Short Notes of Interest Advertisements
Advertisements printed in The Banner list various notices and sales. Items include loan offers from Green & Michael, savings bank ads for 4 percent interest, moving services by Williams Bros, sewing by Mrs. J M Doolittle, a lost gold brooch with diamond, a 1916 Chevrolet for cash, furnished rooms for rent, a large two story house for rent, and listings for young men to rent rooms. Also strays and lost keys, agents wanted to sell Palladium Paint in Athens territory.
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Athens
Palladium Paint Co
Atlanta
Better Menus at Lower Cost for Athens Households
Madam Lustrat collects tips from the U S Department of Agriculture on reducing bread waste and lowering living costs. A Prince avenue resident suggests storing stale bread in a tin box atop the stove and using an egg toast recipe with milk and seasoning. Government advice urges using up stale bread and avoiding waste in the bread box.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Prince Avenue
Not a Bite of Breakfast Until You Drink Water
An old health column promotes internal sanitation through a daily morning ritual of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the bowels. It claims indigestible matter and toxins accumulate daily, feeding bacteria and affecting overall health, urging readers to start the regimen for relief from headaches, constipation, bad breath, and other ailments.
Mrs Bishop Announces Recovery After Four Years of Suffering
Mrs H H Bishop tells neighbors she can now walk after four years of illness. She credits Dr Jackson's Cordial with relief, saying it cured indigestion sleep problems and allowed her to eat and work again. The ad promotes the remedy for stomach liver and blood troubles and to buy from druggists.
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Jackson
H. H. _ Bishop
Five Times as Many Apply for Officer Training Camps
Associated Press reports Washington May 8 that more than 200000 men have applied for slots at sixteen new officer training camps. Five times as many as can be housed, 40000 will be selected for ten days of intensive instruction. About 10000 of these will come from three months training to become officers in the first army of 500000 to be called to colors around September 1 under selective conscription.
Never Before Such a Happy Combination at Redpath Chautauqua
J C Beard, representing Redpath Chautauquas, arrived to organize Athens events. The program features Bohemian Orchestra and Mikado plus Oratorio Artists and lectures by Rev Martin D Hardin on America and the World of Tomorrow and Robert Bowman on front-line experiences. H L Fogelman, a New York efficiency expert, delivers rapid, magnetic talks on personal and business efficiency, with speed noted at up to 300 words per minute. The 2.50 price is touted as exceptional value for top-class entertainment and instruction, drawing strong local support and brisk attendance in Greensboro where employers sponsored employee tickets.
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J. C. Beard
Redpath Chautauquas
Athens
Redpath Chautauqua
Heard
Redpath
Creature’s Band
Martin D. Hardin
America
Robert Bowman
H. L. Fogelman
New York
Fogelman
Gattlin
Greensboro
N. C
Fire Destroys Winder Residence Early Today
A residence on Athens street in Winder Georgia was totally destroyed by fire at 1 30 this morning. The house owned by Col W H Quarterman and occupied by R R Barber was valued at 3000 with contents partially insured. Fire reportedly started in a room storing medicines, cause unknown.
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Winder
Athens Street
R. R. Barber
Col. W. H. Quarterman
Protestants Endorse Prohibition For War
Washington May 8 The Federal Council of Protestant Churches of North America endorsed prohibition as a war measure citing national unity and moral support for the Allied cause. The endorsement aligns church leadership with action linked to wartime sacrifice and social discipline.
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Asociated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Council of Protestant Churches of North America
Million potato slips offered to boost food supply
Honorable F. E. Callaway of LaGrange launches a plan to plant one million sweet potato slips, offering prizes for best bushel and best acre return. Slips are purchasable in Georgia and Florida from multiple dealers at prices ranging from $1.50 to $2.00 per thousand, with payment in potatoes.
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F. E. Callaway
LaGrange
T. J. Shackelford
South Georgia
Shackelford
Southern Plant Company
Abbeville
J. F
Spradley
Ashburn
Darling
Starke
Fla
G. D. Moore
Hawthorne
J. B. Wilson
Rebecca
William Ponder
Tifton
J. Q. Dorris
Valdosta
O. M. Bennett
Cordele
William Spencer
Attica
Dodson's Liver Tone vs Calomel Promises Safer Relief
Local druggists report calomel sales dropping as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. Ads claim the vegetable remedy safely relieves liver sluggishness and constipation overnight without the sickness and weakness calomel allegedly causes. A 50 cent bottle comes with a money back guarantee if relief isn’t achieved.
