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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
8
A column of miscellaneous notices and small ads mentions insurance offerings, savings bank rates, loan services, real estate loans, moving services, employment pitches for press work, housekeeping, and room rentals. It notes privacy for advertisers and includes contact details and item asks such as a horse for sale and sewing services.
A comic dialogue contrasts a couple debating gas safety with a jokey aside on romance and proposed commitments highlighting the clash between fiction and everyday behavior. The exchange mocks novelistic melodrama versus practical caution.
A collection of witty lines and quips about marriage commerce medicine and fighting evil. The piece uses playful wordplay and ironic contrasts to mock social norms and consumer culture with a satirical tone.
The Agricultural Engineering Society of the University of Georgia invites the public to a free lecture on the 4th at 8:30 p m in the Agricultural College auditorium. It will cover electricity basics for farms with a Delce Light Plant stereopticon and two moving pictures on manufacturing Delce Light products and farm life improvements.
Armored cars are now attached to all passenger trains between Chihuahua City and Juarez. Converted from U S steel gondola cars, they feature square port holes cut along the sides with a shield lip, gunners using machine guns mounted on blocks of wood. Steel rails are bolted atop the cars for extra protection.
Dr. Robert S. Coupland rector of Trinity Episcopal Church New Orleans has declined election as bishop of the Atlanta diocese succeeding the late Bishop C K Nelson. The council will hold another election, with C B Wilmer as chair, after Coupland notified them May 1 1917.
Three University of Georgia students are initiated into the Sphinx honorary tonight through Sunday. J M Levy Athens and H H McCall Atlanta join J H Carmical College Park as leaders in debate oratory and campus activities. Initiation includes costumes and antics, with old members guiding the new ones.
A hobo pleads for charity while a cautious citizen refuses. A passing copper draws a sharp, wry response as the street scene highlights the social divide with a touch of old time city humor.
The annual officer election for the University Y M C A named Alfred Scott of Atlanta as president R L Etheridge of Auburn vice president Murphey Candler Jr of Decatur secretary and Wallace Zachery of Atlanta treasurer. Cabinet picks to follow. installation planned next week. Rumor says Student Secretary R M Guess may resign next month for two years of college work.
The Rockefeller Foundation announced an appropriation of 475000 dollars to support medical research and humanitarian aid in the United States as the start of its war effort.
The Glee Club of the State Normal School will present a special program titled College Songs and Old Home Songs tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the auditorium. The public is invited and expected to enjoy the performance.
Fire broke out around 12 30 this morning in Whitehall destroying one of the operatives cottages at the factory. Residents on the streets reported the blaze and observed the flames spreading through the building.
An advertisement touts Linton Springs Water as the purest option. It cites sanitary water quality, guarantees, and provides contact details for R. Crane, manager, with a phone listing.
Clarke County ordinary Judge R C Orr seeks Mrs Minnie F Little to deliver a state pension check. All other pensioners have been paid, with some deaths and funeral costs affecting timing.
Mexico City May 3 The Department of Fomento cancels or considers cancelling land concessions in Lower California totaling about 2 500 000 acres. Failure to colonize the lands under former terms is cited as the reason for voiding most concessions from earlier administrations.
A concise aphorism notes that collecting beauty requires courage and partnership, pairing the idea of roses with a cautious stance toward danger and adversity. It suggests shared effort yields rewarding outcomes.
Mrs. Charles Vawter testified in the trial of her husband Virginia Tech professor charged with the murder of Stockton Heth Jr. She described a life of alleged defense of her husband and claimed Heth attacked her minutes before his death. The defense introduced letters and witnesses to show Vawter’s mental state as the trial nears its end.
Mrs O D Arnold received word that her mother Mrs Erhsta Elrod died yesterday at Winder. Funeral slated at Crooked Creek church eleven miles from Athens Sunday at 11 o clock. Another daughter Mrs Age Wright of this county survives.
Liverpool May 3 The Perfect Woman defined by a conference of teachers from girls schools across England. The forty year old ideal is married with five children and lives in a well kept home with beauty and comfort in decor and surroundings. She is sensible patriotic religious and a good companion who enjoys active pastimes and can manage households finances and basic law. She reads daily and speaks three foreign languages while pursuing crafts and gardening.
Mexico City May 3 money known as infalsificables is in use again. The note is circulated amid reports of counterfeit concerns and tax measures, with officials stating that national gold reserves may be affected and that counterfeiting risks persist.
A reflective note asserts that a generous prayer is never wasted and petitioners are always rewarded by some gracious visitation. The line, attributed to Stevenzon, frames prayer as timely and divinely acknowledged.
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