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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1917
Page
3
Attention all job seekers stenographers typewriters and clerks are in high demand nationwide. Government offices offer salaries from 3900 to 1200 annually for men and women with weekly Civil Service exam training in Atlanta. A special summer course promises reduced tuition and free investigation.
The Athens District Conference of the Methodist church meets this afternoon at 3:30 in the First Methodist church. About 180 delegates from 72 churches, under presiding elder Rev. H. P. Wiggins, will hear licensing of preachers and address by Dr. F. N. Parker of Emory University. Four ministerial candidates will stand exams in Baraca room. Delegates to Annual Conference to be chosen. Bishop Warren A. Candler may attend.
Local druggists report Calomel sales drop as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. The vegetable remedy promises safe, pleasant tasting relief from liver sluggishness and constipation without violent side effects, with a money back guarantee if it fails to help.
Washington reports the U S Navy seeks two men from Athens for aviation school at Pensacola Florida one man for the quartermaster branch and one for the machinist branch Interested applicants should report immediately to the Navy recruiting station at 301 Post Office building third floor An officer T L Sentell will provide full information The navy also needs machinists and firemen while some branches have been filled such as hospital corps yeoman and landsman for electrician Telegrapher positions for radio landsmen are available with pay of 32 60 monthly apprentices examined here and sent to Atlanta for enlistment at government expense then return home awaiting call with pay Officials urge the first to respond.
The article promotes a home remedy using hot water with a spoonful of limestone phosphate to flush toxins from the stomach liver and bowels. It claims headache relief via reducing auto intoxication and cleansing the alimentary tract with quick results and minimal taste. It urges asking a pharmacist for limestone phosphate.
Weather report from Atlanta July 10 notes Wednesday thundershowers for Athens and vicinity and statewide. A moderate barometric low persists over the eastern states with showers at many stations from the southern Georgia coast to the lower lakes. Temperatures lower in northern districts except Wyoming and the Dakotas, with some places under 50 degrees at dawn. Conditions look favorable for local thundershowers Wednesday.
At the Strand the main feature is Mary Pickford in Little American, with Elite showing The Maelstrom starring Earl Williams and Dorothy Kelly. Additional acts include Louise Glaum in Love or Justice, Marguerite Clington in Sacrific e, and two comedies.
Yesterday around 2 pm a fire believed caused by sparks from a passing engine destroyed the White Hall station depot and post office on the Central of Georgia Railway, near Athens. Loss nears 1000 dollars with thirty dollars in stamps lost. mill workers saved the Cotton Mill Endangered nearby.
AP reports yesterday's results across leagues with notable games including Brooklyn 0 Chicago 1 and 4 1 losses, Boston 6 Cincinnati 10, Chicago 3 Philadelphia 7, Detroit 5 Washington 4, St Louis 6 New York 7 in 17 innings, Little Rock 9 Atlanta 10, Nashville 2 New Orleans 4 Memphis 6 Birmingham 6 Chattanooga 3 Mobile 1, and Columbia 7 Charleston 6.
A large group from the Geo. B. Davis camp W O W departed yesterday to attend the Woodman convention in Atlanta. Attendees included A Scott E W Taylor A Kirk G W Hunt C J Williamson Emmett Wood R T Hanson J O Garrison Sam Kirk J D Wood clerk P H Parr advisor lieutenant.
A fragment suggests a reflection on laziness and its consequences, noting diminished rewards as effort declines. The line emphasizes self discipline over complacency and hints at a broader caution against procrastination.
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