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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1917
Page
11
Community classified snippets show insurance and banking pitches, lost jewelry rewards, rooming notices, moving services, autos for rent, store closings for Independence Day, furniture refinishing, farm rentals, and a clear-away sale. Ads reference Lipscomb’s Specialty, Jester insurance, Athens Savings Bank, Green & Michael loans, and local merchants.
The article offers recipes for fried green tomatoes with a sugar glaze and a green pepper espagole, plus a plain French dressing. It then explains rice preparation, washing, and uses from breakfast porridge to croquettes and desserts, noting growing Red Cross membership in the Athens chapter.
Washington reports the senate finance committee agreed not to authorize new bonds in the war tax bill and rewrote the measure to about 1.652 billion dollars. It will be approved Monday and introduced early next week. The publishers tax section calls for five percent tax on profits over 4000 dollars yielding 7.5 million and a quarter cent per pound rise in second class postage yielding 3 million.
Washington reports the public information committee announced the creation of a semi official sneakers bureau intended to address a million Americans each night on war issues, announced by Donald Ryerson and William Blair.
Washington reports that twenty three states become fully dry after midnight under the Reed amendment prohibiting liquor shipments into wet territories. Eleven states are partially affected and enforcement preparations are underway by Justice and post office officials with marshals and inspectors instructed to look for violations and penalties.
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