Short Notes of Interest and Local Advertisements
A compilation of small ads and notices from The Banner listing insurance options, loans on farms and property, rental offers for a six room house and a three room apartment, used vehicle listings including a 1917 Chevrolet Roadster and a secondhand Overland Roadster, plus sales pitches for magazines and peach land parcels. The pages name various local businesses and addresses such as Lipscomb's Specialty Insurance U H Davenport Tate Wright Athens Cycle Co and W J Greene Gray Ga.
Athens Savings Bank Offers 4 Percent Deposits Plan
The Athens Savings Bank lists 4 percent interest on savings deposits with compounding on January 1 and July 1. Deposits from $1.00 accepted. Also notes Splirella Corsets made to order endorsed by leading physicians. Contact Mrs J L Morris by phone 1117. For sale items include furniture and a fountain pen lost at Georgia National Bank.
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Athens
Athens Savings Bank
J. L. Morris
Georgia National Bank
Clowns at Chicago convention promise Ringling show tears
A large group of clowns from around the world met in Chicago to plan the Ringling Brothers circus performance. The three day convention produced talk of new costumes devices and routines to be showcased during the main tent program featuring the Silly Sixty and a parade of trained animals.
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Merry Andrews
Joe Deltorelli
Hippodromes
France
Andrew Casino
Fred Stelling
Jules Turnour
Spain
George Hartzell
America
al Minco
Downland
Ringling Brothers
Automatic Baseballs Open at Lumpkin Street Laundry Back Lot
A brief item notes Automatic Baseballs opening near the Laundry on Lumpkin Street. It highlights popularity of the sport as healthy exercise and promotes a cheerful, carefree outlook for farmers and families, linking nature’s freshness to profit.
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Lumpkin St
Can Surplus Fruit Save Time and Money
If you have never canned fruit or vegetables, modern methods show how easily you can preserve produce that tastes better than store bought. The article encourages readers to learn canning to save money and enjoy home preserved fruit.
Co-Operation as a Shield for Fraud Schemes
An editorial slams co operation as a cover for fraudulent schemes noting the faker avoids copying the weak and foolish plans while disguising schemes under the term co operation.
Adam's Advantage in a Quiet Household
A fragment notes Eve not nagging Adam about other women, suggesting domestic harmony or a lighthearted look at marital dynamics. The sentence centers on Adam and Eve in a domestic context, with a focus on relationship tension or its absence.
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Adam
Eve
Revelations in Stockade Probe Describe Fights and Restraints
Testimony details violent fights between Eva Williams and another inmate, with wardens organizing duels and witnesses noting improved sanitation under Warden Stevens. Discussions cover the use of a restraining device on unruly women and affidavits from Dr. Fullilove and Connér Block. Wardens defend their duties amid heated council exchanges.
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Eva Williams
L. B
Stockade
Stevens
Ste
Lola Moore
Bob Porter
Hipkins
Smith
Sisk
Mann
County Stockade
Fullilove
Connér Block
Davison
Dudley
Wright
Warden Stevens
Commerce to stage best state fair next week
Fair organizers in Commerce Georgia announce the F C F fair opens Monday at 9 AM and runs to the following Saturday night. More than $2 000 in cash premiums will be awarded including 600 to live stock exhibitors 250 to county displays and 110 to the top district school exhibit in four counties Jackson Banks Madison and Franklin. Hon John B Hardman leads the event seeking a bigger better fair than before.
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Commerce
Jackson
Banks
Madison
Franklin
Georgia
John B. Hardman
Less Than Ten Of Old Players On 1916 Team
Associated Press reports that fewer than ten of the seventeen players from Boston’s 1912 World Series lineup will appear in the upcoming 1916 series. It notes Boston’s pennants in 1912 and 1915, team batting and fielding averages, and remarks on outfield and infield strength with possible returns of Barry and Tris Speaker as crucial factors for the defense and offense. It highlights pitchers Shore and Mays with strong win totals and low ERAs as a core for the pennant race.
