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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1918
Page
6
Local ads list insurance, banking, taxi, piano sales, used desks and phonographs, farm rentals, hats, lost pocketbook with reward, job notices, Studebaker car for sale, milk cow, secondhand organs, batteries and auto services, stoves, hunting pecans, guns, and a World War history offer. Contains multiple names, addresses, and contact details for Athens area.
A vintage ad promises fast relief from cold and catarrh by applying a small amount of Ely's Cream Balm in the nostrils. It claims to clear air passages, relieve headache, and stop mucus discharge and dryness, letting the user breathe freely within minutes. The ad urges asking a druggist for the product and describes soothing the inflamed mucous membranes.
A maritime metaphor paints politicians as barks adrift on a stormy sea. They long for a distant port offering legislative joys while lacking a clear route. They cry for guidance, but find only the echo of their own distress.
Today is the last day to enjoy lunches from the Ladies' Aid Bazaar of the First Christian Church. Menu features JENU Oysters Fry or Stew Cabbage Salad Pickle Bread and Butter Coffee, priced at 40 cents. Advertise your wants in the paper.
A community fundraiser shows widespread support with numerous subscribers contributing amounts from one to five dollars and more. Donors include Edgar Thompson, Mrs H. T. Huggins, Prof. and Mrs. W. Watson, Pitner and Beusse, Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Bocock, and many others backed by local businesses and organizations. The effort aims to sustain aid for the needy and sustain cotton prices until costs and production can be covered.
Governors of the cotton states and agricultural officials urge farmers to hold cotton for 35 cents a pound after a November meeting. The proclamation cites the recent price drop as unjustified and seeks to stabilize markets and protect producers in the South.
A Southern conference urges Federal Reserve Banks to support liberal rediscounting of cotton notes, calls on farmers to expand food and feed crops in 1919, and asks states to organize counties and school districts to carry out resolutions. It also urges farmers not to sell cotton below thirty five cents a pound, seeks a price equal to cost of production plus profit, and denounces federal price fixing as harmful to the South.
In Valenciennes the Prince of Wales, accompanied by General Horn and Canadian division leaders, quietly reviewed troops from a reerected Hotel de Ville platform. He mingled with officials, then slipped into the crowd after a short ceremony. A mascot goat caused a brief, humorous moment when staff officers misplaced their bouquets post inspection.
Washington reports wartime civilian hiring surged with Uncle Sam joining the Allies. Civil service examined nearly a million applicants, with over 400 thousand appointed. DC civilian workers rose from 35 thousand to about 95 thousand. Navy yards and ordnance plant staff also expanded before gradual postwar reductions begin.
Mr A V Richards will address the Sunday school of the First Methodist church Sunday at 10 10 am The public is invited The text notes a casualty reference and a political aside about cotton pricing and market measures. The Cotton States Official Advisory Board signed by 3 2 Brown President is cited.
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