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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1916
Page
2
The Ladies' Auxiliary and about fifty mothers toured the new Y M C A rooms yesterday in Athens. Miss Rutherford spoke on the auxiliary's work and goals to involve all mothers, while Mrs. Parker and Secretary Forbes outlined plans for furnishing the boys rooms with furniture and games.
An ad-style line offers a free suit with a $5 rain coat as part of a Daily Thought message attributed to Lord Robert Cecil, promoting idealism linked to peace.
Delegates from Jackson County to the state convention include R L J Smith of Commerce Henry Camp of Maysville John F Shannon of Commerce and John N Holder of Jefferson Alternates are John M Carson Commerce John P Johnson Center L F Elrod Jefferson and A P Rice Commerce The Democratic Executive Committee endorsed John N Holder as speaker for the next state house.
Greensboro Georgia September 16 Delegates from Greene to Macon named to attend the Eighth district convention at Athens to nominate Samuel J Tribble who defeated Thomas J Brown in Tuesday's primary. List includes Hurt McWhorter Faust Williams Irby Hixon Hightower Ashbury Adams Miles Dutton Rice Durham Shaw Rhodes Huff Marchman Bullock Caldwell Taylor Treadwell Finch Johnson Finch Walker King Jernigan Baugh Carlton Young Ham Clifton Wray Wray Kimborough
A young man visits a physician and says the medicine helped him wonderfully. He reveals he did not take any doses. his uncle took one bottle and the man is his sole heir. The exchange is reported in the San Francisco Argonaut.
Strand features include Rolling Stones with Owen Moore and Marguerite Courtot and The Al Mighty Dollar with E K Lincoln. Elite presents Beatrice Fairfax No 2 and Dust with Winifred Greenwood. Bessie Love appears Tuesday in Hell to Pay Austin. Shows at Strand and Elite this week.
The Famous Players adaptation of Edgar Selwyn's stage comedy features Miss Love’s rise to stardom in the Triangle galaxy. Seventeen and once a Los Angeles high school student, she entered the Triangle-Fine Arts studio, starting as an extra and quickly earning small roles and chances to learn.
The Strand presents a Keystone Comedy The Winning Punch touted as one of the company’s funniest. Brady leads The Almighty Dollar at Elite Monday with E K Lincoln Frances Nelson and June Elvidge starring. Marguerite Clarke stars in Molly Make-Believe from Famous Players Paramount.
In a booster prospect, Col. T. Larry Gantt invites towns around Athens to join a Prosperity edition. Cities may contribute data and paid space to feature town resources and merchants, with four center columns describing the town and ads interspersed. Copies will be mailed nationwide. towns receive free paper copies.
Seven year old Martha Earnest daughter of Prof and Mrs D L Earnest fell from a tree on Cobb Street while swinging toward an outbuilding roof. She broke both bones in both arms but was doing nicely last night.
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