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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
4
Short notes of interest describe ads with technical addresses and advertiser identity questions. Listings include insurance, banking, car rentals, furnished and unfurnished rooms, and rental cottages with contact details and locations in Athens.
For Rent notice lists five rooms near In close by telephone contact and a market ad. separately a notice from the State Normal School at Athens Georgia seeks sealed proposals by noon March 20 1917 for furniture plumbing and lighting fixtures for dormitory and academic buildings with inquiries directed to President Jere M Pound.
Commerce Georgia March 8 The people of this city will be glad Dr David C Barrow chancellor of the State University of Athens will lead the services at the First Methodist church next Sunday morning Barrow is known for delivering an inspiring message You Need a Spring Laxative Dr Kings New Life Pills offer a non gripping laxative to cleanse winter wastes from the intestines and improve blood Get them at druggists 25c When to Take Chamberlains Tablets Lists common indications and conditions for use including dullness constipation biliousness sour stomach and indigestion with no long phrasing
Head and McMahan announce an Athens clothing factory to lower prices by making garments locally. They say buying Athens made clothing saves five to ten dollars per salt and benefits the whole community as growth continues. They urge residents to place orders now before busy times.
A resident tallied 625 private cars at Hancock and Lumpkin from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to gauge auto travel and award a $2.50 toaster to the closest guess. D. G. Bickers led with 621, BE. Rawson followed at 613, and W. A. Clarke Jr. at 695.
Evidence to show Hindu physician Dr Chandre Chakraborty and German chemist Ernest Sekunna received more than 60000 from Wolf Von Igel on order of German Foreign Minister Zimmermann to foment a revolt in India, as reported to the federal grand jury from papers seized in a government raid. Normal market notices follow.
Speaker D. J. Fant, noted engineer, will speak at the men’s meeting at 3 30 this afternoon. The event is organized locally and will feature discussion on technical topics.
Engineer Fant of the Southern Railway will speak at the Strand Sunday at 3 30 P M to the older boys on The Emergency Run. R M Guess Y M C A secretary will address the older group and Tad Paine the younger boys at the same hour with a special music program.
Winterville Georgia to formally turn over its new school building to the county board of education in a Friday housewarming event starting at 2 PM. The program includes addresses by Chancellor David C Barrow University of Georgia Odum and education leaders with music and readings from local departments.
The article outlines rising tensions as prohibitionists push for stricter measures amid anticipated intense floor fights. It notes forthcoming attempts to advance controversial bills and political maneuvering for credit among lawmakers.
The report outlines plans for a comprehensive bone dry bill drafted with the governor and both houses. It notes extensive preparations, potential filibuster tactics from a mountain county senator, and a rush to complete work in seven to ten working days.
A London Spectator remark declares that the poor feel little sympathy for the rich because they have never lived among them and cannot know their suffering.
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