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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1914
Page
4
A compact reader page blends subscription notices for the Athens Daily Banner with editorials on crops, fires, elections, and wartime sentiment. It cites cotton prices, warehousing, and farmer cooperation while quoting Percy MacKaye’s Saint Louis masque in a world news frame.
Southern Bell plans underground wiring in Athens after securing a site for a four story exchange building. A commercial survey influenced the move and signals more modernization as the utility aligns with the city’s progressive growth, aiming to remove poles and cables from streets.
The Manufacturers' Record urges national duty and economic action amid war, and the Athens Banner calls for a meeting of local business men and farmers to discuss cotton handling and the new crop. Citizens are urged to contribute ideas and space for public discussion to aid local prosperity.
Poems recall harbor lights and love as the Constitution threads in a wartime reflection. A Georgia governor’s Confederate veteran status looms, while a patriot vows to confront German ships, and economic costs of war loom in industry wages.
The World’s Work turned a September issue into a wartime manual in three days after the war broke. Editors mobilized 125,000 words of copy, 100+ pictures, 12 new maps, and 80 staff and outsiders to publish a 248 page plus index issue on August 17. The project aimed to deliver a comprehensive war compendium to subscribers on the regular date with demand already high.
National Geographic Society outlines Louvain Libau Diest Hasselt Mulhausen Muhlausen Antwerp and more. It notes Louvain’s university history Libau’s Baltic port status and railway links Antwerp as a major seaport with Schelde history and periods of growth and decline.
The chart lists populations and areas for nations involved in war, including Austria Hungary Servia Bulgaria Roumania Montenegro Albania Greece Turkey Russia France German Empire and the United States. It provides figures for regions like Texas West Virginia and New York City, and notes that United States territories and state groupings cover major populations and areas.
Nashville inventor Will Carleton, a Canadian-born poet living in Nashville, says he has devised a water fuel method after fourteen years of work. He claims water can burn like coal oil using a diluted chemical, creating a moist flame that generates its own oxygen, with one gallon burning six to eight hours and monthly cooking cost around one dollar. Demonstrations are planned at Gallatin fair and the Tennessee state fair.
The article details Antwerp’s defenses and fortification history until 1863, notes Nancy and Strassburg as key cities with strong fortresses, and recounts Dinant and Charleroi’s strategic roles. It also mentions the Battle of the Ages headline and Congressman Tribble urging farmers and business leaders to unite on cotton strategy.
An Athens woman Mrs. I. R. Shy testifies to relief from back pain and lumbago after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She praises rapid benefit and credits Palmer & Sons' Drug Store for supply. The ad notes the product price of 50 cents and cites Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as makers.
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