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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1917
Page
18
Classified snippets note ads carrying a technical address to The Banner only, with no advertiser identities. Listings include Lipscomb's Specialty Insurance at The Athens Savings Bank offering 4 percent interest, loans on property, moving ads, autos, rental rooms, furniture, and business services. Also invites Philathea class at Baptist Tabernacle next Sunday.
One Hundred Dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Chaney & Co advertise the cure and claim nationwide testimonials. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and said to act on blood and mucous surfaces.
The first installment of city taxes is due from July 15 to August 1st inclusive. Taxpayers who fail to pay on time will incur a $1.50 fee, charged against all delinquents. G. E. Oparrell, City Marshal.
Williams & Shouse at 151 Broad St advertise painting and machinery installation to repair old radiators with a trial offer and reasonable pricing. Also promote Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and a weather forecast for the South Atlantic and East Gulf States noting fair weather early with later thunderstorms July 15 week.
Doctor Von Bethmann Hollweg resigns as German Imperial Chancellor with Doctor Michaelis named his successor in a move that may prompt far reaching political changes. Berlin reports say a four party coalition is breaking up and an imperial parliament may be formed to bridge current difficulties in the war era.
The war department seeks 640 million dollars for 22 000 aircraft with no roll call vote. Enlisted aviation corps draftees would follow general conscription ages. Expected total personnel around 110 000 as Dent and Fitzgerald clash over handling. The measure advances to the senate.
British at tacks beaten down with heavy losses. Korniloff drives into eastern Galicia breaking Austro German lines and capturing Novi Ca southwest of Kalusz. German counterattacks to disgorge Russians fail as fighting continues near Dvinsk Smorgon and Lombaertzyde with heavy artillery near St Quentin.
Associated Press report from Columbus New Mexico July 14 describes Arizona miners deported to the desert camp midway to the Mexican border. A canvas city has sprung up on the site of Pershing era Mexican refugee camps as miners labor in the heat to erect the camp.
July 14 Flat River Mississippi reports rising gravity from clashes between American and foreign mine workers. A parade voiced plans to drive out Italians Russians Poles and families, with many leaving for Bonne Terre by train or wagon. The presidents proclamation notes possible Germany links via insurance firms.
Washington July 14. The President issued a proclamation banning German insurance companies from marine or war risk insurance in the United States. American firms are forbidden to reinsure with them. Payment on existing contracts is suspended during the war, except for vessels already at sea.
A Northern English vignette on wartime wood shortages shows a watchman awakened to find his wooden leg missing. He jokes that the leg is kept for warmth and laments the scarcity of firewood while noting the dangers of sleep in wartime areas.
The article explains baking potatoes in a fireless cooker using a large heater over the gas frame. Place potatoes close together on the heater, cook half an hour turning occasionally, then move them into the cooker and cover. After another half hour they are ready.
Prime Minister Hughes addressed about 20 000 people in Sydney as 50 Light Horse horses with cloths reading Who will fill an empty saddle appeared in the square. He urged recruits and within ten minutes every horse had a rider, the crowd rising in intense excitement.
The article advises brushing a ceiling with common flour starch before washing to ease removing soil prior to rewhitewashing painting or calcimining. Wash off before the starch dries to lift soil with the starch.
A playful dialogue centers on spellbinding orthography tests and the idea of a food dictator. Exchange riffs on weathering a bad spell with witty banter about household symbols and amusing misunderstandings.
The Wisconsin History Bulletin recounts Beloit’s naming origin from 1836 when settlers experimented with letters in a hat. A settler’s attempt at a French phrase sounding like “handsome ground” yielded Beloit, a name chosen for its sounding appeal and originality, replacing the earlier proposed New Albany.
A brief item notes that white clothing for little children may injure eyes yet oculists expect no surge in business since only a short exposure is described. The remark suggests cautious behavior but implies limited impact on eye health.
A wind mill at a German technical school produced electricity so efficiently that a similar plant could provide light and water for 100 people at an estimated cost of 125 dollars per year.
A historic method describes placing moist cornmeal in a thimble and an inverted china bowl over it. The mouse tunnels under the bowl to eat, pushing the thimble outward and triggering the bowl to slide down and trap the animal.
A reflective aphorism from the Philadelphia Record notes that gender labels and power are not fixed as fortune or misfortune. The saying argues strength and influence vary beyond simplistic gender stereotypes.
A humorous exchange shows a conductor asking for a berth number while Uncle Hiram quotes the date July 10 1865, capturing a dated wry moment from Puck.
A boy in the children’s section falsely feels he must give during a church collection and loudly declares he is with his mother to avoid contributing.
A young boy watching a steamboat exclaimed to his mother that it looked like a railway engine taking a bath, reflecting a playful misunderstanding of machinery and motion.
A New York doctor has invented an apparatus enabling a single surgeon to perform blood transfusions without assistance. The device promises faster procedures and reduced need for extra staff during operations.
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