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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1915
Page
8
Classified items list livestock a pair of thoroughbred hogs a 5 room house for exchange and rent notices including a piano class moves and a barber shop relocation plus ads for coal prices and scrap metal Wanted scrap iron and more in Athens Georgia from the local paper.
The three sons of a Macon area dairyman joined Bibb County Pig Club after starting with two pure-bred Duroc Jersey pigs. A Macon bank offered a dollar and metal savings bank to each member who exhibited a pure-bred pig and filed detailed feed and weight records. Of 42 who met the goal, 32 kept their deposits. prize money aided savings, and a sow’s litters boosted future deposits as the boys prepare for the fall fair.
John N. Holder of Jefferson has accepted an invitation to speak Wednesday night at 7 o'clock at the fall dinner of the Chi Psi fraternity at the Hotel Ansley in Atlanta. A Homer Carmichael will preside. Plates are reserved for 31 and the dinner will be in the Georgia Pine Room.
A thrift tip suggests soaking new shoe soles for twelve hours in linseed oil and drying them. Repeat this process three times before wearing the shoes to save money.
A claim that two million New York savers hold money in savings banks, implying that if their funds were shared with the city’s six million residents each person would receive 225 dollars. The figure highlights the scale of savings versus city population.
The police plan Monday actions against idlers and jobless residents within city limits. The anti vagrant law is to be enforced, with a register of those seeking employment and those offering work. A farmer and a public works seeker requested workers, and five men found work through the effort.
At Wierickerschans fortress in the Netherlands British officers interned after Antwerp relief fell back to Holland live with unusual freedom. Guards may shoot escapees but aim tends to be poor, while prisoners mingle with locals, fish the moat, play rounders, tennis, piano rolls, and freely roam the grounds within a fenced zone.
Washington September report describes Gatun Lake as the largest fresh water lake built by humans in Central America. It details a man made inland sea forming with locks and elevators aiding navigation, power, fisheries, and domestic water supply, while flooding valleys and displacing jungle life and villages.
Atlanta modistes report a fall fashion shift with slit skirts extending from the waist, paired with baggy pantalettes and fur cuffs. Novel winter boots appear, featuring side slits and lacing variations, signaling startling wardrobe changes in Atlanta window displays.
The text describes Gatun Lake forming from rising waters, flooding Chagres valley forests, creating islands on hilltops, and altering wildlife and Indigenous navigation. It notes permanent ecological changes, shifting imperial boundaries and the future of tropical landscapes as the lake expands.
Berlin July 22 Eduard Bernstein socialist member of the reichstag says war socialism was not true socialism and peace will limit socialism’s influence. He hopes for a united party faithful to social democracy and notes the reichstag’s limited role in shaping postwar terms. He opposes annexing Belgium and warns against coercion or conquest as a path to peace.
A grieving woman in black laments losing George as a friend consoles her. She recalls his gentle words and kindness, noting how he treated the cook and feared she might quit. The scene suggests a domestic or social aftermath.
A pulpit remark mocks the church collection for Africa and dismisses dropped trouser buttons as useless, reflecting a contentious note on fundraising and frugality within the congregation.
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