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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1915
Page
11
Short notes list various for sale and rent items, jobs, services, and a few notices. Items include thoroughbred hogs, multiple house rentals, a driving horse, a used car, furniture, hotel business sale, knitting mill help, piano classes, and farm price inquiries. Also features about coupons with cash ads and local business promotions.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Christian Church announces the season's final barbecue next Thursday September 9 at the store on Thomas street formerly Dunnaway Furniture. Dinner runs from noon to 3 pm with tickets at 50 cents. All friends and former patrons invited. Su Tu Th Something New In Novels. "I have an idea for a novel" said Mr Penwiggle "A very large volume thickly upholstered."
Buddy Grant, a Colored man, was charged in Jefferson Georgia with driving a car on the public highway after dark without lights. He had carried several Negroes to Athens and nearly ran into two women. After crossing the county line near Whitehead Station the car went dark, struck mail boxes, and became nonfunctional. A warrant was sworn out yesterday and he was locked up.
Nashville beats Memphis 3 2 in Southern action while New Orleans and Mobile were tied 5-5 after 13 innings as rain suspended other games. In the majors Pittsburgh topped Chicago 5 1 New York 2 Philadelphia 3 in 10 innings Cincinnati 4 St Louis 3 Boston 6 Brooklyn 0 American league St Louis 7 Detroit 2 11 innings Philadelphia 2 Boston 3 Washington 4 New York 3 Chicago 0 Cleveland 5 Federal Kansas City 10 Chicago 9 Pittsburg 6 St Louis 2 Brooklyn 5 Baltimore 1 Buffalo 6 Newark 5 10 innings
The Training School of the State Normal School begins at 9:00 Thursday September 9. Head of Psychology and Pedagogy Mr Richey replaces Wardlaw as director. Some grade vacancies remain and registrations are urged at once. Fee is 2.50 per term.
Rev B D Porter ends three year pastorate at the Jefferson and Academy churches. He did not reveal future location or plans. His departure comes with notable church progress and will be felt by congregations and the public. successor not yet named. Also brief anecdotes on a child mishearing a word and a proverb about advice.
John J. Jackson offers piano voice and harmony instruction at his studio located two doors east of the old Christian church. Contact via studio line 864 L or home 110 or write P O Box 563 for particulars.
Jay H. Epting Co. showcases first fall shipments after recent cool weather. Buyers report North-sourced stocks aimed at value and quality. Tomorrow one day only offers include 100 ladies white cambric lawn dresses 39c, ribbons 100 yards at 25c value, silk ponge shirts 1, bleached cambric 10c yard, English serge 10c yard, Marseilles bed spreads 95c, middy blouses 29c.
A writer notes sleep intervals vary by person while a physician points out babies sleep about twenty hours a day. The observation suggests rest affects height and weight for a person after a restful period.
The article notes all rocks hold water but granites carry little accessible water while sandstone proves highly absorptive, holding a gallon or more per cubic foot and ranking as the best water bearer among solid rocks.
A Sioux City Journal editorial questions why banks demand full financial disclosure from individuals yet refuse the same openness from banks. In Kansas, an amateur attraction business manager makes a modest demand requesting seating for everyone who attends.
An Englishman owns the only complete ancient Roman standard, a priceless relic. The remark about a husband serving as a racing association steward is noted but not central to the relic’s ownership or significance.
Pensacola Fla Sept 4 Athens crack W O W uniformed rank company captured two of seven prizes at the annual encampment of rank companies in Georgia Florida and Alabama The Athens unit commanded by Capt Carl A Von der Lieth left for Athens after the event The regiment provisional leadership was awarded to Capt Von der Lieth amid a successful gathering with twenty one companies attending from three states
Farm demonstrator Woodruff and James Morton announce plans to plant 100 more acres of alfalfa in Clarke County during September and October. D F Miller & Co will supply seed alfalfa at actual cost, tested by local experts. Morton and Woodruff coordinate. Existing plots show high yields with potential profits as hay prices rise, including a projection of about 10,000 in hay from the new acres.
The forecast warns of threatening conditions with rain Sunday for Athens and surrounding areas and Georgia overall. The subtropical storm near Pensacola lowers pressure but is not a strong disturbance and will bring rain to Georgia with showers tonight and Sunday and no sharp temperature change.
The note presents a reflection on speech and writing options. It contrasts direct plain speech with the wishful, refined form that one imagines after the moment, suggesting tension between blunt expression and ideal phrasing.
Wheat is presented as the most perfect food, with whole wheat able to sustain human life. Oats are praised for vitality for humans and animals, especially horses fed oats for vigor. Oat meal is favored by brain workers, with avenine named as a key brain and nerve tonic.
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