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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
8
Promotion touting Erwin's insurance services urges readers to join a growing list of policy holders. It claims efficient service strong companies and prompt loss adjustment with policies costing no more.
Short notes of interest list various ads including mileage coupons, autos and insurance offers. Mentions The Athens Savings Bank paying 4 percent interest, Athens Hide Co purchases hides and supplies, Davison Nicholson Co sells goods, and multiple rental and sale notices for horses, cows, carriages, wagons, and houses. Also includes wanted swaps and local services with names like Lipscomb and Jester.
Atlanta reports that at the 1915 U C V reunion in Richmond veterans from both sides will march together for the first time. An expected 10 000 veterans will attend, including over 1 000 Georgians, with northern National Guard units joining the parade.
An advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills as safe and prompt relief for midlife rheumatic pains and kidney related issues. The notice, from H.R. Palmer & Sons, also promotes a Jitney Offer with a mail-in slip for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Mills and Foley Cathartic Tablets.
Mrs Eula Mae Reid of Hines Alabama says Cardui helped her stop spitting up food and eased fatigue after long untreated illness. She reports a 10 pound weight gain and urges others to seek the tonic. Cardui claims to target the womanly constitution with ingredients that restore weakened organs. Your druggist sells it and the Chattanooga Medicine Co offers guidance.
The Postal Savings System lets anyone ten years old or older open an account by mail. Residents in sparsely settled communities can deposit via their local postmaster, with receipts issued at designated banking points. Withdrawals are allowed by mail, and government guarantees deposits plus interest. The leaflet will be translated into 22 languages for foreign-born citizens.
We offer hand painted china and great variety of open stock dinnerware. Brown etched glassware includes ice tea glasses tumblers cocktails sherbets champagne wines and more. Cut glass priced 25 percent under other dealers.
A Post Office Department census shows about 40 percent of depositors are foreign born citizens, owning over half the deposits. It notes immigrants seek government safeguards against failed private banks run by swindlers targeting their language and credulity.
Vitagraph Selig Lubin and Es anysay announce a weekly supreme masterwork and On Tuesday Elite shows The Eagle's Nest starring Edwin Arden as Jack Trail with Romaine Fielding and Josephine West in a western drama noted for thrills.
Honolulu May 24 The United States submarine F-4 lies within 87 feet of the sea surface and officials expect it will be brought to the surface this week.
The State Summer School offers courses for teachers including History of Education with Dr Odum and Dr Geissler Introductory Psychology School Management High School Administration General Elementary Method State Reading Course Rural School Problems and The Social Principles and Basis of Education with Dr Odum.
Medical authorities warn colds are infectious and some cities bar children with colds from schools. As spring weather changes, remedies like Foley's Honey and Tar Compound are advertised as the quickest safe cure for colds coughs and croup.
At San Diego Exposition a battle of flowers drew crowds as a flotilla of girls in floral garb tossed roses, parade floats from Nevada and Washington, electriquest chairs, and a dance festival with Spain Holland and Hungary. A New York florist marvelled at the riches of rose petals and profits possible from such display.
The English department at the state summer school in Athens lists a strong staff including Dr R E Park Dr S V Sanford Prof Carl Steed Prof Salyer Prof Brown Mrs Alexander Miss Cobb Miss Winburn and Miss Moore. Carlton Steed teaches English Classics and the novel with other instructors offering grammar composition and reading courses. Rural carriers on Athens routes enjoyed a holiday while attending the Eighth district convention at ElNertar. Willie Smith daughter of a carrier has previously served on her father’s route and recently filled in for a sick carrier near Atlanta.
Eighteen inmates remain in the county jail down from twenty four yesterday as Dollie Edwards a colored woman convicted of robbing a white man of two hundred dollars is sent to Milledgeville for a three year term. Frank Sayé a white man in a robbery case with Henry Smith begins a twelve month term in the county gang. Albright a negro jailed for passing bad checks is released after settling his case, and Jim Miller a negro under a lunacy warrant regains his senses and the warrant is withdrawn.
A reflective line on charm and mystery in love, warning that those who reveal everything to those they love ruin their own happiness. If you seek to destroy the mystery you harm your joy and the relationship.
A handyman notes a method to prevent slipping by placing glued coarse sandpaper squares under a high ladder on a pot floor. The setup aims to provide traction for both the ladder feet and the floor, improving stability during use.
A simple method to clean lamp glasses by holding them over boiling water until steamed and then polishing with a soft rag. The technique is described as easier than washing and reportedly reduces breakage.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote observes a father who spends three hours at home on Sunday and, if he avoids harm to his children, spends the rest of the week bragging about his patience.
In the piece titled Everybody has his faults Uncle Eben remarks that while everyone errs some people seem proud of their faults, reflecting a humorous, homey attitude. The saying underscores a common human flaw and a lighthearted moral.
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