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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
6
Classified snippets advertise insurance by Lipscomb and a Jester fire insurance split, razors by Lemaster and Allen, a second-hand Dodge roadster for sale, Buick rentals, two six-room rentals, a found poker book at Milledge car, furnished rooms on Prince Ave, and a sale on shirts at Levy's Togghry Shop.
Local notices advertise savings bank 4 percent interest on deposits with January start and July 1 deposits. Help wanted for stenographer. Also several ads for groceries, cosmetics, furniture refinishing, rentals, and bank loan rates. Listings include Thomas Bros in Normal Station, Deadwyler, Prince Ave cottages, Tonics for dandruff, and fresh oysters.
The executive committee of the Georgia Weekly Press Association will hold a special meeting Saturday in the office of Labor Commissioner Hal M. Stanley to plan the program for the 1917 annual meeting in Thomasville.
The council approved an automobile registration ordinance and discussed meat inspector and claims committee ordinances. It accepted a Milledge Circle deed, planned future actions on the Pope Street sewer, and addressed tax measures and a Bush license case. William John Russell of the federal treasury visited, and Sheriff Jackson left for Atlanta.
Scientific American explains shoeblocking odor comes from an oil distilled from spruce and hemlock needles. The oil, produced in New England during winter, gives the distinctive piney scent reminiscent of deep woods.
Governor Harris plans to issue a proclamation convoking an extra session to meet on the 20th. He released a statement outlining reasons for the session and his conclusions on the Reed amendment to the federal postal bill. He says federal provisions do not declare Georgia bone dry. state action is needed.
Savannah March 7 One hundred pages of Georgia focused histori cal articles sketches and illustrations mark the first issue of the Georgia Historical Review a new quarterly by the Georgia Historical Society Editor William Harden with pieces by Major Joseph B Cumming W W Mackall and Otis Ashmore plus sketches of the Minis family The issue features frontispiece Hodgson Hall and portraits of Miss Mary Telfair and Major Evan P Howell Subscriptions 3 a year members 5 This first issue introduces the state institution and early Georgia topics from The Georgia Gazette issues 1763 to 1799 and a roster for Martins Artillery Company of 1862
Citizens compete in a daily price sale of electric appliances at the Electric Shop. The contest calculated taxes paid to the United States government Georgia Clarke and Oconee counties Athens city and the railway’s city franchise taxes. The actual year ending March 1 1917 was 17 617 23 with Thornton first at 18 700 while Curry and Hunter were 19 500 and 13 000. A new contest follows today.
The French town of Saint Quentin, once Augusta Veromanduorum, took its present name in honor of Gaius Quintinus who was martyred there in the third century. His tomb became a shrine four centuries later, drawing pilgrims and boosting medieval cloth manufacture in the town.
The article by Otis Ashmore, corresponding secretary of the society, introduces a series on Georgia counties that have figured prominently in the state's history. It discusses the value of friendship and community as guiding themes for local history storytelling.
The article describes aurora borealis visibility in America, noting that at 40 degrees latitude about ten auroras are visible yearly, at 42 degrees about twenty, and at 45 around forty. Between 50 and 60 degrees latitude the phenomenon is most frequent, with observations on many clear nights, while south of 40 degrees it is rare.
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