Advertisements and notices from The Banner page
Short notes announce advertisements with care to use the Banner address for replies. Listings include life insurance joint offers, savings bank deposits, loan funds on property, moving services, mineral water guarantees, lost items, auto rentals, a pig sighting, and a dividend notice from Athens Trust & Banking Company dated June 1 1917 with receiver Thos F Green.
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Athens Trust & Banking Company
Georgia National Bank
Athens
Georgia
Thos
F. Grren
Athens Trust & Banking Co
For Rent Rooms with Private Bath in Banner Care
Three furnished or unfurnished rooms available with private bath. Care of Banner, Fri-Gun-Tu. Mrs. J. S. Whitlock, who spent the week-end in Atlanta, returned yesterday.
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J. S. Whitlock
Atlanta
15000 in Second Officers' Training Camps Announced
Adjutant General McCain says 15000 men will be trained in the second series of officers camps in August and September. State quotas are listed with Georgia 448 Florida 136 Alabama 368 among others.
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Associated Press
Washington
McCain
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Colored men chosen for officer training camp in Iowa
Seventy two Georgia negros, many from Atlanta, are designated to attend the negro officers training camp opening June 18 in Des Moines Iowa. Among them are Rev H H Proctor and his son H H Proctor Jr Dr Proctor Yale and Clark University graduate seeking chaplaincy and William A Harris of Athens is among those accepted.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Des Moines
Iowa
H. H. Proctor
First Congregational Church, Colored
Proctor
Yale University
Clark University
William A. Harris
Athens
Verger Says People Use Church for Meditation
A city verger recalls two people who admitted using a church invitation for meditation and prayer, noting the incident as evidence that some take advantage of church access.
The Prolific Fly
A housefly lays thousands of larvae that rapidly multiply. One fly can generate about 20,000 larvae, leading to another 20,000 soon after and a total estimate of over eight billion within roughly five months.
Speed of Carrier Pigeons in Various Winds
In calm weather pigeons fly about 1200 yards per minute. With a moderate wind their speed rises to 1540 yards per minute and before a strong wind they can reach 2000 yards per minute.
He Is That The Man Who Never Did Anything
A terse observation about a self styled critic always ready to tell others how to act. The remark labels him as quick to preach while failing to act. The passage ends with an exhortation to advertise your wants.
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Johnny
National Dish of Mexico Mole Mole Narrowed to Sounds Like Mo-lay
The article explains the Mexican national dish often misperceived as chile con carne. It describes mole as a complex stew of ground spices chocolate and chilies, simmered for hours in a large earthen bowl with turkey pieces, yielding a rich savor and a famed turkey flavor.
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Mexico
Chile
Attementis
Frijates
Use of Barbed Wire in War and Airplane Development
The article describes barbed wire entanglements in warfare detailing setup, guards, and the dangers during assaults. It notes soldiers must cut their own wire, the role of gloves and pliers, and the deadly fire from machine-gun batteries. It also reports on the French plan to convert aviators into mail carriers after the war and praises high airplane reliability, long flights, and the capacity to scale mountains, while warning against overconfidence in engines.
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London Graphic
Army
Oyster Farming Big Industry Grows Across States
Oyster farming develops into a large industry in Virginia and beyond with steady progress in Long Island Sound and coastlines of Massachusetts Texas California and Washington. Growers spread about 18 million bushels of shells gravel and seed oysters yearly over more than half a million acres and harvest 15 million bushels valued around 10 million dollars. Rains uncover gold nuggets with Auburn men finding nuggets worth 1 to 20 dollars in ravines and streams since the rains washed gravel.
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Virginia
United States
Long Island Sound
Massachusetts
Texas
California
Washington
Sac Faramento
Auburn
Missing Leg Spurs Demand for Large Dictionary
Fragmentary dialogue shows an engineer insisting on a large dictionary while a librarian notes none available beyond small ones. The exchange hints at a dresser leg missing and awkward farewell lines about a wedding and a family member’s illness.
Bathing facilities rare in historic European hotels
The Brookyn Eagle reprints Tullus Chambers noting the lack of baths in many European hotels and castles, with anecdotes from Hungary London and New York about missing bathtubs and the novelty of bathing in earlier eras. The piece argues baths predate modern conveniences and cites aristocrats and travelers lacking proper bathing.
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Maryld
Cortes
Hungary
Budapest
New York
Acestral Castle
London
Sta
New York City
Metropolitan
St. Nicholas
Alexander
Asia Minor
Tullus Chambers
Brooklyn Eagle
Ham Chronicles Track Napoleon in a French Fortress
The article recalls Ham as the prison fortress where Napoleon III was held after Waterloo and where Louis Napoleon Bonaparte escaped by feigning sleep, disguising as a carpenter, and carrying timber to Paris. It notes Napoleon II’s brief rise as a Man of Destiny and hints at lingering intrigue around his fate.
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Ham
France
Girard
Philadelphia Ledger
Napoleon
Waterloo
Bonaparte
Jim the Penman
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Paris
Sedan
Napoleon II
Oil-Spraying Cannon Devised By Admiral Guimaraes
The Brazilian navy rear admiral invents a mobile small cannon to spread oil on water in storms. A glass nine inch projectile filled with oil-soaked sawdust is fired with a one ounce charge to form a thin oil film that dulls waves and aids patrol craft against submarines.
