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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1916
Page
8
Epting and Eberhart purchase the entire stock of Jay H Epting Co at 491 Broad St Athens and will open a store with a full line of dry goods millinery ladies ready to wear furnishings shoes and clothing. Fall goods arriving daily and prices secured below competing levels. The business has no connection with any other Athens firm.
Georgia's 1916 football preview notes Cunningham rushing the team to open the season with Citadel in Athens. The roster blends veterans and green recruits as Georgia builds a strong backfield and line, led by Thrash and Wingate while center remains unsettled and weights average around 160.
Mercer 7 Georgia Military Academy 0. Dartmouth 33 New Hampshire College 0. Harvard 10 Colby 0. Washington and Jefferson 37 Bethany 6. State College of Pennsylvania 27 Susquehanna 0. Pennsylvania 30 Vicome 0.
Three year old Star Hawkvn owned by A. K. McComber won the Louisville cup over two miles with Jockey Phillip aboard. Embroidery placed second and Killiang third. Time was 3 minutes 29 and 3 fifths.
Pika a Joe Philadelphia defeated Cincinnati 4 0. New York beat St Louis 3 0 in 7 innings due to darkness. New York also won 3 0 against St Lowry. Boston and Pittsburgh tied 1 1 after 13th inning called due to darkness. In American games Cleveland lost to Boston 3 5. Detroit fell to Washington 3 6. St Louis beat Philadelphia 4 2. Chicago defeated New York 7 2.
The Christian Endeavor Societies of Central Presbyterian and First Christian churches meet at 7:30 tonight. Emmett Cabaniss returns to the University to lead the Christians meeting on Christianity compared with other religions. Ina Mae Penland leads at Central Presbyterian with a dialogue Lookout Lena and Objective Oliver by Eunice Simpson and Wessie Penland. Rev S J Cartledge Nora Saye and Mr Sprowl will speak on the Christian Endeavor pledge. All young people are invited for a hearty welcome.
The property known as the T. W. Wellece place sits four miles from Athens on Athens and Lexington Road. It includes a six room dwelling a good tenant house a nice barn and outbuildings with wood and pasture. The tract contains 81 14 acres and is offered by Mrs W T Cooper Athens Ga.
A brief dialogue notes that peace may be achieved but a microbe disrupts it, highlighting tension between desire for harmony and unavoidable obstruction. The exchange frames a critique of fragile stability and the role of unseen threats in defining outcomes.
An elderly Georgia man Ernest Adamson displays a five screen fire screen made from Confederate money once valued at fifty thousand dollars. The screen, crafted from Uncle Jep Stevens’ wartime funds, symbolizes Lost Cause patriotism and poverty after the war. Congressman Adamson arranged its loan to the state capitol rotunda as a tribute to Southern devotion.
Mayor R. O. Arnold of Athens Lodge No. 790 B P O E presented as District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler. The appointment elevates the Athens lodge and highlights its standing among the fraternity and friends.
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