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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1917

Page

2

Sunshine heart and song in Chautauqua program

A sunny chautauqua program unfolds with 1:30 events featuring Concert-Members of the Oratorio Artists and a Moonshine lecture by B McDonald of Newark. Evening twilight recital at Lucy Cobb includes Miss Gaither pupils and a long list of student performers and recitals.

McDonald Newark Emily Gaither Lucy Cobb Johnny Jump Bilbro Mary Hodgson Behr Little Virginia Stewart

Clarke County to Vote Local Tax May 31

Residents brace for higher taxes to fund schools as they value children at home and abroad, while Clarke County eyes May 31 for a local tax measure. Elijah Clarke Chapter D A R plans a major meeting at Regent Mrs Julius Talmadge’s home on Prince Avenue Thursday at 4 pm with officer elections and edition plans for the Banner. Y W C A events fill the week including First Aid courses, swimming and art classes, with a Baptist Missionary Society meeting slated Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock.

Clarke County

Theatorium Parties at Strand Yesterday

Several theatorium parties were held yesterday at the Strand including a Miss Omar Short event for Lucy Cobb Institute seniors. Also announced are dances Friday and Saturday night at Moss auditorium aligned with Georgia Tech visitors, starting at 9 pm each evening. D. A. R. dues of 2.15 are due this afternoon to Mrs. Carlton Jester, treasurer, for the June report. Lucy Cobb invitations issued by Misses Gerdine and Brumby for a reception at the Lucy Cobb.

Richard du Pree D. H. DuPree Moss Judith Moss The Amaltheans Pulaski Street Lacey Cobb Strand the Strand Omar Short Lucy Cobb Institute Moss Auditorium Georgia Tech Wiljah Clarke Carlton Jester Lucy Cos Gerdine Brumby

Entertainment Rally at Oconee Heights School

An educational rally is planned for Friday at 8 oclock at Oconee Heights School. The event features readings and music with the officer invited to attend. Admission is free and no addresses are to be given.

Jean Louis New York Thompson Oconee Heights Neonee Heights

Clarke County Rural Schools Improvement Efforts Rise

Across Clarke County a growing determination aims to make rural schools more efficient. Parents feel a responsibility to seize the opportunity to better prepare their children for the future.

Clarke County

Luc y Cobb Institute Hosts Graduates Reception

The paper notes a May 28 reception at nine o'clock honoring the graduating class of the Lucy Cobb Institute for 1917. It lists numerous social visits and guest appearances by Atlanta and Athens residents, including Haskell, Robinson, Jennings, and others, with travel notes and upcoming events connected to Red Cross, Chi Phi, and Georgia Tech matches.

Lucy Cobb Institute

Refrigerator and Appliance Line Sparks Bargain Sale

A local store advertises a complete line of refrigerators and ice boxes with prices from $4.50. It promotes garden hoses, flower pots, frost freezers, water coolers, glassware, fruit jars, and stoves, plus O'Cedar mops and polish and Liquid Veneer.

Hughes Spalding Arrive to Visit Bil ups Phinizy

Mr and Mrs Hughes Spalding arrive today to visit Mr and Mrs Billups Phinizy. Mr and Mrs T H Nickerson are in Macon.

Messrs Aaron Cohen Jim Dozier Macon Mrs. Hughes Spalding Mrs Billups Phinizy Mrs. T. H. Nickerson

Lemon based beauty cream advertised to brighten skin

An old advertisement describes mixing fresh lemon juice with three ounces of orchard white to create a whitening beautifier. It instructs straining the juice to remove pulp, then bottling for months of use. The remedy promises to soften and brighten face, neck, arms, and hands with daily massage.

Dream Ends with Wife Declining Money in Sleep

A husband dreams of money and urging his wife to shop. She declines, preferring to stay home and manage the house. He wakes to find the scene was only a dream, as readers may have suspected.

Why Salem Became Pepper Port In History

The text states Salem, Massachusetts landed the first pepper shipment into the United States in 1795 by Captain Jonithan Carnes. It notes other captains soon profit from pepper imports, and that by 1860 Salem was known as the Pepper Port amid a surge of shipping activity.

Salem United States Mass Jonithan Carnes

Strand At The Movies Listings and Features

Thursday at the Strand features William Desmond in Paddy O Hara and a new Fox comedy with Bite Antonio Moreno and Edith Story in Money Magic A special feature Tem pest and Sunshine West chapter Double Cross Franklyn Farnum in The Devil s Pay Day Frances X Bueh man Friday and Saturday present Frances Nelson in Power of Decision Fatty Arbuckle stars in a new comedy Recks Elite Helen rade Luka

Wm. Desmond Paddy O'Hara Fox Bite Antonio Moreno Edith Story Double Cross Franklyn Farnum Frances X. Buehman Frances Nelson Fatty Arbuckle Recks Elite Helen Rade Luka

Symbol of Health and the Five Point Star Badge

The Pythagoreans of ancient Greece valued simple food temperance and purity and used the five pointed star as a health symbol. A red five pointed star appears on each package of Chamberlain's Tablets signaling quick relief for indigestion biliousness or constipation available from druggists everywhere.

Ancient Greece

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