05 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1918
Page
1
A three day campaign opens at 2 pm to raise 7000 dollars for the Athens Y M C A work, with 120 volunteers organizing dinners and subscriptions. The drive aims to reduce building indebtedness of 6409 75 and fund equipment, continuing a building that opened to serve Athens boys and young men.
National Hat Day promos steer readers to the Banner for hat news and new spring styles from Athens hatters. The ad highlights early ordering and a seasonal shift, mentioning Arnold & Abney and Costa's Delicatessen among other notices and local business placements.
In a March 4 dispatch from Amsterdam, Berlin hailed Russia peace as a master stroke with Kaiser's telegrams and holiday schools. London reports Allied ambassadors in Tokyo planned to push Japan to safeguard interests in Liberia. Washington notes Japan may act in eastern Siberia to curb German influence, while Russians mass on China’s Xinjiang frontier signaling invasion pressure.
In Europe the western front intensifies as battles of large scale unfold in France and Belgium while actions in Russia shift focus. Reports from Petrograd suggest German pauses against Greater Russia and renewed strikes against Finland, with Austro-Hungarian incursions into Podolia. Siberia sees Bolshevik obstruction of Japanese plans, and in the Middle East Allied gains widen with a 3,000 yard advance by the British in Palestine alongside French assaults near the Meuse. Over 150 prisoners are captured.
The Texas lower house concurred with the senate amendment to ratify the federal prohibition amendment. The resolution now goes to the governor for final action.
The Georgia Land and Loan Company, Glenn Borough manager, with offices in the Shackelford building, has purchased one thousand acres of fine timber land in Oglethorpe county. This is among the largest timber bodies near Athens. The company plans to saw and deliver the timber to Athens by truck, improve the lands, subdivide them, and place farm lands on the market.
Mr J C Hutchins Jr son of local residents left yesterday to join the Emory base hospital unit in Atlanta. Buck Patterson of Cartersville also joined the same organization. The unit includes sons of prominent state families and will comprise 153 men at Camp Gordon with 100 trained nurses to sail for France.
A Kansas City couple, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Eaton, press a caveat in Oglethorpe County for a daughter’s claim to the late James M. Smith estate. A hired detective reports Emma Smith, now Mrs. Eaton, is tied to Ohio marriages and a complex family history. Sensational revelations are promised when the superior court reviews the ordinary’s decision next month.
J Van Straaten promotes meatless day fare featuring Spanish mackerel shad salmon trout and oysters. Local shop advertises phone numbers 1475 1476 for orders and inquiries.
Thornton's Luncheonette offers chicken salad with bread and a choice of coffee or milk for 25 cents. Vegetable soup, Brunswick stew, scalloped oysters with creamed mashed potatoes and green peas, muffins, fried trout, and oysters any style are featured. Desserts include baked apple with whipped cream and homemade pies. Also available are tea coffee cocoa and lemon apple coconut, plus Arnold & Abney items. Phone 1131.
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