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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1917
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists home delivery and subscription rates including 5.00 yearly 2.50 six months 1.25 three months and 10 cents a week. It warns carriers cannot collect or sell papers and asks timely delivery complaints to the business office. It also discusses war news and patriotic appeals amid world events and Wilson era speeches.
The article argues the South should focus on corn and sweet potatoes as resilient staples. It notes wheat shortages may occur, cotton is less valuable per acre than corn, and suggests growing more home food to meet demand. Transportation and distribution will challenge access to coal and food, but local markets will readily absorb surplus crops.
Mrs. Nettie McGarr of 1806 Eighteenth Ave North Nashville tells how Tanlac helped her regain strength after two years of indigestion and nervous trouble. She weighed 105 pounds before starting and 140 after finishing three bottles with renewed appetite, energy, and better sleep. Citizens' Pharmacy advertises Tanlac in Athens and includes a civic notice urging food conservation and community committees.
The text predicts a growing realignment of neutral nations against the Teutonic powers as nations like Holland Sweden Norway Brazil and Cuba shift stance and broader regions including Central and South America and even China consider joining the United States in what could become a world war. It suggests a costly but eventual world peace may emerge from the conflict.
A broad plea urges recruiting sailors to man ships and a larger push to fill agricultural posts. Officials emphasize maritime and farming labor needs to support national production and defense efforts.
Committees appointed to boost food production and conservation, gardens, and sale of excess farm products. Leaders named for militia districts and rallies set for Sunday April 16. Executive committee urges widespread planting, canning, and home garden efforts across Athens-Clarke County and surrounding areas.
Public address urges Georgia counties to organize for reduced cotton acreage and boosted corn and food crops. Ministers urged to designate April 15 as Food Production Day, with sermons focusing on conservation. Emphasizes national need for self sufficiency and support for allies, urging farmers to plant five acres of cultivated land and forecast high prices for crops next fall.
Rail timetable details multiple Seaboard Air Line routes with morning and evening departures for numbers 11 17 5 29 30 6 18 and 12. Entries show specific times such as 6:02 am 7:10 am 3:46 pm 6:18 pm and 10:40 am with some transcription inconsistencies in the remaining lines.
Georgia Railroad announces timetable changes for Athens service in Eastern Time. Train 50 runs daily from Athens at 8 36 am. Train 62 runs daily except Sunday from Athens at 4 pm. Train 54 runs Sunday only from Athens at 4 20 pm. Train 61 arrives Athens daily except Sunday at 12 59 pm. Train 53 arrives Athens daily at 9 40 pm. Train 65 arrives Athens Sunday only at 12 40 pm.
TIMETABLE NO. 18 January 23 1916 Train No 2 leaves Athens 1730 Train No 4 leaves Athens 2140 Train No 1 arrives Athena 1140 Train No 4 arrives Athens 1840 Nos 3 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder and Monroe and intermediate points with the Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern stations and with Southern Railway north and south
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