Short Notes of Interest Advertisements in The Banner
A collection of misc ads and notices from The Banner includes insurance pitches from Lipscomb's Specialty-Insurance and J. C. Jester, deposit details from Athens Savings Bank, loan offers from GREEN & MICHAEL, a chocolate shipment at Thornton's, and a teeth buyback offer by L. Mazer. It also lists job requests at Athens Hotel, radiator for sale, moving service by Williams Bros, and autos for rent. A humorous exchange on gravity precedes a shareholder notice for Commercial Bank of Athens dated July 5 1917.
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Commercial Bank of Athens
Iee Bank
W. S. Johns
Thornton's Special: Fifty Pounds Chocolate Creams Bargain
Special today at Thornton's offers fifty pounds of 650 cent grade assorted chocolate creams for 25 cents. A young man seeks a bookkeeper position. Not subject to conscription, care banner 6.
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Thornton's
Care Banner
Franklin Springs Barbecue Dinners Featured by Resort
Diners are urged to skip Sunday meals and visit Franklin Springs to enjoy barbecue dinners highlighted by the resort management. The ad promotes the restaurant as a famous retreat with flavorful options and inviting atmosphere.
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Franklin Springs
Goddesses Preceded Gods Across Ancient Realms
In Greece Asia Minor India and Egypt women held divine rank before men with goddesses credited for early arts and crafts. Muses guided poetry and music before Apollo Isis symbolized bread and Demeter taught sowing. Thus today’s women entering various vocations may reflect a return to ancient natural conditions per Havelock Elis.
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Greece
Asia Minor
India
Egypt
Apollo
Isis
Demeter
Havelock
Elis
Purpoise Lubricant Aids Timekeeping Through Ages
A playful Purpoise is credited with keeping punctual time across watches clocks and chronometers by providing a unique lubricant. An authentic record notes its ability to function in extreme temperatures including 100 degrees below zero, ensuring steady operation summer and winter.
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Scientific
Fortune in Crimson Gulch Bets Go Dry
Broncho Bob quips that the luckiest man in Crimson Gulch is Three-Finger Sam for a six month no-drink bet. He claimed success, but then the whole state went bone-dry and Sam couldn't toast his winnings.
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Broncho
Crimson Gulch
Sam
How Red Cross Wheels Turn After Disaster Strikes Land
A vivid account of how the Red Cross mobilized after the May 20 tornadoes hit Mattoon and Charleston Illinois. It details the quick actions of Charles Lee Bryson Walter Davidson John J. O Connor and others, the rapid deployment of nurses supplies and funds, and the establishment of committees and coordination with Chicago headquarters to shelter feed and care for the homeless and injured while planning reconstruction.
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Red Cross
Mattoon
Charleston
Chicago
Charles Lee Bryson
Central Division
The
John J. O'Connor
Washington
Red Cross War Council
Tilyson
Walter Davilson
O'Connor
Davidson
Bryson
Swan
A. A. Sprague II
Red Cross Supply Service
Champion
W. D. Thurber
Uminois
Division
John W. Champion
Minnie F. Ahrens
Chicago Red Cross Nursing Service
Myra VY. van Nostrand
United Charities
Ahrens
Chiense United Charities
Sim Crais
Hospital Buppiles
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Springfeld
Elgin
Bloomington
St. Louis
Indiana
Bentley
Loomis
Cleveland
Mr. O'Connor
Foster
A. F. Bentley
F. D. Loomis
Children’s Aly Society of
Newcastle
Eugene
Hickman
C. M. Roos
Cairo
Ill
Ohio Valley
Ae Cross
Red Cross Membership Growth in Early War Years
The American Red Cross membership reached about 2,000,000 by May 21, a surge from 25,000 before 1914 15 under John J. O Connors drive. O Connor raised $100,000 for European relief and expanded Chicago chapter by 12,500 in ten days.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
John J. O'Connor
Central Division
Chicago
Pleasure Car Motor Sets New Amateur Record
Chicago report on June 22 notes the Haynes Light Twelve set a new amateur 100 mile record at the Chicago Auto Derby on June 16, averaging 89 mph. The car used a stock engine from a pleasure car, fitted just before the race, and faced top $4,000 racing cars without stopping for adjustments. Percy Ford Jr. drove the Haynes to victory, with the engine proving reliable and powerful throughout the 100 miles.
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Chicago
H E. Doty
Haynes
Doty
Percy Ford, Jr
Tgo Ranch
Fender
Yord
Ford
Meaning of How in Indian greeting as friend not health
A Youth's Companion note explains that the word How is actually ou meaning brother or friend. It asserts that the greeting is a declaration of friendship rather than a query about health.
Safe Duel Across the Yard Sparks Witty Banter
An account describes two duelists who fought all day without a scratch, exhausting themselves. A quip suggests targeting practice, clarifying the duel involved swordplay at fifty feet rather than close combat.
A Plea for Sports in Wartime America
Sporting writers defend ongoing athletics from cutbacks linked to war mobilization. They argue that baseball, football, tennis, track and water sports build fitness and morale for the nation and its troops. The U S army supports competitive sports in training camps as part of physical conditioning. A canvass shows young Americans continue to play more baseball and other sports despite alarmist voices.
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Wilson
British Isles
England
America
France
Belgium
Great Britain
United States
United States Army
Didn’t Ask for Ride
A boy known as Junior, fond of auto rides, disregards his mother's order to stop asking neighbors for rides. When confronted, he explains he did not ask to ride but asked where he should sit in the car, highlighting a misinterpretation of the instruction.
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Junior
Would the Bear Wait during Pennye veto message
A historical veto quoted by the Philadelphia Public Ledger recalls Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker vetoing a bill that allowed bear killings with any means except a gun and banned it only in November. The governor questioned if a man attacked in July by a bear would be spared until November or be forced to fetch a weapon.
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Samuel W. Pennye Packer
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Ss. O. S
J. D. Bradwell
Lipscomb
Insurance
J. C. Jester
Athens
Athens Savings Bank
Green & Michael, Loan Dept
Thornton
Lowney
L. Mazer
S. 5Th St
Philadelphia
Patru
Athens Hotel
Cor. Broad and Lumpkin Sts
Williams Bros
Miss Pert
Dad
A. C. Stephens Optometrist
Lumpkin Street
Prince Ave
Nacoochee Ave
J. T. Anderson
Boston Cafe
Boston
Harmon & Ekrod
Gracedale Greenhouses
D.G. Anderson & Co
Jomet—Fares
Central States
Illinois
Atlanta
Clarkesville
M. G. Dearing
Erwin & Company
Pleasure Car Motor
Insurance Department
Oscar Nichols
Insurance Dept
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