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Guimaraes
Clone
Academie Des Sciences
South's Farm Production in 1916 Totals Over 4.65 Billion
The Manufacturers' Record reports the South's total agricultural products in 1916 at more than 4 650 000 000, about 8 percent below 1900 U S totals. Crops only rose 1 072 280 000 from 1915, with cotton leading at 1 070 508 006, grain at 1 283 369 000, and hay tobacco and potatoes at 440 404 000.
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United States
Embarrassing Mistake In Family Con cert
Mr Came rox recounts a social misstep during a concert. He admits to breaking into applause early for the piano tuner to please his family and avoid embarrassment.
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Mr. Camerox
Not Interested in a Partner Offer for Wealth
A speaker recalls a smooth talking stranger proposing a joint venture to make him rich in six months. He refused by claiming the heirs or "Hleetors" had only six months left and that no one mattered to leave a fortune to.
Directors Meet Athens Chamber of Commerce Session
The directors of the Athens Chamber of Commerce will meet this afternoon at 4 o clock to consider important matters facing the organization this year. Every member is asked to be present for a brief business session.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Revival at Oconee Street Church Attracts Large Crowd
Rev James T Guy of Dublin Va delivers a strong sermon on confronting evil and church inactivity at Oconee Street Church. Amos 5:1 theme urges vigilance as services continue nightly at 8 15 with stewards to brief reports after preaching.
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Oconee Street Church
Enoch W. Jones
James T. Guy
Dublin
Church of the Living God
Amos
Zion
Samaria
House of Israel
Board of Education approves contract and expands school programs
The city board of education awarded the school book handling contract to The McGregor Company. A fifth grade was added to Oco Nee street, and a first grade to Nantahala. Cookery and sewing were added to Childs street and College avenue programs with Miss Pittman elected. Two more grades planned for colored schools. Miss Josefe Moore and Miss Mary Woods elected to faculty. Teacher examinations for one vacancy scheduled this month. Assistant in domestic science at the high school deferred to next meeting.
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City Board of Education
McGregory Company
Oco- Nee Street
Nantahala
Childs Street
College Avenue
Miss Pittman
Missey Josefe Moore
Mary E. Woods
Sister of Hon. Robert DuBose Buried in Washington
Mrs. Henry O. Colley of Washington Wilkea county died Tuesday and was buried Wednesday. She was a granddaughter of Robert Toombs and survived by her brother Robert T. DuBose and husband and three children Katherine Frances and Henry Jr. Colley. Henry Colley Jr. serves in Company E Fifth Georgia in Athens. Colley was esteemed in Athens where she often visited.
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Robert T. DuBose
Henry O. Colley
Washington
Wilkea County
DuBose
Colley
Robert Toombs
Mr. DuBose
Mianen Katherine Colley
Frances Colley
Henry Colley
Fifth Georgia Regiment
Athens
Notice of Assessment for Oconee Burial Fund
Athens Ga June 7 1917 you are due an assessment of 25c for the death of Mr T H Morris payable at once to W J Smith & Bro or to J T Mealor.
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Athens
Oconee Burial Fund
T. H. Morris
W. J. Smith & Bro
J. Tl. Mealor
Adair Visits Parents After Months With American Nell Telephones
Mr. Chester Adair, long with the American Nell Telephones construction forces, came to Athens yesterday to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Adair on Grady Avenue.
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Chester Adair
Nell Telephones Company
Athens
Mrs
T. J. Adair
Grady Avenue
Athens forms home guard with volunteers and arms
Athens plans a three company home guard of 240 to 300 leading citizens. Judge A J Cobb and Col C M Snelling lead the effort as Congress approves government issuance of rifles and supplies. Nearly a hundred enlist, with Adjutant Calibers handling names for the Southern Mutual Building roster.
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Athens
A. J. Cobb
Superior Court
Congress
Washington
Atlanta Boy Bob Jones Jr Wins Southern Golf Title
Bob Jones Jr of Atlanta defeated Reubin Bush, the defending champion, three and two in the Southern Golf tournament in Birmingham Alabama on June 7.
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Atlanta Boy Southern
Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Bob Jones, Jr
Atlanta
Reuben Bush
Registration falls short of 10 million estimate
Washington reports seven states and the District of Columbia completed registration returns showing more than 16 000 men. Officials say the estimate will not be reached. A high percentage of exemptions is indicated.
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Washington
District of Columbia
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Atbece Savings Bank
Green & Michael
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M. B. Morton
Ford
Overland Co
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Chamber OF Commerce
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M. G. Dearing
Erwin & Company
Athens Home Guard
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Messrs
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Washington, D. C
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Universlty
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Capt
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H. Anix
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Southern Mutual
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F. M. Hodgson
J. F. Hart
Henry Hancock
R. P. Miller
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H. T. Culp
H. B. Heyward
George P. Brightwell
W. E. Broach
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M. H. Conway
F. E
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Herschel Carthers
A. G. Dudley
B. Dunaway
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W. D. Hooper, Sr
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D. H DuPree
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Roy M. Strickland
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M. G. Michael
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Insurance Dept
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