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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1917
Page
4
Classified items from The Banner offer guidance on handling personal ads and addresses. Notices include insurance and banking promotions from Lipscomb’s Specialty Insurance and The Athens Savings Bank offering 4 percent interest. Local services for moving, auto rentals, home canning, and cleaning appear alongside real estate and rental listings and various goods for sale.
A teacher repeatedly calls Karl Robert, prompting frustration until Karl explains he wears Robert's waistcoat pants and shoes. The moment reveals the mix up caused by misaddressing Karl as Robert.
Athenian resident Mr L Cueler yesterday received letters from his Russian-born father in his eightieth year. The letters were opened and censored at both ends by Russian authorities then further cut by United States censors, impairing the sense of the messages.
Athens Ga July 10 1917 you are due an assessment of 25c in Oconee Burial Fund on account of the death of Mrs L Bazner This must be paid at once Leave with W J Smith & Bro or pay same to J H Mealor
The last Art Class of the YWCA for summer is set for Wednesday morning at six. Philath ea class at Baptist Tabernacle invites Summer School young ladies and visitors to attend with special welcome to visiting Philatheas. meet Sunday at 9 45. Mrs. Alice Adams left St Marys hospital and is at home en route to the mountains. Mrs. D G Bickers and family travel to Gainesville tomorrow. Mekera returns Friday. children stay with grandparents. Mrs E S Callaway and Miss Blanche Callaway visit relatives at Carlton for several days.
The University of Georgia will present Everyman on July 16 by Clifford Devereaux and his Company. This medieval morality play portrays Death calling Everyman to judgment and the failure of friends and riches to aid him, with Good Deeds offering hope through confession.
The two weeks long program at the College of Agriculture opens with 150 boys and about 90 girls from county winners in corn pig garden and canning clubs. Classes run 9 am to 5 pm with lectures from leaders including Dr Soule and Hill. Active demonstrations cover agronomy soil fertilizer seed selection swine and more.
Expansion of government navy yards allows sixteen large war vessels to be on the ways simultaneously. Secretary Daniels announced that progress has enabled this peak production capacity. The report highlights a heightened wartime ship-building effort and the strategic importance of increased output.
New York July 10. Morris Hillquit international secretary announced an invitation from the socialist party of America to send delegates to the International Socialist Conference proposed by the Russian council of soldiers and workmen's delegates.
The Italian mission has arrived safely in France on its way back to Italy after a visit to the United States. Prince Udine, head of the mission, reports the return progress in a message.
Washington announces that officers from training camps will be assigned to command troops from their states to maximize teamwork among the half million men soon entering the field. The policy aims to ensure cohesive units by aligning leadership with local forces.
A Spokane area testimonial from Mrs Percy Prestiper of Idaho reports relief from weakness and foot pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad invites other women with similar distress to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
In Winder Georgia on July 10 the Winder Guards Company H Third Separate Battalion Georgia National Guards elected Sergeant John W Carrington second lieutenant over Tom Beale Strange by a 32 to 15 vote. Carrington, a longtime member, recently returned to Athens to work with the Banner while remaining active with the company as it faces mobilization. Dorough L Nowell is captain and G C Mosely is first lieutenant.
Testimony at a coroner's inquest in East St Louis on July 10 described two Black individuals fatally struck by Illinois guardsmen during July 4 riots. Colonel B P Clayton, in charge of the troops, testified that the victims were hit when they allegedly fired on police and soldiers.
Mr. Brewer Brown of New York City lectured at the State Normal School auditorium on the Open Air Comedy and its history. Tonight Dr. Soule will present an illustrated moving picture lecture for club girls, boys, and teachers. About fifty more students entered the summer school Monday.
A casual poll in the Georgia House shows strong support for a statewide local tax levy from one to five mills. Senate bills by H. H. Elders and House members Jones, Smith, and Lankford aim to advance the measure. Georgia Tech may gain the board chair as fiscal agent, part of a broader tech development plan. A letter from Major C. E. Kilburn prompts Governor Dorsey to consider junior training camps at state educational institutions with military training programs.
The piece notes that ancient Greeks and Romans called topaz chrysolite and vice versa. It explains chrysolite as a magnesium iron silicate, and identifies topaz and chrysolite as historically confused names with different mineral compositions.
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