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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1915
Page
4
Local Athens edition comments on delivery reliability and subscription details. It notes the Woodmen convention, upcoming Water and Sewerage Conference, and support for the University of Georgia International Policy Club. It mentions garden signs, theater and hotel activity, and civic interest in municipal progress.
The Woodmen of the World convention in Athens has sparked calls to hold more national gatherings here. The piece praises local enthusiasm, urges Chamber of Commerce action, and asks citizens to back efforts to secure additional conventions, aiming to make Athens the state convention city.
American manufacturers press to import two cargoes of German dye stuffs before the British embargo. England may permit passage if sent to a neutral port and shipped by neutral vessels. Germany's consent is pending under English restrictions. The government backs the effort and the outlook is hopeful for arrival.
American financiers agree to float a fifty million dollar bond issue for the French republic. Proceeds will fund imports and purchases in the United States, keeping profits and interests here. The deal, led by J P Morgan & Co, is expected to face German opposition but proceed.
A short verse fragment critiques rural ideals as overhyped and naïve. The speaker dismisses talk of the country as green and fresh, noting the term is used with scorn and indifference. The piece carries a dialectic bite from D. G. B.
The Human Artist painted a scene where Greens clash with Plue leading to Conflict. Mother Nature then applied greens against an azure background to craft Harmony.
A discussion of early American newspaper cartoons and the role of engraving amid scarcity. Benjamin Russell’s Federal Pillars symbolized states adopting the Constitution, with visual satire marking progress and hope as eleven states joined by August 1788.
The Buffalo Express notes Billy Sunday’s sermons on Jews are eloquent and truthful and will interest both Christians and Mosaic adherents. It mentions a Beaconsfield parallel from Conningsby and praises Sunday for speaking plainly though it omits any note of Jews attacking Christians.
In Athens Georgia Rev C C Jarrell pastor of First Methodist travels to Griffin to assist Rev G A Venable in revival. Chancellor Barrow fills the Athens pulpit in his absence and T W Reed speaks in the evening. Also notes praise for Rev G D Stone and other local ministers with church work progressing.
Atlanta reports Chairman Murphey Candler of the railroad commission urged service over profit, stating the public is fair minded with proper information. The speech was endorsed by telephone officials amid debates on usury in Georgia banks and local temperance stance.
Long stream of small items covers revival meetings in Athens with evangelist Arthur Moore and accompanists, a dramatic saving train delay for a sick mother’s son, Homer-Lula Railroad bids, a near-lynching in Gwinnett, Winder’s blue laws on cigarettes and Sunday drink rules, a Demorest lecture on race in literature, Monroe church plans for a new building, and a University of Georgia conference on water and sewerage health impacts.
A Philadelphia reader writes of severe lung trouble in 1903 04 with grippes pneumonia night sweats and hemorrhages. After using Eckman’s Alterative she reports quiet nights strength gain and no further hemorrhages. The ad claims efficacy for bronchial catarrh throat and lung diseases and offers 2 sizes and a recovery booklet.
The ad claims Pine Forests cure whooping cough with Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey loosening mucus soothing the throat and lungs reducing coughing spells. Recommends for growing children and family use, priced 25 and 50 cents at your druggist. Electric Bitters a Spring Tonic.
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