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Dodson
EVENTS AND NOTES FROM THE LOCAL SOCIETY PAGE
Mrs Carlton hosts first aid class with Dr Proctor to lecture Thursday at 6 30 pm at the Carlton residence Milledge Avenue Cinderella in Flowerland promotion fills show windows and city displays Lucy Cobb Institute event attracts attention Newton Bridge Road petitioners seek route change hear June 5 Maurice Jankower travels to Old Point Comfort for New York Life meeting Miss Marie Wright improves from illness Miss Ruth Stewart of New Castle Delaware to visit Miss Marguerite Moore Mrs L A Scarborough of Columbus visiting daughter Mrs Walter Hodgson Miss Faye Slaughter returns to Atlanta after visit to brother Dr N G Slaughter Mrs Sidney Reaves of Watkinsville here Mr and Mrs Arthur Cod ington announce birth of a son Hodgson family returns from Nacoochee Institute trip Mrs Fulton E Warner and children back from Paris Texas Master Oscar Davison convalescing after illness
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Mrs. Carlton
W. A. Carlton
Red Cross
Dr. Proctor
Carlton
Milledge Avenue
Notice of assessment for burial fund in Athens Ga
Athens Ga May 7 1917 you are due an assessment 260 in Oconee Burial Fund on account of the death of Mr TH Jackson this must be paid at once leave with W a Smith Bro or pay same to J H Mealor Also spring skin care ad urges cleansing and Dr Kings New Life Pills for dull skin and spring renewal at 26c at druggists
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Athens
Oconee
T .H. Jackson
W. A. Smith & Bro
J. H. Mealor
Poultry Yards Report Record Egg Laying Rates
Barred Plymouth Rock pullets at the State College poultry yards set records this spring, with one pullet hatched January 1 starting to lay April 25 at three months and 25 days old, others at four months, as the drive to boost food production continues.
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Plymouth
State College Poultry Yards
Baseball scores from Southern and National leagues
Summary of recent baseball results across Southern and National leagues with multiple city matchups. Highlights include Nashville routing Atlanta 8 to 3, New Orleans 7 over Chattanooga 1, and Chicago defeating St Louis 9 to 7 amid wet grounds.
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Southern
Atlanta
Nashville
Birmingham
Memphis
Mobile
Little Rock
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Chicago
Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
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Dearing Street
J. D. Bradwell
Lipscomb & Co
Frank A
LIP Comb
Lipecomb
J. C. Jester
Green & Michael
Williams Bros
J. M. Doolittle
State Street
Banner
Ker Ford
B. H. Lasnett
Hill St
Prince Ave
Cobb St
Asbury Hodgson
Arnold & Abney
Fanner Office
Madame Lustrat
Mme
Lustrat
Care Banner
Otis & Holliday Flatiron
Loan Correspondents
Pan-American Life Insurance CO
Associated Press
J. T.“Anderson
Real Estate and Fire Insurance
College Ave
Gracedale Greenhouses
D.G. Anderson & Co
Callaway
Calomel
Athens Property Owners
M. G. Dearing
Erwin & Company
Cinderella
Flowerland
Lucy Cobb Institute
Newton Bridge Road
E. J. Crawford
J. P. Martin
S. E. Suddeth
Newton Bridge
Maurice Jankower
Old Point Comfort
The
New York Life Insurance Company
Marie Wright
Ruth Stewart
New Castle, Delaware
Marguerite Moore
Mrs. L. A. Scarborough
Columbus
Mrs. Walter Hodgson
Faye Slaughter
Dr. N. G. Slaughter
Sidney Reaves
Watkinsville
Arthur Codington
Macon
Mrs. McDougald
Mrs. Little
Frank Hardeman
J. M. Hodgson
Hugh L. Hodgson
Blake
Nacoochee
Nacoochee Institute
Fulton E.warner
Paris
Texas
Oscar Davison
Sally
Augusta
Charleston
Jacksonville
Columbia
National
Brooklyn
Pittsburg-St. Louis
Pictorial Review
Oscar Nichols
Insurance Dept
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