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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1916

Page

8

Short Notes of Interest and Local Advertisements

Local notes advertise insurance offerings and real estate loans from ulpscomb and Jester. W L Erwin cites moving services and furniture transport with fair rates. Webb Crawford lists sale of horse and mule. Geo Bolton offers Irish seed potatoes. Stradivarius violin for sale with case and bow. Prof Mahler offers a three step class and dancing sessions at the Elks hall tonight. Modern eight room rental at 1340 Prince avenue. Lewish Shirt Factory seeks seamstresses and wage workers.

Prof. Mahler the Elks Hall

Local Athens notices offer banking, classes, sales and ads

The page lists Athens Savings Bank offering 4 percent interest, a dance class at Elks hall with Prof Mahler, moving services by Fears Stables, a house and lot for sale or rent near the Normal School, a $50 scholarship to Athens Business College, potato plant offerings, a constipation remedy advertisement for Chamberlains Tablets, and contact details for various local notices.

Foley Cathartic Tablet Advertisement

If today brought on indigestion headaches or biliousness due to delayed bowels, take Foley Cathartic Tablet now for a pain free relief. This wholesome physic acts without nausea or discomfort. H. R. Palmer & Sons. adv

H. R. Palmer & Sons

Don't Scold Mother Ferrying Children's Ills with Figs

A vintage warning selling California Syrup of Figs as the cure for bilious, feverish children and tummy troubles. It urges mothers to use a 50 cent bottle, warns of counterfeit fakes, and stresses the product’s gentle laxative effects for all ages.

California California Fig Syrup Company

Original Life Forms and Luck Across Cultures

The article compares languages and proverbs on barking dogs and a silent dog with Latin roots, then discusses the origin of life in oceans, noting many ancient forms extinct and others evolving over millions of years. It concludes with a reflection on luck as a self eclipsing fetish and the idea that preparedness meets opportunity.

Rome Ocean Jordan

United Doctors May Choose Athens for Georgia Medical Institute

Athens is favored as the potential site for the United Doctors Georgia Medical Institute after a tour of major cities. The doctors, renowned for a new treatment for chronic diseases, have established institutes nationwide and may bring significant benefits if Athens is selected. More information will follow in this column.

Athens United Doctors New Georgia Institute Georgia Medical Institute Augusta Ohio Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Pennsylvania Maryland New Jersey Virginia

The Next Step in Faith and Growth

A quotation from Phillips Brooks urges readers to live up to their present faith and strength. It emphasizes taking the next straight step from one’s current growth to reveal what lies beyond.

Phillips Brooks

Forest coverage in British Isles contrasted

The report notes Ireland has about 1.5 percent woodland. England hosts 5.3 percent forest cover, Scotland 4.5 percent, and Wales 3.9 percent.

Great Britain Ireland England Scotland Wales

Quotation Emphasizes Wit and Memory Over Invention

A concise reflection on how a great mind relies on memory rather than always inventing new words. Emerson argues brave quoters honor tradition and use familiar phrasing when memory supplies a suitable expression.

Emerson

Be Merry An Old Proverb Echoes in a Bright Verse

A brief item notes the saying Be merry an ounce of mirth is worth a pound for sorrow attributed to Baxter. The line reflects a lighthearted民 ethos and appears as a quoted maxim in the column.

Baxter

Colonial Glassware Pattern Offers Complete Dining Line

A newspaper note promotes a light weight colonial pattern dinnerware line including pitchers, ice tea glasses, bowls, nappies, fruit saucers, cheesers, pickle dishes and more. The ad highlights single pieces or complete sets at various prices and invites inspections plus tungsten lamp specials and phone orders.

H. T. Huggins and Son Broad Street Address

H. T. Huggins and Son located on Broad Street furnishes contact by phone 125 for inquiries and orders.

Financial items and claims summary

A list of financial categories shows bonds and stocks totaling . Real estate holdings valued at 1 170 000 Interest dividends and rents accrued Cash on deposit and in office Subscription paid in cash adjustment All other claims and Reserve for contingencies noted.

