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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
7
The ad claims Cottolene is far superior to lard with smoother texture finer grain and better flavor for pastry. It asserts Cottolene costs no more than lard and yields one third more than butter or lard, comparing it favorably to imitations and urging avoidance of substitutes.
Washington Ga March 10 The bill granting 55000 for a government building in Washington passed both houses in Washington City and gained Taft’s signature. Tribble secured the appropriation and wire news brought gratification to citizens. A local client seeks loans starting at 3000 with DuBose and DuBose representing him.
Lincoln Neb March 10 A last appeal to save Albert Prince from the rations was made to the state board of pardons today. Prince a negro was serving a burglary sentence when on February 11 1912 he stabbed and killed Deputy Warden Davis during services in the prison chapel. The crime began a series of prison tragedies with four officials and three convicts killed. Prince was convicted of murder and sentenced to hang on August 30. The execution was stayed by a supreme court appeal. Unless the board of pardons interferes the negro will be executed next Friday.
The tenth annual conference of the Religious Education Association opens in Cleveland on March 10 for a four day session. It draws church workers and leaders from across the United States and Canada. The theme is Religious Education and Civic Progress with discussions on religion in social settlements, children and church worship, religious training in professional schools, and moral training in elementary education.
In Zanesville Ohio Mrs Roy Sim reports cramping lower back headaches and irregular cycles improving after five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham Liver Pills and urges others to try the medicine. In Danville Virginia Mrs Matrie Haley says she spent ten dollars on the remedies and feels much healthier now able to eat well and praise the treatment.
The article discusses the church's responsibility in home education and moral development through schools, Sunday schools, and high school students, linking eugenics, sex hygiene, and civic progress to parental education and the moral welfare of children. It also notes the newspaper's role in informing parents and the need for educating them for responsible parenthood. Brick for sale in small lots. Quick delivery. Phone 4. Harris-Stephenson Co.
The monastic community on Mount Koya hosts thousands of pilgrims each day with a simple, orderly system. Priests live celibate vegetarian lives yet maintain relaxed routines, and monks freely visit homes. Pilgrims come to inter the dead, honor ancestors, or seek purification and merit as they tour the temple complex.
A curious egg laying autography device uses Hen lures a colored crayon mark on her leg as she passes along an inclined plane to prove the egg is hers. In Weld Maine hunters report a unusually large black fox sought after for its valuable skin worth from five hundred to one thousand dollars.
An Armenian wedding unfolds over several days with a festive start by friends and relatives, minstrels and dancers, and ends with a ceremonial procession to church. The groom endures shaving, gifts, and a candlelit clothing sequence before final possession after three more days. The piece underscores Armenian endurance and tradition.
An American consulting architect F. W. Fitzpatrick outlines a bold plan to dispose of the dead. Bodies would be molded into clay blocks, heated to high temperatures, and used as structural units in a national monument of the dead. Each slab would bear the deceased's name, promising a striking but controversial solution to burial and cremation objections.
A Papuan man on Kiwai Island enters mourning by wearing a long grass necklace reaching to his feet and front for a year. In the initial weeks he also smears his face and body with mud daily as part of the ritual.
The piece surveys strange oath customs from Assam rope circle ceremonies to bear head oaths in Russia and Ostiak courts, tiger head swearing in India, and dog division as punishment symbols, noting the simplest method is the Quaker practice of swearing none and speaking truth.
Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 22 F and A M holds regular Thursday night meetings at Masonic Hall on Clayton Street. Keystone Chapter No. 1 Royal Arch Masons meets every third Tuesday at 8 pm in the Max Joseph building. Owls nest, Athens, No. 1460 meets Fridays at 8:30 pm. Glenn Lodge No. 75 I O O F meets Tuesdays at Oda Fellows Hall. St Elmo Lodge No. 40 K of P meets Mondays at Castle Hall. Athens B. P. O. E. No. 790 meets Wednesdays at Broad and Lumpkin. Williams Lodge No. 15 I O O F meets Mondays at Odd Fellows Hall. Geo. S. Davis Camp No. 292 W O W meets Wednesdays at Woodmen Hall with various duties.
Fears Grocery Company offers a five percent reduction on cash purchases through its coupon books. The program is advertised with the tag line Save five percent on all cash transactions using the store coupon literature.
History fails to name the inventor of the doll yet shows dolls existed 500 years before Christ. Edward Lovett, an enthusiastic collector, owns a 26 centuries old doll, a battered stick but unmistakably a doll. The artifact proves today’s children resemble their ancient sisters in imagination and affection.
Ventriloquism extends beyond humans with birds such as the corncrake and grasshopper producing elusive, shifting notes. The corncrake’s harsh crake may appear at your feet or far away, while the grasshopper’s sibilant call resists easy localization.
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