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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1916
Page
8
Miscellany of notices and classified items from The Banner noting ads for insurance and loans, sale offers, used autos, lost items, and local business promotions. Includes Peach land for sale, Ford roadster, inner tubes and tires buyback, apparel sales, and a missing pin with reward. Names and local addresses appear where readable.
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded semiannually on January 1 and July 1. Deposits from $1.00 accepted to promote saving habits. Also notes local oyster shop Thornton's and various classified notices including rental offers and Lost and Found items.
A Plain Dealer quotation recalls Delilah cutting Sam’s hair and draining his strength. Willie answers that Samson’s strength left when he saw himself in the glass. The exchange illustrates a punchy, biblical anecdote retold in a streetwise voice.
A simple home remedy advises placing a small cotton piece soaked in vinegar inside the bleeding nostril. Leave it for a few minutes to stop the nosebleed.
In St Louis on October 24 the Protestant Episcopal Church adopted a resolution by the house of deputies endorsing temperance and opposition to the liquor trade. The move followed a memorial urging the convention to support nationwide prohibition. The saloon was condemned as a national menace.
The Uniformed Rank of the Woodmen of the World asks Athens citizens to attend the Fall Festival on Lumpkin Street October 30 to November 4. The event features 14 paid attractions, a 16 piece band, and a country store run by the Woodmen to raise funds for a national convention in Washington, D C next year. The article notes the drill team's past prizes and the group’s plan to display local merchandise and products with merchant participation encouraged.
Archives of Ophthalmology reports cases of blue staining of the eye from aniline dye in pencils. Dr. R J McCurdy notes a young woman who required surgery to separate the lower lid from the eyeball after the sore healing caused adhesions.
The article extols deep breathing as vital for healthy singing and general health. It notes that most successful singers have well developed throats and chests and that regular practice yields beneficial health effects even if singing is not pursued professionally.
During summer months readers leave books in arbors and hammocks. Quick feather stitched chintz covers in a contrasting shade protect the volumes and enhance their appearance.
A city woman visiting a small town asks a butcher why he chose his trade. He hesitates then says he has always been fond of animals.
Creation and destruction are absent as the universe shifts from one form to another. Matter and energy continuously transform without new creation or annihilation, illustrating perpetual change within fixed totals.
A boy asks about his uncle in the commissary department. His father explains the role of supplying soldiers with food and drink. The next day a visitor asks about Walter's uncle and the boy reports he is fine and now a waiter.
A Kansas City Star snippet shows an injured party blaming a taxicab driver after a synthetic limb was broken when the foot extended beyond the curb. The driver retorts with a sharp quip about using the best foot forward.
President Wilson leaves Long Branch for Cincinnati to deliver three campaign speeches in the Middle West. He will speak in Cincinnati Thursday and return to Long Branch Friday.
Manila October 24 Governor Harrison appointed Assistant Director Doctor Fernando Calderon a Filipino to succeed Doctor William Musgrave resigned as director of the government hospital. Musgrave claims outside influences have Democratic the hospital.
The regular meeting of the city board of education, scheduled yesterday afternoon, was postponed due to the death of Mrs. Geo H. Palmer, wife of a long serving board member.
Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the mayor's room at City Hall the Athens Insurance Exchange held its regular meeting. It brought together nearly all fire agencies in the city and a large portion of life and accident and industrial agencies to discuss local business conditions.
Mrs Roland Allen Rogers requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Rosa Roberta to Mr Edgar Masien Guild Friday the tenth of November nineteen hundred and sixteen at half after eight o clock First Presbyterian church Athens Georgia Mrs J A Atkins visiting here left yesterday for New York
Advice on improving nail appearance by nightly routine. Soak fingers in hot water for five minutes and press back the cuticle with an orange wood stick to lengthen the nails. Finish with cold cream to prevent the cuticle from becoming overly tight.
An advertisement for Lipscomb & Co Fire Insurance Agency features office and night phone numbers, a 18 year establishment, and agent Frank A Lipscomb. It highlights fashion patterns including skirts and waist designs with yardage, colors, and Pictorial Review pattern numbers and prices.
The text argues a diet must provide a wide variety of chemical substances for the body's structural needs and energy for internal and external work. A varied and ample diet is more likely to meet the body's requirements than a restricted or scant diet.
The article profiles Fan Crosby, a remarkable blind hymn writer who rejects sympathy, declaring happiness comes from sight’s loss and her hymns. It contrasts her stance with reflections from Nature and a physician on pain, suggesting pain shapes virtue and knowledge.
During a Shakespeare celebration several local amateurs staged Hamlet. The principal actor sought a critic’s opinion the next day and received praise for the performance while the critic quipped Ophelia’s drowning choice was obvious in his portrayal.
A Kansas City Star quip notes how a farmer boy’s drink hints his age. Under twenty-one he orders strawberry, between twenty-one and thirty-five he chooses lemon, and over thirty-five he avoids the fountain.
A fragment notes that Charles Reade exposed harsh systems and praised his novels for reforming society in New Zealand. It remarks on a moral debt owed to the author and hints at the influence of his works on public life.
Quote from Lebanon Times questions why a seven year old can ignite multiple barns with a half-burned match while an able man uses a full box of matches to start a fire in a stove with strong draft.
A business man asks a job applicant if he holds a college diploma. The applicant replies that he has mining stock certificates and implies these prove his schooling through the school of experience, a wry remark from Puck.
Four hours spent selling two women a yard of ribbon ends when the customers reveal both carry a baby learning to talk. The floorwalker questions the saleslady about the long sale as the shop's bell rings with a siren in the background.
A veteran voice asserts that a good fight extends beyond the day and benefits many as bravery and virtue heal a brother’s wounded heart through personal effort and social energy.
A rustic saying from Uncle Eben notes that a man with many friends must sometimes push some away to keep relations honest and show his friendliness to the rest. The quip reflects on social balance and the burdens of popularity.
The quotation notes the heart is hungry and no man lives happily alone. It praises the wisest and best as being wiser and better for the friends he has.
A witty exchange jokes about two people named Miss Padds and Jack Pott being engaged. The Cynic notes they do not know each other, implying the marriage is a misfit or joke about rumors. The line highlights social satire and miscommunication.
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