Athens Woman Finds Relief From Kidney Ailments

Mrs. R. E. Bailey of 240 Barrow St Athens credits Dean's Kidney Pills with easing her dull kidney ache dizziness headaches and rheumatic pains. She used the remedy after a friend's suggestion and reports near eight years of relief since. Price 50c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y prop. adv

R. E. Bailey Barrow St Athens Dean Palmer & Sons

Southern Military Training Campers Headed for Fort Oglethorpe

About 200 men from prominent walks of life enrolled for the first Southern Military Training Camp to open April 3 at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia near Chickamauga battlefield. Major General Leonard Wood will attend the opening and Lt Col Henry T Allen leads the camp program as chief organizer and liaison.

Associated Press New York Fort Oglethorpe Governor's Island Department of the East Plattsburg N. Y Leonard Wood Henry T. Allen 11Th United States Cavalry Washington Berlin Petrograd Philippine Constabulary Mount McKinley Alaska Chattanooga Tenn Chickamauga Lookout Mountain United States

Southern youths enter cavalry training camp roster expands

A new list shows Southern leaders entering a cavalry training camp with Henry Clay Evans guiding statewide support. The roster, headed by Georgia names from Atlanta to Savannah, indicates a large enrollment likely rivaling last year’s Plattsburg camp.

Henry Clay Evans Department of Education and Health Chattanooga Governor’s Island Plattsburg

Chamber of Commerce Directors Meet at 10:30

An important special committee meeting of the chamber of commerce directors is scheduled for 10:30 at the organization's offices on Clayton Street.

Directors The Chamber of Commerce Clayton’ Street

March Dockets Show Rapid Rise in Drunkenness

In the first ten days of March police docketed twenty drunkenness cases, compared with twenty for all January and thirty six for February, signaling a sharp early month spike in offenses.

Nails Used in Surgery Reported by Sioux City Surgeons

Sioux City surgeons report cases where common iron nails are used to hold broken bone fragments in place during healing. The nails soon develop a rust resistant membrane and cause no trouble or ill effects. Iron stovepipe wire has also been used for this purpose.

Sioux City

Also Mentioned on This Page

MR. Dearing Berwin A Co Athens Audit CO Ulpscomb Iinsurance J. C. Jester Soan Athens Real Estate W. L. Erwin Webb & Crawford Geo Bolton Stradivarius Prince Avenue T. W. Brabston S. C. Upson Geo. Bolton Barber Street Lewish Shirt Factory Foundry Street Mahler J.T. Anderson Bank IN Athens Savings Bank Elks Hall Prof .Mahler Normal School J. B. Wier Lumpkin Street Express Office Sanford Field Keys Chas. Rawson S. Lumpkin, NH Athens Business College P. O. Box Athens, Ga Nancy Hall Porto Rico Triumph Jersey Dam Florida South Georgia A. L. Barwick Watkinsville, Ga NEW Medical Institute Douglas Fairbanks Loretta Blake Triangle-Fine Arts S Rand William Collier Mooney Senor R F.c.mcduffie Smith Bldg D. G.anderson & Co Clayton St H. T. Huggins & Son Broad St the Continental (Fire) Insurance Company Ces Green & Michael Southern Mutual Building Loan Department Southern Military Training Orr’s School S. P. Orr Wray St Georgia Cobb, Howell Hill Walter Clay Atlanta Wey Harrod Bernard Himebaugh Guy W Ingram T. L Clarkson Edward D Wellborn John Arnold Frank W Johnson Cortlandt Allen Richard Jones Tracy T Lowrey Jacob Henry Thomas Landon Stephenson George Brown Carrollton Bullock E. M Columbus Field Howard L Cornelia Addition Forrest Flowery Branch Dunwoody William Elliott Macon Elwes Frank Milledgeville Gordon George Arthur Savannah Davis William W Lawton Alexander Robert, Jr Neely Alvin W Waynesboro Cates Robert Boyd Pittard Charles Warrent New Post
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