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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1917
Page
8
Advertisements list varied notices including insurance, loans, real estate, job offers, rentals, and items for sale. It mentions Lipscomb's Specialty insurance, Athens Savings Bank rates, debt offers from Jno Strickland, and multiple rental and sale notices. Also includes lost item, a dog, and local shop promotions.
An ad explains Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use preparation costing about 50 cents a bottle. It claims to darken hair naturally and evenly when applied with a sponge or brush, fading gray to look younger, while noting it is not a disease cure.
Campaign to boost the Athens Redpath Chautauqua from May 15 to 22 gains momentum with Chamber of Commerce and Women's Club organizers pledging ticket sales to cover a guaranteed $1,800. The program spans seven days with concerts lectures and moving pictures led by notable figures including Dr. Martin D. Hardin and Guiseppe Creatore the noted bandleader.
An old advertisement from Hixson Tenn promotes Cardus as a remedy for womanly troubles. It features Mrs. J. B. GaddTestimony of pain in the left side, insomnia, and fatigue followed by claimed cure after taking Cardus. The copy urges other women to try Cardus, listing headaches backaches and nervousness as signs of trouble and claiming forty years of use. It notes druggists carry NO-132.
A delivery team horse from Crucedale Greenhouse was badly crippled when the wagon collided with a touring car on Milledge avenue near the Lucy Cobb Institute on Saturday afternoon. Mrs Howell Cobb, visiting Brevard, N C, is staying with relatives for a few days.
The Observer highlights a Boston style remark about a dog standing on hind legs as part of a Surprise Day feature at New Elite. Clara Kimball Young headlines the Strand with The Price She Paid as feature film in today’s program.
The Strand and Elite feature Marguerite Clarke in The Valentine Girl and Kitty Gordon in Forget Me Not. Irene Hawley stars in Her Father’s Keeper at the Strand, a five reel drama with strong cast. Keystone comedy Stars and Bars accompanies. Sunshine and Gold at the Elite showcases Marie Osburns in a lively, crowd engaging program.
The City Star notes Gray's Elegy has yielded countless quotable lines that enrich English prose. Fame rests on phrases like The short and simple annals of the poor and The paths of glory lead to the grave, echoed in Hardy and Webster anecdotes.
A long description outlines the ideal girl for marriage, praising her health grace education and domestic skills while noting modesty religiosity and broad social standing. The piece ends with a courtroom quip showing humorous banter between a judge and defendant.
A fragment argues sincerity comes from being true to oneself and not overanalyzing impressions. It compares insincerity to nature like trees mountains and sunsets, suggesting people avoid self analysis to avoid affecting impressions.
The banyan of India is an ornamental fig whose branches cast aerial roots that descend to the soil take root and form new trunks. These trees can spread into a forest of thousands of trunks covering acres and some reach 16 feet in diameter.
The note quotes Claude Callan claiming five brothers exist with four who say unkind things about him. The speaker adds he never sent money to the Oath, in a terse cryptic social column snippet from Fort We Stor Tele gram.
A brief public health warning cites that one in three people die from certain diseases and urges self control and moderate precautions to escape illness. The item reflects old-time rhetoric on disease prevention and personal responsibility.
A jumble of dialogue scenes features characters debating government ownership of railroads and social quirks. Notable bits include Mrs. Torkins declaring support, Herlock Shames misinterpreting lemon juice for complexion, neighbors discussing superstition and death, and a humorous exchange about perpetual motion and pink tea.
A preacher’s fiery sermon prompts a tale of irony as he warns believers while secretly paying attention to earthly gossip. The line about many persons having one eye on heaven and the other on earth’s chatter illustrates the contrast between piety and distraction.
The tiny kumquats do not belong to Citricus. The oval kumquat is Fortunella margarita, while the round form is Fortunella japonies. Two other cultivated, rare species are Fortunella crassifolia and Fortunella bindail.
In Tokyo and other parts of the empire researchers probe a suggested relation between earthquake frequency and rainfall or snowfall. The study aims to explain whether moisture impacts seismic activity and patterns across regions.
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