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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
2
A playful piece celebrates the Babytown Express, a pretend train from dawn to twilight led by Bud and Big Sis as engineer and conductor. It stops at Cookie Station and Noodles in the Dish, Milk and Crackers at noon, Bread and Jelly near the kitchen, and ends at Twilight.
The Athens community hosts a morning garden club meeting at 11 o’clock with a welcoming note for visitors and new members. A Tag Day in Athens on Thursday May 10 aims to raise funds for Sheltering Arms Day Nurseries in Atlanta, supported by prominent women and local committees.
A small charity bazaar features dainty gifts including a wee little gift for a young friend. Local shoppers gather to support the effort with modest offerings and cheerful crowds.
Mr. Rodney C. Wilson departs this week for Roanoke to join a gas interests meeting. Mr. D. P. Haseltyn left last night for Knoxville to take part in the Southern Commercial Secretaries Association annual session for four or five days. Mrs. J. N. Holder and Mrs. Frank Holder of Jefferson were visitors.
An issue notes the sea mussel is highly nutritious and palatable among shellfish. Mussels form vast beds along the Atlantic coast, attach to rocks and sand, and feed on decaying matter and diatoms. Females produce 10 to 15 million eggs yearly amid intense intraspecies competition and mortality. The U S Bureau of Fisheries bulletin explains food value and preparation.
Wifey and Hubby divide chores with Lawn mower work for him and pantry lemon squeezer tasks for her. The line pairs suggest a household routine or a humorous domestic note about daily chores.
A Finnish stone is said to forecast weather like a barometer. It supposedly turns black or gray with rain and light moisture, while turning white with clear air as it loses moisture. The changes are attributed to fossil clay mixed with rock salt nitre or ammonia reacting to water vapor.
A compact catalog style notice advertises refrigerators, garden hose at ten and eighteen cents per foot, Frost King steel frame freezers in sizes one to eight quarts, and a full line of water coolers, glassware, fruit jars, glass pitchers, spoons, watering pots, and oil stoves. Also features O Cedar mops and polish and liquid veneer.
An old health column urges daily hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the liver and bowels. It argues this safe remedy eliminates poisons, improves digestion, and prevents headaches, bad breath, and a stale tongue, warning against harsh laxatives.
A summer wardrobe option features a middy blouse in pale green chambray with emocking trim. The design uses darker green linen for pockets sleeves belt and collar. Medium size requires 278 yards of 36 inch material. Pictorial Review Middy Blouse No e749 sizes 34 to 42 inches bust priced 20 cents. Smocking pattern No transfer in yellow only 10 cents.
The passage notes plantain as a large cooking banana and a tropical staple. It claims Americans are not yet educated in its use and contrasts farmer action with mountain climbing golf and football as manly pursuits.
A cryptic line from Grit features a childlike observer reacting to a street scene where a man sits on the sidewalk speaking to a banana peel. The remark captures a satirical tone and a sense of urban whimsy.
An old time advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as a standard remedy for coughs colds croup grippe and bronchial affections. It claims the formula soothes irritated membranes and sore throats with soothing balsam and antiseptic ingredients and urges readers to keep a bottle at home. Price listed as 60 cents.
A neat apron in gingham lawn or percales features a bias belt and adjustable neck with cutouts. Sizes 2 to 10 years use 2 yards 3 inches of material, price 16 cents. Also pictured is a dark blue serge coat for younger girls with moire silk collar and decorative stitching. Size 2 to 14 years requires 2 yards 54 inches, price 15 cents.
Prof Otto Lummer of Breslau succeeded in melting carbon by enclosing a large arc light formed of two carbon rods in a heavy glass container and exhausting the air. A powerful electric current produced heat causing drops to form at the tips of the carbons.
Grandmother guides Dorothy through reading until they reach the letter Y. Dorothy asks what looks like a little man with raised arms, prompting a playful moment about letters and shapes.
A compact reflection cites a line from Saint Anne stating that performing our duty does not deserve praise. It emphasizes duty over acclaim and frames virtue as expected behavior rather than a reward. This brief excerpt echoes humble, normative moral sentiment.
A humorous exchange shows a Passenger asking why a brush isn’t used to wet labels and a Porter replying the company bans brushes, forcing them to use their tongues. He notes the challenge is keeping them wet and implies practical, lighthearted work constraints.
A Boston Transcript quote reflects on pain as a universal experience. The piece presents the idea that pain signals imbalance and acknowledges many kinds of pain affecting everyone, suggesting a broad human condition rather than a specific incident.
A shoe clerk exclaims the situation in a comical moment as he struggles to fit a number two shoe on a number four foot. The humorous image captures a clash of sizes and patience in a busy shop.
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