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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1917
Page
3
Hastings Seeds offers a free Hastings 1917 Seed Catalog detailing vegetable grass clover and flower seeds plus a promotion of five free flower varieties. The ad urges readers to request the catalog to ensure quality seeds for spring farming or gardening and mentions Atlanta seedsmen H G Hastings Co. as the supplier.
Movie listings show Strand theater presenting Lillian Gish in The House Built Upon the Sand and Mae Murray in The Big Sisters. Also on circuit are Valeska Suratt in Jealous Profession and Warde in King, plus Dorothy Dalton Enid Markey in The Female of the Species and a Vampire feature The Reward of Patience. Mrs. Vernon Castle in Patria and Blue Grass by Thomas Wise appear, with Pearl White in Pearl of the Army and Vanity starring Emily Whealan listed for various days.
Special to Banner from Atlanta dated January 29. Forecast through Tuesday calls for fair and colder weather in Atlanta and vicinity and in Georgia. South Atlantic and East Gulf: local rains and warmer early week, then much colder after Tuesday. rains again after Friday. Disturbances noted north of Great Lakes and over Colorado and Montana. unsettled, rainy weather with cotton belt rainfall. Temperatures high for the season in southern states. Calgary reports 24 below zero in Canada. Meteorologist F von Harriman signs off.
A Washington report cites Lamar Lyndon, New York engineer, endorsing the Edison storage battery as best for submarine use. Lyndon asserts the E-2 explosion stemmed from prolonged reversal of Edison cells, while stressing safety in normal or abnormal operation and detailing battery advantages and limits.
Discusses methods to detect low or reversed battery cells and viable devices to indicate hydrogen content in a submarine boat. Addresses conditions under which dangerous explosive gas mixtures could form and how to prevent or monitor such risks with available technology.
A vintage ad argues mothers should use California Syrup of Pigs as a universal bowel and stomach cleanser for children and adults, claiming quick relief from feverish, listless symptoms and stating purchases support a local planigan’s event. The copy urges asking druggists for the 50 cent bottle and verifying the manufacturer.
A health tip warns that eating on a strict schedule causes indigestion and advises skipping meals too close together. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy to strengthen the stomach and restore natural function with a quick recovery, claiming availability everywhere.
Triangle Fine Arts presents Lillian Gish in The House Built Upon Sand a tale of a bride to be kidnapped by her fiancé and entangled with factory workers. A raid on a drinking club and a warehouse fire expose secrets before husband and wife reconcile with factory welfare gains.
I B Wixon of Farmers Mills praises Chamberlain's Tablets for years of stomach and liver troubles calling them the best he has ever used. Obtainable everywhere.
Grove's Ol Standard offers well known tonle properties with quinine and iron, marketed as a versatile general tonic. Promotional line positions it as valuable and chill, at 60 cents.
An impact testing machine in Dodge Brothers laboratories measures how many blows a part can endure from a hammer of known weight and height. Front axles spindles knuckle bolts motor supports and cruciform and other cast parts are tested. any weak piece causes the batch to be rejected. Morris Yow at 133 West Clayton St. is the local Dodge dealer and agency manager.
The Athens Insurance Exchange will hold its regular monthly meeting at four this afternoon in the city hall. Full attendance is urged as important matters will be discussed. The exchange may relocate to the Chamber of Commerce Rooms in the Holman building after the meeting, accepting the chamber’s invitation.
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