Weather and worldly notes in a rambling regional column
A rambling, weather influenced newspaper fragment notes wintry conditions, speculative leaks, and a chorus of diverse items. It mentions Savannah cotton factors, London Americanization, Dewey Islands, Mount Rainier, Pershing and Carranza, a nickel campaign for Buffalo Bill, a new fighting vessel named the St Theodore, Cornell university dress code, English women cannot practice law, milligettes, The Honest Lawyer publication, Athens preachers, and a Brooklyn Eagle remark on German papers, ending with a wary note on press vitality and a jab at Kaiser.
The Marriage Problem in Europe
Discussion foresees postwar marriage shocks in Europe as millions die or are maimed. The article notes a gender imbalance, possible polygamy proposals, and the likelihood of international marriage and blood admixture. It mentions American interest in attracting European brides and the moral debate ahead.
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Europe
America
Georgia Boys on the Border In Border Service Now Stalled
Georgia soldiers held at Macon mobilization camp longed for real duty on the Texas border. They are now staying put as Pershing’s column withdraws from Mexico. While returning home is desired, they endure training and prove capable, showing what the state guard can do and what must improve.
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Georgia
Macon
Texas
Pershing
Mexico
Old Georgia
Succeeding With What You Have by Charles M Schwab
A fragmentary column notes Schwab’s ongoing success and resources. It also reports on Brooklyn rookie policemen on a diet trial costing a quarter daily, alongside brief asides about film depictions of the police with Nora. The piece parodies place-name changes from Danish West Indies to Dewey Islands and contemplates how St Thomas might connect to a historical Thomas W. in naming.
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Charles M. Schwab
Brooklyn
Nora
Danish West Indies
Dewey Islands
St. Thomas
Thomas W
Lawson
Milk as an Instant Pain Killer Advocated by Farm and Fireside
The Farm and Fireside column claims milk offers immediate relief for eye irritation from tar or cement exposure and notes milk or cream is widely available. It asserts several scenarios where milk provides comfort, including accidental eye exposure to foreign substances.
Might Purchase Life Cartoon Exchange
A clerk chides a little girl for spending time on penny toys while offering a simple earth with a red fence for one cent. The girl asks to see it, illustrating a brief retail interaction common in Life magazine cartoons.
Cats Find Harpin After Cough Leads Vet Visit
A New York veterinarian, Dr Childs, operated on a cat mistaking a needle for the cause of coughing. He removed a harpin nine inches long, and the cat’s life was saved.
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Doctor Childs
New York
Fisherman I Beats General O on Technicality
A Hawaiian fisherman named I wins a headline friendly contest over General O of Mexico due to a technicality. The unusual outcome highlights quirky battle of names in a playful news item.
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Mr. I
Hawai
General O of
Mexico
The Law: Lesson of Humility and Brotherhood
A quoted reflection on wartime suffering and social justice notes that no form of injustice or cruelty proves profitable or safe in the end. James Douglas emphasizes humility and human brotherhood as enduring truths amid war's agony.
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James Douglas
Life as It Really Is and Its Plain Truth
A reflective note cites phrases about life being what we make it and contrasts aimlessness with purpose. It remarks that life holds no mystery except for the indolent and those who sin. The quotation centers on personal responsibility and moral tone.
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Porter
Tanlac credited with 65 pound weight gain for Mrs Wilson
A Chattanooga man testifies his wife suffered years of indigestion and weakness, losing weight to eighty pounds. After twelve bottles of Tanlac she rose to 145 pounds, reporting restored appetite, no gas or nausea, improved sleep, and regained strength. Sold by Citizens' Pharmacy in Athens and Kroner Co. in Winterville.
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Rowe St. Clair
Live & Let Live Drug Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
G C. Wilson
19Th St
Taniac
Tanlac
Athens
Citizens’ Pharmacy
Winterville
Kroner Co
Adv
Cobbler's Dozen Tradition Tells of Boots and Luck
A curious Italian tradition calls thirteen a cobbler's dozen. It recalls a law that cobblers placed twelve nails around a boot edge and drove in a thirteenth nail in the center for luck when nails were cheap.
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Italy
Mean Rejoicing Over Rejection Turns Poet Marriage
J Fuller Gloom laments a past rejection and notes the girl later married a man who proved to be a poet. The Kansas City Star quote reflects lingering rueful wit about changed fortunes and artistic success sparked by that remarriage.
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Tur
J. Fuller
Tennyson J. Craft
Kansas City Star
Remove Water Spots With Warm Iron Pressing Rules
The guide from National Magazine recommends removing water spots by placing four matching fabric pieces on lukewarm water, then covering the spots on the right side with a pressing cloth. Iron gently at a moderately warm temperature and press until both cloth and fabric are dry, which should make the spots disappear.
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National Magazine
Treating Convulsions in Babies and Arid Nebraska Soil
A guide notes convulsions in infants may stem from dietary errors or organic brain trouble. Immediate steps include a warm bath, cold head applications, and prompt medical help, with a strict rule against letting anything pass the child's lips. The piece also shares a humorous Brown county to Nebraska soil tale about soil productivity and its odd effects on people and livestock.
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Brown County
Nebraska
Indianapolis News
Ten Fold and Tin Foils
A young reader accompanies her mother to a neighborhood movie. The little girl trusts the benevolent old man who asks for money, promising to return tenfold. After the film, she asks her mother what they will do with the tin foil, reflecting on the plot.
