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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1915
Page
8
A collage of short notes lists coupons for mileage in ads, several for rent and sale items, and employment offers. Items include hog for sale in Athens, knitting mill help, several rental houses, a sales position for vinegar, a corset maker advert, market hours notice, a rubber-tired buggy request, and insurance and banking promos with location notes in Athens Georgia.
In Atlanta on September 7 speculation threads into prison commission politics. Two unnamed local men from this region are considered probable nominees for the upcoming vacancy but will not permit public mention of their names at this time.
WANTED twenty five young ladies experienced in operating power machines. The Bell Overall Co address 9.8-3w Winder Ga. Pope Twin Motor cycle trade for horse offered Athens Cycle Vo. Miss Bertha Kate Davison’s piano class opens Monday 13 at 125 Milledge Ave. Miller & Co. handle Ladds lime for alfalfa. For sale two second hand cars in good condition from Hudson Motor Car Co. Garage and Repairing 183 Clayton street phone 531.
William M. Johnston of San Francisco defeated Maurice E. McLoughlin of San Francisco to win the American tennis singles championship in Forest Mills New York. The scores were 1-6 6-0 7-5 10-8.
Charles Buchwald of Athens, College of Agriculture graduate class of 1914 with a 191 Master’s in agricultural chemistry, leaves Friday for Texas to serve as assistant chemist for the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College experiment station. His friends praise his achievement and foresee a bright career. Dr T H McHatton has returned from vacation and resumes duties. Professors Jarnigan and Marshall attend the semi annual meeting of the Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association in Washington GA.
Dr. C A A Winslow told the American Public Health Association that twenty thousand lives are lost annually in the United States due to delays in using diphtheria antitoxin. He urged bigger state lab funding to expand diagnostic work, sera, vaccines, and research, noting widespread underfunding and uneven per capita appropriations.
Rochester reports progress in a nation wide infant mortality study by the Childrens Bureau led by Lewis Meriam. He says existing hygiene knowledge could prevent about half of infant deaths if universally applied. The effort combines social economic analyses with a year long study of babies born in a city and followed through their first year.
The YMCA secretary announces the bureau is open in his department on the campus to aid students with rooms and board as the new college year begins. He asks those willing to lodge or board students to contact him by writing Campus or calling 111 and to specify number of rooms, location, distance from campus, price, and whether board, rooms, or both are offered.
Little James avoided the Sunday roast, telling the hostess he cannot eat Sunday meat because roasted meat is common at his home on Sundays. The lunch guest declined the roast beef, finishing other dishes instead.
The text argues for broader, tentative reporting in birth registration due to missed cases and imperfect maternal recall. It notes mothers are reliable witnesses yet memory gaps and broad classifications prevent precise tabulations. The Bureau plans city by city tentative reports as work completes, avoiding broad conclusions.
In Rochester, Dr. William T. Sedgwick outlined progress in sanitation since 1886, noting advances in vaccination, sanitation engineering, labs, school health, heating and ventilation, food preservation, and rubber goods. He warned of failures in sewer systems, public toilets, safe milk, and pollution control, urging education and stronger public health measures.
The article critiques cooling needs for homes and public buildings in tropical summers. It argues health statistics are insufficient and calls out health boards as politically influenced, with officers often untrained, underpaid, or part-time members of underfunded boards.
A housewife proposes vegetable packages as a new selling idea for truck gardeners. Each package would offer a season’s selection enough for a small family, priced 25 35 or 50 cents. Contents might include tomatoes beans carrots potatoes lettuce onions radishes and more, with larger families buying multiple packs.
A reader recalls a lengthy, formal letter in the London Times personal ads. The text ponders an ultimatum of renunciation and foretells impending finality amid tangled emotions. The writer wonders if she rejected him.
Ida M. Tarbell notes in American Magazine that a department store’s real asset is the pride and satisfaction of its women and girls. She warns against thoughtless or heartless treatment of female shoppers, which can injure business when such behavior becomes known.
A reader-distilled quip notes insomnia leads to misjudged remedies, joking that a man seeks a floctor when a preacher would suffice, reflecting common nightly anxieties and a Western newspaper voice.
A group at the Georgian notel recalls a Monday evening party hosted by Joseph Jacobs returning from a summer outing. Laughter and nostalgia fill the room as old friends like Hugh R. Bernard and T. W. Rucker praise Jacobs for his generosity, brains, and distinguished career from Athens to Atlanta.
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