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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1914
Page
8
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded semiannually with deposits starting at $1.00. Also seeks $5,000 local money on city real estate. Box 438. Local notices include job seeks and sales in Athens.
Various local ads list Lipscomb insurance option with J C Jester, Clarke County Bank savings at 4 percent, art and language lessons, rentals on Grady avenue Milledge avenue Meigs and Finley, four student rooms near Milledge car line, furnished rooms and baths, rubber stamps by Gardner Price, maternity nurse cases wanted, rooms wanted and near Banner notices, home tutor and board requests, and a September 25 rental by a newlywed couple.
Gardner & Price, progressive printers, move to No 225 Lumpkin St next to the Y M C A and offer stationery, office supplies, rubber stamps, and related accessories. Also notes a child’s cholera morbus relief with Chamberlain's remedy after green apples caused illness per mother Pearl Wolroth Herkimer NY. For sale by all dealers.
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Wednesday in Georgia with warm conditions for the season. An extensive high pressure system over the upper Lawe districts brings cooler air and showers in the Ohio and central Mississippi valleys, and a sharp temperature drop has been recorded in the Ohio valley and lower Great Lakes.
A vintage sale pitch promoting Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for dizziness biliousness and constipation. Claims a first dose cures low spirits and stomach issues with a tonic effect on the liver and bowels priced 25 cents at druggists.
The dispatches recount battles east of Paris with German forces retreating toward the Marne, Allied gains along the Ourcq and Montmirail areas, and captures including a German infantry battalion. Reports also note French and British advances, Russian incursions in Galicia, Turkish troop movements toward Constantinople, and a Wilson proclamation urging prayers for peace in Europe.
In Lawrenceville Georgia on September 8 the Gwinnett September term of the superior court opened under Judge Charles H Brand with Solicitor General Gamble assisting. Brand gave a concise forceful charge to the grand jury stressing European wartime hardships and urging gratitude for peaceful prosperous American life.
Local shop in Athens promotes open stock and made up sets of fine china, crystal glassware, enamel and aluminum cookware, woodenware, silver plated ware, and cut glass. They claim to be the only retailer carrying genuine items in the area.
Ocedar promotes its mapping and polishing services with promises of prompt delivery and customer convenience. The note urges readers to place orders or visit for service options and quick results.
William H. Burwell of Hancock reports 104 pledges from the 186 member new Georgia House, with 82 against or uncertain. He expects 25 to 30 additional loyalties, ensuring re election as speaker on first ballot. He previously contemplated a gubernatorial bid before opting to return to the speaker role.
Anglers note weakfish mood shifts with tides and days, unlike bottom feeders. The piece stresses fishing for game fish as a gamble, where success depends on luck and signs rather than a routine.
A tourist reads a curious sign offering short-tailed horses for fifteen cents a day in northern France. The farmer explains short-tailed horses chase flies with their heads and eat less, while long tailed horses eat more. A speaker extols a virtuous candidate but an impatient listener cuts him off, saying the man lacks political insight.
A Chicago News item notes a family possessing medieval armor believed to be inherited. They plan to adapt the armor to fit their children while dealing with the neighborhood dogs described as unmuzzled.
An irate man demands smokers extinguish cigars or relocate, telling others to leave the area. The scene shows tension as a heated dispute over smoking rules unfolds.
Supporters of the new charter push a contest with an expected margin of two fifty to three hundred. Mass meetings will shape public understanding of provisions ahead of the Tuesday vote. Opponents of the old charter promise their own campaigns and meetings to defend the current charter. The race is set to be lively with one week to go.
The Ganges Hotel is renamed Wilkinson Hotel at Broad and Lumpkin streets. Mr. Joe H. Wilson wins a $5 prize for the adopted name as Mr. R. W. Wilkinson and his wife, noted Royston and Franklin Springs hoteliers, take over management of the European style hotel.
The Classic shows Through the Flames featuring Herbert Rankinson Anna Little and others. Also Ford Sterling in a roaring comedy Three O'clock. Tomorrow Florence Lawrence stars For the Honor of the Humble. Plus a Barnstormers farce. Admission five and ten cents.
Police investigated a bold theft of a horse and buggy from a public street as hundreds passed by. The team belonged to Ray Wright of Madison County near Danielsville, left unattached and driven off. Officers continued work on the case last night.
A letter from Mrs Julia S Whitlock requests removal of her name from the Banner contest contestants list in Citrolax promotion. The note thanks organizers and declines participation. Citrolax advertising touts a laxative drink with testimonials from M J Perkins and H R Palmer & Son.
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