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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
4
H J Rowe editor info and postal notice from Athens Georgia paper. Details include subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, six months, one year, and three months with prices in advance. Also lists business and editorial offices phone numbers and requests prompt notification of late or missing deliveries.
The Ladies Executive Committee of the Banner Commissary met at the former Elite theatre site to accept city donations. Officials praised disciplined charity that aids only the deserving, noting past abuses by beggars and urging continued support through the Banner’s organized relief, while thanking contributors. A late playlet titled WHY THEY LOST THE WAR and a cartoon caption urging a Red Cross button accompany the item.
Athens urges full participation in Red Cross membership to meet a four thousand adult and school-child enrollment goal. The piece notes lagging responses, appeals for prompt action, and ties proceeds to War Savings Stamps and post war unity. It also mentions Clarke county’s War Savings status and proposes using stamps as Christmas gifts.
The Vice Chemical Co revises its VapoRub distribution policy due to influenza shortages. Retail drugists must buy through jobbers with direct shipments ended, orders limited to small lots, and jobbers to receive at least double last year’s monthly quantity. The firm thanks retailers for cooperation during the emergency.
The Southeastern YMCA reports November as the banner month with 2,878,257 men reached, 1,232,998 participants in 26 sports, and 1,726,307 spectators. Camp Sheridan tops participation and games. Camp Jackson and Fort Oglethorpe also rank high in participants and spectators.
Versed call to teachers as leaders guiding the coming struggle against ignorance. The passage exhorts educators to train men and women for a world changing crusade, declaring supreme leadership and the duty to conquer ignorance through intellect and courage.
The page lists numerous local donors to the Banner Commissary drive with varied contributions from cash gifts to in kind support. Names include Mrs. Mary McKinley Cobb, Miss Garland Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tibbetts, and Captain E D Cox among many others, reflecting broad community backing. The report also shows a section of New York and New Orleans cotton prices and commodity quotes, with bids, highs, and closes.
List of names and payments sums in a community fundraiser or advertisement, totaling 1073.00 dollars. An endorsement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup from Mrs. Edward Haseett of Frankfort New York notes fast relief without narcotics.
A promotion for Ziron Iron Tonic claims iron boosts strength and appetite after illness. J. E. Clifton of Lyons Georgia recounts typhoid illness with hemorrhages and weak health, praising Ziron as a strong tonic and energy booster.
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