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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1917
Page
5
Attention workers needed for civil service offices in Washington and across the country. Salaries range from 900 to 1200 dollars yearly for men and women. Learn shorthand in 8 to 12 weeks with a special summer tuition offer to prepare 100 students for September openings. Fill the coupon to receive details.
Mrs Juanita Sibley of Union Point died after months of illness. Survived by four children Sam Hale Sibley James Hart Sibley Harold Lamb and Robert F Bryan two brothers James F Hart Athens John C Hart Atlanta and sister Emma Hart Thomas Union Point. She led the Woman's Christian Temperance Union serving as longtime president and representing Georgia abroad. She helped Lucy Cobb School alumni endowment and served as Lucy Cobb Alumni president. Funeral in Union Point with interment in Augusta followed by many Athens mourners.
The alumni luncheon in Denmark Dining Hall follows a speakers’ program focusing on ending mob violence and upholding law. Judge Wright and Chancellor Barrow lead tributes to service, with Georgia figures praising citizenship, duty, and Black Southerners’ loyalty through history and today.
Yesterday morning a fire was discovered on the second floor of the Sigma Nu chapter house on Dougherty Street. Firemen extinguished the blaze with chemical apparatus. damage is expected around 200 dollars. The building, owned by Mr. Cobb Lampkin, carried 5,000 dollars of insurance and was unoccupied at the time.
Judge Hodges grants a new trial in American Glass Sterilizer Co. vs. Southern Express Co. in Franklin Superior Court. The case concerns a sterilizer machine shipped from Lavonia to Royston July 30, 1914, destroyed by fire, with liability debated over carrier status and unloading instructions after arrival amid political speeches. Represented by Dorough Adams and McDaniel for plaintiff, McCurry for Southern Express Co.
The Associated Press reports Washington on June 19 that 200,000 summer school teachers will be asked to teach home economics as part of a national food conservation program.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a purified calomel tablet free of older side effects. It claims one nightly tablet cleanses the liver, ensures a good morning, and offers a money back guarantee if customers are not delighted with Calotabs sold in sealed twenty dose packs for thirty five cents.
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