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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1916
Page
4
The article notes Georgia factory activity with 1914 capital at 258 million dollars up 27.6 percent from 1909. Factory product value reached 253.32 million, materials used 169.2 million, and salaries about 49 million, reflecting substantial factory expansion and regional economic development.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce launches a public letter series from notable citizens to illustrate the group’s value for Athens. It urges broader membership and renewed energy to expand investment, payrolls, education, and city progress through a stronger business organization.
The article recalls past efforts to protect Niagara Falls from industrial power use and notes renewed talk of diverting only one hour daily for electricity. Proponents claim vast energy is wasted versus the cost to visitors and scenery, while opponents vow to protest any desecration of the natural landmark.
A simple man wanders the rugged hills whistling and chasing the echo of his own notes wasting a golden day in pursuit of sound. The piece presents a light moral about vanity and futility through a humorous cartoon voice.
October comes a poem about Dame Nature waking from sleep and a silent painter who brushes vivid colors over the green garments of the sleeping lady. The verse presents a cascade of scarlet orange and iris hues, ending with the dame asking whose dress is this. Quoted lines by D G Bickers from Ur xi.
Despite two new Georgia universities, University of Georgia attendance climbs from last year. Tech attendance including night courses exceeds 800, rising 75 from last year. In the same city as the new colleges, Tech shares the locale.
Fragmentary notice notes years of use for a remedy and a claim of chest relief from grippe coughs. Brand name Palmer & Sons appears as seller in the battered advertisement.
Harold Ivens, regarded as the Souths top college pitcher, enrolled as a Georgia Tech student after traveling from New Orleans to Atlanta. His Louisiana Mississippi showcasing career includes two recent standout games, notably outpitching Roy Walker at Labadieville and winning another Sunday matchup.
Advice on giving good guidance by example notes how quickly one recovers from a cold using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The ad asserts long use and strong reputation and encourages obtaining the product table and widespread availability.
New York cotton opened 5 to 9 points down amid easier Liverpool cables and scattered selling. Dec and Jan slipped to around 16.00 and 16.08, then rallied to 16.13 and 16.21 before pausing. Private crop notes cite Alabama condition declines, supporting a bullish October forecast, though activity remained light.
New Orleans cotton quotes show the January to December futures trading with mixed highs and lows, spot prices across cities remain steady with several towns reporting gains. Liverpool market notes indicate a decline in open prices and a modest drop in futures, with modest demand and notable sales volumes reported.
The data shows recurring monthly price movements for corn and wheat with Julians and months listed. Figures include open high low and close values across Sep Dec May and other months with percent changes noted.
The national weather and crop bulletin reports rapid picking and ginning across the cotton belt due to favorable weeklong weather. North Carolina lags two weeks and deteriorates. Texas and Oklahoma show about half the crop gathered. Georgia’s top crop is poor but improving. Weevil remains active in central Alabama and seed sales rise in Florida.
Athens resident Mrs. M. Garrison reports lasting relief from backache dizziness swollen ankles and rheumatic pains after using Doan's Kidney Pills. A cited mayoral endorsement notes over three years of continued trust in the remedy as a lead to future care. Foster Milburn Co promotes the product at 60 cents. T. F. Hutchinson of Little Rock cites ten years of kidney trouble resolved after five boxes of Foley Kidney Pills. E R Palmer & Sons endorses the pills to drive out kidney pain and related symptoms.
Macon Georgia reports the Georgia State Fairs run November 2 to 11 with racing on November 3 4 6 7 8 and 9. Harry C Robert secretary manager and the association is part of several national and regional fair groups. Stake and open purses listed with entries closing October 16 1916. No colored drivers. Fans urged to train on Souths best mile track under shade.
A vintage advertisement advises attention to a cold and promoting Dr King's New Discovery. It highlights pine tar antiseptic oils and balsams as a slight laxative that eases cough soothes throat and bronchial tubes checks the cold and clears the head. It claims over 40 years of use and urges to keep it in the house and buy at your druggist.
Atlanta forecast says fair weather in Athens and Georgia with possible showers in extreme south. Cotton belt and eastern states enjoy fine weather as a Northwest storm moves toward the upper Great Lakes area. Temperatures easing in the Northwest. Kansas City reports 1.48 inches of rain and Pensacola sees strong southerly wind. A drug advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle laxative and tonic for 25 cents.
The Seaboard Air Line timetable lists southbound trains No 11 at 5 27 am No 17 at 7 10 am No 6 at 3 45 pm No 29 at 6 17 pm and northbound No 30 at 10 40 am No 6 at 6 17 pm with additional mentions of 7 45 pm.
Daily and Sunday train times for Southern Railway Athens Branch with arrivals and contact numbers. Lodge listings include St Elmo K of P Himo Knights Knights of Pythias and other fraternal groups with meeting nights and locations in Athens Georgia.
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