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Mttle Anne
Jwho
Little Anne
Indianapolis News
Global spread of the tune used for national songs
The article notes the air of God Save the King and Hell Dir Im Sieger Kranz appearing in many national songs. In the United States Samuel Smith’s My Country Tis of Thee popularized the tune, first sung in Boston in 1882. It’s often called the nation’s anthem, though The Star Spangled Banner is now common. The tune also appears in Bavaria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, and several German states.
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United States
Samuel 8. Smith
Boston
the Republic
Bavaria
Hell
Switzerland
Vaterland
Denmark
Norway
Prussia
Saxony
Wuerttemberg
Brunswick
Weimar
Hanover
Mangrove Forests in the Bahamas Described
A Harper's Magazine passage by Richard Le Gallienne portrays Bahamas mangroves from tender creekside saplings to inland, eerie, mature roots. The observer contrasts serene, emerald reflections with nightmarish, desolate swamp networks and grotesque, horned root structures.
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Richard le Gal- Henne
Harper's Magazine
Mistletoe in Ancient Customs and Beliefs
Ancient garlands and bouquets of mistletoe hung in taverns and doorways to ward off evil and attract good influences. Some wore it as an amulet, rooted in a Christian prejudice against a sacred plant. Monks supposedly proclaimed the mistletoe bough cursed and unable to grow independently since it was used to fashion the cross. In West England mistletoe avoids church decorations.
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West of
England
Looney and Moonlight: Etymology of Lunacy and Moon Effects
The article traces how looney links to moon related concepts from Chaloner’s escape to old beliefs about luna and lunacy. It notes lunatic as moon struck, sun ambulism, and practices in Haiti to guard mentality at night. It concludes looney equals mooney as a tongue in cheek precision claim.
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John Armstrong Chaloner
New York
Looney
Haiti
Subsidizing the Poet and the Hard Truth of Patronage
A New Republic excerpt recalls ancient critics who cursed towns for starving poets and questioned subsidizing authors. It compares 120 A.D. sentiments about luxury and poetry to modern fears that protection of literature can paradoxically pressure writers to sing for money while attacking indulgent patrons.
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New Republic
Nutritious Raw Egg Use and Flavor Variations for Invalids
A raw egg is a highly nutritious food and can be taken easily if the yolk remains intact. Adding nutmeg lemon juice chopped parsley salt and cayenne pepper enhances flavor for medicinal use. For intestinal troubles a partly beaten raw egg taken in one swallow is recommended and doctors say four eggs in 24 hours provide nourishment and relief.
Artemis Shrine Uncovered at Gonnos Thessaly
Archaeological team excavates a sanctuary to Artemis the goddess of childbirth at Gonnos near the valley of Temple in Thessaly. Among the finds are 138 marble shafts with inscriptions identifying the site as Artemis Gentrix, a notable votive offering assemblage.
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Gonnos
Thessaly
Archaeological Society
Artemis
Unanimous Patient’s Wife Presses for Agreement
In a brief Life reader item, the dialogue portrays three doctors at odds over treatment options. Doctor Fell advocates the Panning, Doctor Fluke wants appendix removal, and one favors knee amputation, before the group agrees that surgery is necessary.
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Fell
Fluke
Georgia Railroad Timetable Changes in 1916
Effective September 3 1916 Eastern Time Train 60 runs daily from Athens at 6 35 am. Train 52 runs daily except Sunday from Athens at 4 pm. Train 4 runs Sundays from Athens at 4 30 pm. Train 61 runs daily except Sunday to Athens arriving at 12 69 noon. Train 53 runs daily to Athens arriving 9 30 pm. Train 55 runs Sundays to Athens arriving 12 30 noon.
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Georgia Railroad
Athena
Athens
Gainesville Midland By Schedula Timetable No 18
Train No 3 leaves Athens 7 20 P M and Train No 4 leaves Athens 3 30 P M Train No 1 arrives Athens 11 40 P M Train No 4 arrives Athens 6 40 P M Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder and Monroe and intermediate points with the Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern stations and with Southern Railway north and south
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Gainesville
Schedula
Athens
Belmont
Winder
Monroe
Georgia Railroad
Gaines Ville
Gainesville & Northwestern
Southern Railway
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Athens Banner
H. 4. Rowe
Athens Daily Banner
Carrier Bay
Hqnor
Savannah
London
Mount Rainier
Maine
California
Buffalo Bill
St.Theodore
Cornell University
Milligettes
J. A
Brooklyn Hagle
Germany
Kaiser
Beauty
Bahamas
GaRy
Madison
Appalachee
Greene County Railroad
B. R. Bloodworth
Seaboard Air Line
Ound
Sun
Am Wars
Shelton
Dr. Elmo Lodge
P—St. Elmo Lodge
Knights of Pythiss
Castle Hall
Jester
Clayton Street
Copdialay
Abit Nix
Howard T. Abney
Indge Quarters
Corner Broad
Lumpkin Sts
B. F. Tuck
R . H. Palmer
Mt. Vernon Lodge
No. 32
Masonic Hal
Mem Joseph
J. H. M'Kinnon
G. Quinn
Bee
Geo. B. Davis
Woodmen Hall
Max Joseph
L. B. Colling
D. Wood
Lerk
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