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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1917

Page

7

Charlie Chaplin at the Strand Today Promises Comic Treats

Charlie Chaplin headlines the Strand program today in The Cure and The Soul of a Magdalene with Edna and a comic cast. The piece highlights Chaplin as a master pantomimist and shows a comic swimming scene. Also notes Heloise Beccause Broulette and the moral angle of True to Thine Own Self. Douglas Fairbanks slated for Monday with Wild and Wooly at Artcraft Pictures, depicting frontier adventure on the Arizona plains.

Charlie Chaplin Strand Charlie Chaplin King Edna Magdalen Douglas Fairbanks Artcraft Pictures Douglas East Great Plains Arizona

Government stenographer training ad prompts early start

A recruitment notice urges men and women to train for Civil Service exams in Atlanta and other cities. It promises salaries from 900 to 1200 annually and notes a rising demand for stenographers and clerks as war work expands. A special summer course is offered at a reduced tuition with a no cost investigation.

Uncle Sam Washington Atlanta

Forest Regiment of Woodsmen for France Formed

A six-company Forest Regiment of picked woodsmen and mill workers is being organized at the request of Allied powers to serve with the American Engineers Reserve Corps in France. Duties include timber, railroad ties, mine props, and camp logistics behind lines, with salaries from 30 to 51 dollars monthly in the U.S. and 34 to 61.20 overseas. Recruits aged 18 to 40, U.S. citizens or those intending to become, will train at American University and Fort Leavenworth before deployment.

France Aymen United States American University Washington, D., C Ft Leavenworth Kansas United States Army Hf. G. Spahr U. S. Forest Service Blue Ridge Blanks State College of Agriculture

Weather forecast for Atlanta and region June 22

Special to the Banner. forecast till 7 p.m. Saturday for Athens and vicinity shows fair to good weather with little temperature change. Generally fair conditions continue across the country though scattered showers occur in parts of southern Florida, northern and eastern Georgia, northern Alabama, and western Tennessee. Cold areas include Sault Ste. Marie reporting 46 at 7 a.m. with light frost. temperatures near normal in the south and Ohio valley, cooler north. Fair for Atlanta tonight and Saturday. In the Cotton States region temperatures near normal with some above normal highs. showers in northeastern Alabama, the Carolinas, northern Georgia, western Oklahoma, and eastern Texas. Local heavy rain reported in Anniston, Alabama. von Herrmann, Meteorologist.

Baner Atlanta Athens Florida Georgia Alabama Tennessee Utah Mississippi River Ohio Valley Sault Ste. Marie North Pacific New Orleans Cotton Carolinas Oklahoma Texas Anniston

Changing Color of Flowers

A finding shows pink flowers can turn blue after brief exposure to ammonia fumes while blue flowers may become pink when exposed to acids. The results suggest color changes in petals depend on chemical exposure.

Vaulting Aspirations of Youth From Circus to Screens

Dialogue contrasts past ambition with modern dreams as a speaker recalls wanting to be a circus clown while his sons seek fame and salaries as moving picture actors. The piece highlights shifting career aspirations across generations within a single family.

Forethought saves families big expenses, Archer’s note

Caldwell Ohio resident DB W Archer writes that his family has consistently used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for years and even takes it on extended visits, believing it prevents illness and expense. The testimonial underscores readiness and practical use of the remedy.

DB. W. Archer Caldwell Ohio Chamberlain

Violent Fluctuations in Cotton Price Condemned

New York report notes a letter from President Geo M Shutt to New York Cotton Exchange members urging restraint to prevent drastic price swings. The piece covers market quiet early session, fluctuations, and a Liverpool trade view, with New Orleans prices showing weakness then rally. A light financial quip follows in the outlook section.

New York United States Teday Board of Managers Associated Press Snail Liverpool London Exchange

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