and lived a life of usefulness and honor.
A London Chronicle note describes horses and even chickens stowed away in East End houses as day ends, with no useful backyards or outhouses to house them. The piece cites pooling labor reserves, labor exchanges, and wartime wage effects, highlighting transport advances, unemployment analyses, and societal impacts of organized employment and job matching.
Chicago on January 12 Associated Press reports that John L Johnson of the American league would face opposition as President Fultz of the baseball fraternity plans to force signatures from every AL player before spring training. The dispute centers on threats to strike and the league’s stance against Fultz’s proposals for the 1917 season.
Lexington Georgia January 12 to Daylight yesterday a barn moved for repairs stirred rat infestation. G W Avera led helpers with sticks killing hundreds as rats fled from under the sill. In over an hour three hundred fifty lay dead while ten escaped. Neighbors praise efforts to clear the nesting area.
A Georgia University reader congratulates Judge H Brand on his election victory. The note recalls a cook’s praise comparing the judge’s fairness to a black person’s joy and white acceptance, urging duty and success in the new position. W D Hooper signs the letter.
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