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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1917
Page
2
Local classified items include ads and notices on insurance lending and real estate. Names such as Lipscomb, Davenport, Gardner, Jester, and Upson appear with offerings like fire insurance sharing and loans. Public notices promote piano contests and rental ads. a traveler wanted ad and a money lending offer are listed among the notes. Local contact details and addresses are provided for each item.
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits with compounding on January 1 and July 1. Local rentals include a four room cottage near Normal School and a connecting bath room at 149 Prince Ave. office space and goods for sale list Jersey cow, mule, shortening, furniture, and roofing supplies. A brown silk bag from Clayton is missing with a reward offered, and Levy’s announces a spring hats sale at fixed price.
Cong Rucker leaves for Washington to begin service as representative of Georgia’s Eighth district. Governor Harris will issue a proclamation announcing Rucker’s election for the short term and Judge Brand for the long term. Brand will resign this week and Harris will name a successor promptly.
Oglethorpe Superior Court will begin the trial of State versus Chafin over the murder of his wife. The case has drawn wide attention with hundreds expected in Lexington this week for the proceedings.
The US cruiser Milwaukee grounded near Eureka while salvage work on the submarine H.2 failed. Commander Lt. W F Newton reports no float possible and a court martial may be considered. 300 sailors evacuated by breeches buoy with one injured, no deaths reported.
Last night a mattress in the city prison caught fire. Prisoner confined for safe keeping until sobriety is said to have set the blaze. Officers discovered the fire and threw the mattress onto the grass in the rain.
The Nader Carnival Company will stay another week in Athens after a poor prior period due to weather and elections. Ten features include wrestling champion George Sarros and various acts, with performances twice daily and gate receipts shared with the Uniformed Bank Woodmen of the World.
Weldon H. Wells of Kansas City told Huntington police that drink may have clouded his mind and he might have killed the girl. Chief Baker calls the statement a practical confession as Columbus police plan to escort Wells to Ohio tomorrow.
Philadelphia reports start of a legal clash as Henry J. Scott requests a hearing on extradition from New York for Harry Thaw. Thaw, recovering from a self inflicted throat wound, shows limited newspaper interest and sleeps through the day.
Clarke County Georgia Deputy Sheriff J H Hancock credits Jacksons Cordial with curing his stomach trouble two years ago and becoming a new man. The advertisement claims forty five years of success in treating indigestion dyspepsia constipation kidney troubles and related ailments. It urges readers to obtain a bottle from Jackson Medicine Co Athens GA or local druggists.
Denver report states Mrs. Stella M. Smith confessed to police that she shot her husband to death after five hours of abuse and indignities. She was formerly married to William A. Moore a noted attorney and step-daughter of Alfred Britton a wealthy Chicago oil promoter.
An 19th century advertisement claims deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and asserts a universal cure by a catarrh remedy. It promises one hundred dollars for proof of deafness cured and invites readers to purchase Hall's Catarrh Cure in Toledo, Ohio.
The Russian fleet raided the Austrian coast of the Black Sea and sank forty Turkish sailing vessels carrying food to Constantinople. Romanian forces advanced and captured Austro German positions along the Kasino river frontier. Fierce fighting on the Sereth line saw Turkish troops take the Moldavian town Mihales. British forces on the Riga and Somme fronts launched a new attack at Serre and captured one German position.
A war council of Francisco Villa's officers is to meet at San Andres West Chihuahua City to decide future policy. It aims to secure foreign lives and property, halt executions of prisoners, and stop destroying property in Carranza territory. Villa's supporters say it signals a shift from banditry to organized rebellion with plans to strike Chihuahua City and Juarez.
Fire at 10 o clock badly damaged stock at the Hilley Furniture Company in the Arnold and Lampkin block on Jackson Street. Building damage estimated at 200 dollars plus water and fire losses. much stock moved to the sidewalk. Firemen saved the building and surrounding block. insurance coverage limited. John Walker Wier piano contest ad included.
The Deestrick Skule show shifts to Thursday night January 18 to avoid clashing with a basketball game. Students study hard as rehearsals proceed with Mrs. Honeysuckle played by Ora Hart Avery and a large cast including Mayor R. O. Arnold and many other local figures.
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