Short Notes of Interest Advertisements in The Banner
A collage of local classified briefs includes ads for Lipscomb's Specialty Insurance and Jester fire insurance, 800 hard brick for sale, loans on property, Thornton's Club sandwiches, table boarders near W Broad, and a stolen bay mare with a white hind foot reported to Athens police. Also notes on bicycle for sale and furnished rooms near campus with phone contact.
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Broad Street
Bay Mare
Athens, Ga
Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent savings interest
Bank promotions advertise 4 percent interest compounded semiannually on deposits from $1.00 with notices for drink and breakfast items. Also notes sales positions at local firms and staffing calls. Advisory content promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a health tonic.
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Bank IN
Athens
Athens Savings Bank
Fifteen Cholera Cases Found Aboard Japanese Steamship Hawaii Maru
Fifteen cholera cases including four deaths were found among third class passengers on the Hawaii Maru just before its departure to Tacoma. The ship, recently arriving from Manila and other ports, was placed in rigorous quarantine. Most passengers embarked at Manila.
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Associated Press
Yokohama
Japan
Hawaii
Are You Looking Old Chamberlain's Tablets Ad
An old style advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for constipation and biliousness. It claims regular bowel function and a healthier liver promote a younger feel and appearance, noting the tablets are easy to take and widely available.
United States Questions Japan on China Policy
Washington reports say Japan informed the United States through Ambassador Guthrie that its demands on China do not violate open door, Chinese integrity, or the Root-Takahira agreement. Officials remain unsure of Japan’s true aims as negotiations with China continue and the American reaction to Japan’s demands is unsettled. Guthrie noted the foreign office called the published outline approximately untrue.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Ambasdor Guthrie
China
Japan
Guthrie
Reinschat
Pekin
French Again On Offensive Advances Take Prisoners
Washington reports the French resume the Somme offensive and smash the German line capturing 1500 prisoners. They overrun three and three quarters miles of trenches from Combles to the river and seize more trenches along the Spethune Peronne road. The Macedonian front sees continued Allied gains with Bulgarian trench captures and Greek forts reportedly evacuated. Russian advances in the Carpathians are noted despite mixed reports.
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Associated Press
Washington
Somme
Combles
Spethune-Peronne
Peronne
Baupaume
Kavala
Aegean Sea
Berlin
von Mackensen
Dubrudja
Stokhead
Vienna
Petrograd
Carpathians
Wilson Urges Mexican Regeneration From Within
President Wilson meets Mexican de facto representatives in New London to form a joint commission with American members to address the border crisis. He expresses sympathy for Mexico's revolution and says regeneration must come from within. Wilson is here for his sister's bedside as Mexican commissioners plan further talks. Major General Bliss expected to discuss military aspects tomorrow.
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Associated Press
New London
Wilson
Mexico
Anna Howe
Bliss
Mrs E H Abbot Hurt In Runaway On Prince Avenue
Yesterday morning on Prince Avenue Mrs E H Abbot of Pope Street was thrown from her buggy and shaken with a nervous shock and severe abrasions after a pony frightened by a passing cotton bale loaded truck bolted.
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Prince Avenue
E. H. Abbot
Pope Street
Democrats to Launch West Speeches for Wilson and Marshall
A dozen or more prominent Democrats will start speaking tours across Western states in support of Wilson and Marshall. The roster includes Vice President Marshall along with Senators Hoke Smith Underwood Shafroth Robinson Lewis Stone Reed and William Jennings Bryan.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wilson
Marshall
Hoke Smith
Underwood
Shafroth
Robinson
Lewis
Stone
Reed
W. J. Bryan
Oil resistant cement for repairs and joints
A cement made from glycerine and litharge forms a thick paste that resists oil. It is useful for repairing cracked oil reservoirs and making oil tight joints between metal plates. The mixture must be applied immediately as it hardens quickly.
President Wilson Hears Sister May Linger For Days
President Wilson plans a return to Long Branch if Mrs. Anna Howe’s condition worsens. Doctors say the sister may linger several days as she lies in an infirm state under opioid influence.
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Associated Press
New London
Wilson
Long Branch
N. J
Anna Howe
Atlantic Coast Storm Signals Raised As System Moves North
Weather bureau reports tonight show a disturbance off the Bahamas tracking northwest and now near the east coast of Florida. Strong winds and rains threaten the South Atlantic coast with warnings from Virginia Capes to Jupiter Inlet Florida.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Florida
South Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Jupiter Inlet
Longest Petition to Parliament Arrives from Ulster County
London September 12 the longest petition ever presented to Parliament arrived the other day from Ulster county Ireland. It was two and a half miles long and filled many hands with signatures.
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Associated Press
London
Ulster County
Ireland
Philippines urged for permanent U S territorial status at Manila banquet
Judge Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel urged Manila merchants to support making the Philippines a permanent U S territory and later a state. He stressed mutual benefit, foreign investor confidence, and the islands’ development under American governance.
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Associated Press
Manila
Philippines
United States
Manila Merchants’ Association
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Orient
Philippine Islands
New Methods of Dodging the Law
Atlanta readers learn of a large whiskey seizure tied to Judge Andy Calhoun’s court district. Police recovered six hundred quarts from an express office and rail freight depot raid using stubs tied to fictitious and dead owners. Agents sold liquor under forged names and dead person identities to evade prohibition rules.
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Atlanta
Andy Calhoun
City Criminal Court of
Express Company
Dairy train from South to go to dairy show
Southern Railway plans a special Pullman train from Southern states to the National Dairy Show in Springfield Massachusetts October 12 to 21. About one hundred dairy farmers from Virginia to Mississippi join, with New England contributions for buildings and cattle exhibits. The trip includes tours of New York dairies and New Jersey milk warehouses.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Springfield
Mass
Southern
New York
Virginia
Mississippi
New England
East
New Jersey
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Anmal
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Dearing
M. G. Dearing
Erwin and Company
J. D. Bradwell
Clarke
Lipscomb
Insurance
J. C. Jester
A. H. Davenport
Thornton's Club, Jr
Sandwich
W. Broad Street
TL Mitchell
Thornton's
Holland Hotel
Thornton
S. S. Anders
Peoples National Bank
Norristown
Penna
Armour & Co
Thornton’s
Equitable Service
Crucedale
J. T. Anderson
Gollece Avenue
Henderson Avenue
Milledge
Lumpkin Street
D. G. Anderson& Co. Real Estate
Clayton&t
Athens Engineering Company
Ching
Varder
Struma Front
EH Abbot
West
Atlantic
The
Long
Great Britain
Lipscomb & Co
Frank A, Lipscomb
Dorsey
Bacon
Bartow
Lincoln
Osss
Lowndes Oo
McDuffie
Madison
Marion
Meriwether
Ieee Seeele Oh
Monroe
Murray
Oconee Oglethorpe Pickens
Pike
Polk
Putnam
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph Rockdale Screven
Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Tattnall Telfair
Terrell
Troup
Turner
Upson Walton
Warren
Webster
Whitfield
E Wilcox
See
Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
Hardman
Brooks
Jackson
Harris Ben Hill
Berrien
Burke
Effingham
Glynn
Houston
Jefferson
Jenkins
McIntosh
Pulaski
Richmond
Talbot
Union
Walker
Ware
Wayne Ee
Pierce
Saldwin
Jones
Morgan
Chatham
Banks Douglas Baker
Bryan Bulloch
Charlton
Crawford
Dade We
Echols
Fayette Greene
Habersham
Jeff Davis
Johnson Lee Macon
Milton Mitchell Montgomery
Paulding Schley
Taylor Taliaferro
Toombs Towns
Twiggs White
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