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Associated Press
New York
Boston
New York Nationals
Red Sox
New York Giants
Philadelphia Nationals
Hooper
Lewis
Gardner
Cady
Carrigan
Henriksen
Janvrin
Barry
Hoblitzer
Gainor
Scott
Thomas
Shore
Ruth
Leonard
Foster
Tris Speaker
Georgia Can Raise Sheep With Profit
Prof. MILTON P. JARNAGIN argues Georgia farms can profit from sheep with lambs at 11 to 12 cents per pound. He notes a long global decline in sheep numbers and outlines seasonal breeding, grazing, feeding, and creep housing to raise to 70 pound May lambs and about 1% lambs per ewe. There is room for a small breeding flock on every Georgia farm.
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Milton P. Jarnagin
Animal Husbandry
Agri
Georgia
Wolf Teeth and Eye Ills in Horses Debunked
Dr Burson of the Georgia State College of Agriculture explains that extra wolf teeth in horses are not linked to eye diseases or blindness. He notes horses may have seven molars, the third eyelid protects the eye, and nervous disease can show a protruding haw. Immediate veterinary care is vital for suspected lockjaw.
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W. M. Burson
State College of Agr
Nature
Lonely Child Seeks Auntie Amid Crowded Street Car
A writer recalls riding a packed street car with a lonely boy seated between two well nourished women. After alighting, the pair left him with large spaces on both sides, prompting the child to call to his aunt for company as the train rolled on.
Better Than Glass Crystal Watch Crystal
A watch crystal made of celluloid or similar elastic transparent material is sprung into an undercut groove in the bezel. This reduces manufacturing costs and avoids replacement costs when users crack glass crystals.
Georgia State College to Start Vet Med Training
Trustees authorize the first two years of a veterinary medicine degree at Georgia State College of Agriculture. Open to Georgia youths age seventeen with fourteen entrance units. Aim to train locally versed veterinarians to serve rural farms and boost livestock value across the state.
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Andrew M. Soule
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Georgia
Europe
Co Operation In Buying Farm Machinery
Several Georgia farmers can access advanced farm equipment through cooperative purchases. L H Hart of Georgia State College argues single farmers face capital constraints and low payoff, while group buys of threshers tractors harvesters silo fillers and shredders can raise profits. The Agricultural Engineering department will organize community partnerships to facilitate joint purchases.
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L. ©. Hart
Engineering
State College of Agr
Georgia
Agricultural Engineering Department
College
Silence Pleases Orator Says Silence Drives Audience
A speaker values silence more than applause as it shows the audience is listening. Moments of quiet signal the thought transfer from speaker to listeners and the idea is taking effect, though the reaction may be sympathetic or hostile.
Reptiles Bother Travelers In Mexico
The tarantula is bred in Mexico and grows to six or seven inches. It delivers a painful sting but is not considered fatal. Other spiders exist in Mexico and venomous snakes are typically shot by marksmen, while other harmful creatures prove troublesome when teased.
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Mexico
Cleaning Brass With Home Mixtures And Rubbing
Clean brass by brushing away dirt with warm soapy water, then mix equal parts emery powder calcined magnesia and powdered bathbrick. Moisten a rag with paraffin dip in the powder and rub brass until bright, finish with a clean duster and a drop of methylated spirits.
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J. D. Bradwell
Clarke
Lipscomb
Insurance
J. C. Jester
U. H. Davenport
S. N
Athens Overland Co
ndComsAsk TL Mitchell
Tate Wright
Prince Ave
T.l.mitchell
Borgain
Athens Cycle Co
Good Housekeeping
Dixie Magazine
Laella Saxton Campbell
Megr
Mil- Terrace
Athens, Ga
W. J. Greene
Gray, Ga
Oakland
Perenin
J. T. Anderson
Uge
Sorrells & Co
C. B. Griffith
Milledge Ave
Th-Sa-Su
Equitable
Ask T.l.mitchell
Athens Engineering Company
Clowns
Chicago
Skylarkers
Ringling Bros. Circus
Bermuda
Crugedale Greenhouses
Milledge Avenue
Milledge
Liveroom House
Baxter Treet Svi Wesces
D. G. Anderson & Co
Clayton Gst
Ud la
Lipscomb & Co
Fire Ins
Frank A. Lipscoms
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