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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
3
Uncle Bam seeks thousands of stenographers typewritists and clerks across the country with annual salaries from 9900 to 1200 dollars. Government offices await and exams are given weekly in Atlanta. A special summer course promises a reduced tuition to meet demand for September openings. Fill out the coupon for details.
The Strand presents Forbidden Pats featuring Japanese actor Hayakawa amid a love story with a young American girl. Marguerite Clark week ends at the Elite theatre with strong female and children appeal. A Saturday double bill at the Strand includes Herald Lockwood and Lonesome Luke in a new two reel comedy.
The Bradley Knitting Co of Delaware Wisconsin launches a program to form Boys Clubs in every state to raise more sheep. Eligible boys 13 to 17 on farms with no sheep will receive breeding ewes and a 16 page booklet by Anthony Gould. Members gain education and pecuniary remuneration while aiding wartime wool needs.
The Strand Showcased Forbidden Paths with Miss Martin in a lavish house set and a Japanese kimono fashion moment. Marguerite Chirk and Out of The Drifts headlined the program, with Lockwood in Metro comedy. Pearl White serial The Fatal Ring debuts at The Elite, hailed as a thrilling showcase of her stunts.
The market report lists spot cotton prices from Athens to New York and New Orleans, with each city showing steady or nominal values. It also covers New York and New Orleans cotton exchange quotes, Chicago commodity quotes for wheat corn oats pork lard ribs, and Liverpool cotton futures with ruling sales and middling prices.
Adults with coughs or bronchitis are invited to a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup at Palmer & Son drug store. The ad promises a good night’s rest and morning free expectoration, noting a fifty year record and regular bottle prices of 26 and 75 cents.
United States Weather Bureau forecast extends to 7 p m Friday for Atlanta and region. Showers persist in the cotton belt including Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas. Temperatures moderate with high coastal barometer and western low pressure. Additional rain expected in Georgia within thirty hours. Metrologist C F von Herrmaan reports.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as the best remedy for lazy liver biliousness indigestion and constipation. One tablet nightly with water leaves no taste or griping and the next morning users feel alert energetic and ready for breakfast. Sold in sealed packages twenty doses for thirty five cents with money back guarantee from druggists.
Strand and Elite showings list Vivian Martin Marguerite Clark Harold Lockwood and Helen Holmes in silent features with titles including Forbid den Paths The Drifts The Haunted Pajamas Are You One of Them The Serious Ring plus a note on Chamberlain's Tablets and a long roster of fraternal lodge meeting dates and officers across multiple groups in Clayton Street and Max Joseph Building.
John F. Jantzen of Delmeny Saskatchewan praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as exceptionally fine after using it for himself and his family. He commends its helpful effects and recommends the preparation.
Southern Railway Athens Branch timetable showing daily trains to All Points with 6:00 and 3:30 departures and 10:30 arrival. For information call 8. B. Williams, Commercial Agent, phone f1.
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