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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1917

Page

3

Local notes and meetings in Winterville and Athens

Winterville updates report on residents' travels, family visits, and moves to Athens. Community groups including Baptist and Methodist Missionary Societies hold meetings. A Red Cross drive begins with ten names submitted. A teachers institute is planned for next week with J O Martin and T H Doster. Normal School Glee Club concert set for March 26 at the school auditorium. Rev Geo Stone assists at Young Harris Institute and Rev Hawkins preaches at Decatur Orphans Home with good offerings.

Red Cross Society Madame Lustrat Mrs. Proctor Lucy Bishop Athens Madame Lustrate the Cross Society Normal School Geo. Stone Young Harris Institute

Mason's Annuity Details Benefit For Widows and Orphans

Georgia Masons report assets in the Mason's Annuity at 920569 with 891949 paid to beneficiaries. The program supports 600 widows and 1000 children and is led by Edward P. Burns with a strong southern Masonry roster.

Atlanta Masons Georgia Masons Order Supreme Lodge America South Supreme

A Modern Cinderella At Strand And Elite

William Fox presents A Modern Cinderella at Strand and Elite with a shipwreck scene famed for its scenic effects. Star Serrano brings New York roots and a rare Thanhouser collaboration to this photoplay noted for family lessons and vivid spectacle.

June Caprice Strand William Fox Mr. Serrano New York Thanhouser Pauline Frederick Lydia Gilmore

Elite and Strand Present New Screendrama Features

The Elite Theater shows A Modern Monte Cristo with Vincent Serrano from a Lloyd Lonergran script by Thanhouser under Eugene Moore as director. The Strand features The Price of Silence with Wm. Farnum and both houses offer special Thursday programs.

Dumas Monte Cristo Vincent Serrano Strand ELITE Fox Augustus Thomas Arizona Denman Thompson Mr. Serrano Pathe Block Island Wm. Farnum Edith Story E. H. Southern Pathe Jrooster Thanhouser

Sign of Good Digestion in a Cheerful Old Lady

An old lady with cheerfulness signals good digestion. If your stomach is impaired or you do not relish meals, take Cham berlain's Tablets. They strengthen the stomach improve digestion and cause a gentle movement of the bowels. Obtainable everywhere.

How to Prevent Croup in Children

Advice for parents to reduce croup risk by serving a light evening meal to prevent stomach distress and by treating early hoarseness with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The remedy is touted as widely obtainable.

Chamberlain

Short skirts linked to bigger meat bills say Quaker lecturer

Philadelphia reports Miss Jane Newcomb, a State College extension lecturer, told a Quaker gathering that short skirts raise butcher and doctor costs. She adds short skirts and silk stockings increase appetite and irritability, while an inch from the skirt equates to a pound of beefsteak. Calico dresses are safer than imitation silk. The lecturer says a woman's first duty is to beauty.

Philadelphia Jane Newcomb State College

Sisson Helps Couple Tie Impromptu Italian Wedding

San Rafael resident A. W. Sisson drove Eugenio Crozi and Angelina Rassi to obtain a marriage license and quickly to a priest, tying a fast wedding they did not intend that day. They planned a larger Italian wedding a week later and have not forgiven him.

San Rafael Cal A. W. Sisson Kentfield Eugenio Crozi Angelina Rassi Sisson

Police To Keep Man Sober In Kansas City

Kansas City police judge J. J. Brady declares Frank Phillips a ward of the police and orders patrolmen to ensure he remains sober. The judge notes Phillips is a good citizen who cannot control drinking and should be watched to prevent further jail time.

Kansas City J. J. Brady Frank Phillips

Uncle Sam Seeks Workers for Many Government Posts

A broad recruitment drive announces dozens of civil service jobs at once across ordnance yards and arsenals in Philadelphia Dover Watertown Watervliet Boston New York Norfolk and Washington. Positions range from machinists and operators to engineers and draftsmen with salaries from two dollars a day to three thousand a year and exams to be held mainly in March and April.

Sam United States Civil Service Postoffice Athens Frankford Arsenal Philadelphia Picating Arsenal Dover N. J Watertown Mass Watervilet Arsenal Watervilet N. Y Navy Yards Boston New York Norfolk Washington Samuel

Famed French Aviatrix Arrives in United States

Helene Detrieu famed for air feats and wartime service arrives in the United States. The French aviator, decorated with the Legion of Honor, is regarded as one of the most accomplished women flyers in the world.

Mile Helene Detrieu Mile. Detrieu

Women Prisoners Clean City Hall in New Castle

Women prisoners in New Castle Pennsylvania serve a 30 day sentence reduced by five days for daily cleaning work at City Hall. Usually two or three prisoners work each day, scrubbing the hall and complying with a guard’s warning that escape would be treated as a fugitive act.

City Hall New Castle

Pessimistic View on Friday Weddings From Puck

A quip presents a playful dialogue about Friday weddings dubbing it unlucky or not. The exchange questions if Friday should be treated differently from other days for marriage, reflecting a newspaper style opinion snippet.

Puck

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Bernstein Brothers Winterville Trey Tarry RL. Dowdy Americus Jacksonville Fla Luther Furth Ruby Dowé Marshall Nelms Abd J. B. Winter Mra. H. C. Towns Little.sem Carlton Hf. A. Winter Mr. Towns Athens Electric Company Washmeta D. 4 Yonge Rere Ee the Baptist Missionary Society Clara Bulloch The Methodist Missionary Society J. O. Martin T. H., Doster Mr. Hawkins Decatur Methodist Church Edward M. Coleman Holman Building AT the Strand Ture GoLr California Aker ROYAL Temple OF Palmistry Rajah KEENE Lumpkin Street Show Grounds Qibley Dion Barne Prince Nelson Joy
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