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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
7
The page compiles local notices and editorial commentary from Athens Georgia. It cites March weather hints, political tidbits, wartime opinion on Wilson and preparedness, and voices on national honor, urging a prepared, principled stance while highlighting public notices and subscription logistics.
Georgia tightens hunting rules as March closes a season. The better class of sportsmen long pushed for protective laws to preserve birds and game. now federal and state regulations gain support. Compliance expected with wardens enforcing the measures and few violations reported.
The month just passed set a record with weather scenes ranging from calm to heavy winds, thunderstorms, and even an earthquake. It combined warm spells with cold snaps, rain, snow, sleet, fog, and lightning, flirting with spring before winter appears delayed.
Representative Stephenson proposes a 10,000 mile national highway within U S borders circling near coasts and boundary lines to be used in peace and war. It would create good wages for 100000 workers, train workers for defense, and provide transport of men and munitions across the nation.
Opti and Pessi stroll the fields as bright sun and dark shadows clash in a brief weather comic. Opti notes fair looks yet Pessi warns of brewing storm signs. The strip captures old time skepticism toward forecasts with a final quip on uncertain skies.
A persuasive poem fragment extols a man deemed poor by worldly standards yet rich in nature. The speaker asserts that true treasure lies in saffron sunsets, gem-like horizons, and dew-dropped diamonds found in nature’s gifts, priceless to the heir of nature who can count them.
An old advertisement warns readers about feeling tired stiff and aching muscles and joints suggesting Foley Kidney Pills to purge waste and aid kidney function. It urges mailing a 5c slip to Foley Co for trial packages and mentions Foley’s Honey and Tar and other products via H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Mr W W Smith of Atlanta asserts his wife, once bedridden and invalid for years, regained strength after four Tanlac bottles. He says rheumatism and multiple ailments vanished, she now walks and feels well, and he urges others to try the medicine. Tanlac sold by Citizens' Pharmacy Athens and The Kroner Co. in Winterville.
A called communication of the Masons of Mount Vernon Lodge is set for tonight at 8 o'clock to confer the Master’s degree. All qualified brethren are urged to attend and visiting qualified brethren in the city are invited by the worshipful master and the secretary.
An elderly Raleigh, Georgia reader praises Foley Cathartic Tablets for cleansing the intestines without griping or nausea. The ad claims relief from constipation, headaches, and malaise by removing buildup on the intestinal walls, which it credits as the source of many ailments.
Statistics from the University of Georgia for 1915 16 show 603 parents of students, with more than one third listed as farmers. Merchants, lawyers and government officials follow, then other professions. The study notes a rise in farmers sons attending since 1907, with 33.8 percent in 1915 16.
Anna Held the famous French comedienne, enticed to the moving pictures by Paramount, will star in Madame La Presidente at the Colonial next Tuesday March 7. It is her first screen appearance, produced by Morosco and released February 7, with a cast including Forrest Stanley and Lydia Yeamans Titus.
A Dorchester Mass testimonial praises Vinci as the strongest strength creator from cod liver and iron tonic without oil. It claims renewed vitality after surgery and reinforces habitual use by a family for 13 years, with a money back guarantee if no benefit. Also mentions Chamberlains Cough Remedy as cold relief and sleeping porch advice.
A 1916 page lists multiple announces for Solicitor General Western Circuit from P Cooley O Dean and John B Gamble urging white citizens support for re election. It also includes candidates Thomas J Brown for Congress Nat D Arnold for Senate O Stevens Crawford Ga and other notices.
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