23 Dec 1916
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
1
A miscellany of brief notices and editorial asides from Athens readers. Items mention carrier rules for subscriptions, political squabbles, the Danish West Indies sale talk, and a call to support Red Cross seals. Local sentiment praises charitable giving this Christmas while lamenting worn holiday excess and tree waste.
A critical editorial blasts Secretary Lansing for an premature note on European belligerents. It argues his remarks unsettled markets, caused losses to Americans, and raised risk of war by misrepresenting Wilson's position. The piece urges restraint and proper timing in diplomacy.
The article argues for expanding inheritance and income taxes as a fair, lasting part of the federal system. It notes rising adoption by states, including Georgia, which collected about one hundred fifty thousand dollars in two years, and says tax machinery will improve to widen revenue and ease burdens on the public.
A two man scene shows one giving gifts with mixed motives and gratitude while the other hopes for more despite not seeing the giver again. The fraternity end faces disappointment as an unseen wealth and a bank draft in the hereafter are mentioned, ending with G. B.
Charles Edwin Fox outlines how the Boy Scouts movement reshaped Philadelphia life from homes to schools and churches. He notes strong parental engagement, school conservatism yielding to scouting, church use, business recognition rewarding scouts, and juvenile courts and city officials embracing the program.
An advertisement notes nervousness may stem from constipation and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for quick relief and digestion aid. The notice suggests availability everywhere and invites readers to place wants ads.
The article argues genius arises from hard work not birth. It profiles Moses Boguslawski born in Chicago’s ghetto, showing early talent from age four, practicing in class, then playing cafes by eight. He studied piano only in the United States, later rising as a leading American pianist after meeting Dr Pachmann.
A church writer recalls the Christmas season focusing on the line Unto us a Child is Given as the central message. He describes personal letters from friends, school program songs about faith and the Little Child, and the belief that children hear the song in the air before others. The reflection emphasizes seeing the real, invisible meaning of Christmas through children and faith.
Lynn Mass Ten year old Twonard Crowder finished a sentence by throwing 1000 stones in a gravel unit under counting by Probation Officer Thomas A. Farmer. The boy, arrested after smashing a peer’s eye with a pebble, completed the task in one hour thirty minutes, muttering he would not throw more stones. Crowder spoke as the thousandth stone was counted.
Philadelphia surgeons at the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America debated the risks of high living. They cited higher stomach cancer rates among meat eaters and rich eaters, with Dr. M B Rehfuss presenting theories that cancer may resist from excessive protein intake.
Mary Smith an adopting by Inner Pankliest a wealthy farmer and his wife in Amboy Illinois on Armint 19 1915 sought to live as a single companion to an aged couple for $10 000 upon their deaths She now rejects the bargain and plans to return to Chicago asserting money cannot buy freedom and life in the country is not for her.
Timex, Otta, Conn. William Winters, Newton Frost and Rayman J. Snow report sighting a deer apiece on an av Linating journey in Yorkshire county.
A devotional notice reflecting on Thanksgiving and the child as a symbol of tenderness and divine gift. It praises the baby and calls for motherly love, honoring the historical birthday of all history and the Great Christmas Gift to humanity.
Several young readers in Jefferson and Walton, Georgia write to Santa Claus with requests for dolls, trains, candy, fruit, and toys. One child asks for a “frish mall” and a “register,” another seeks a large doll and carriage, and others request fruit, nuts, and a big candy assortment. Signed letters include Daisy Bulte Walton and Little Sarah Walton, dated December 20, 1916.
A flood of candidate notices from Georgia's Eighth district seeks the Sixty-fifth Congress. James B. Park, Q L Williford, A S I Stovall, Thomas J. Brown, Charles H Brand, Julian B McCurry, T W Rucker announce runs for long term starting March 4 1917 or short term expiring March 4 1917 and urge voter support in January 11 or November elections.
Train departures listed with numbers and times including No 11 17 6 29 and No 30 No 6 No 18 No 12, showing 6:02 a m and 7:45 p m times among scattered entries. The fragment hints at multiple service departures and a fare noted as 246 dollars per month in a severed timetable page.
Georgia Railroad schedules show daily Train 60 leaves Athens at 5:35 p m. Train 63 runs daily except Sunday from Athens at 4 p m. Train 64 operates Sunday only leaving Athens at 4 30 p m. Train 61 arrives Athens daily except Sunday at 12 59 p m. Train 53 runs daily arriving Athens at 1 10 pm. Train 5 operates Sunday only arriving Athens at 22 40 noon.
Local lodge notices list meeting nights and locations for Elmo Lodge No. 40 K of P St Elmo Lodge No 40 meeting at Castle Hall Clayton Street Main address 1226L visiting Knights invited Also Fa Fa Meets weekly at Odd Fellows Hall Maz Joseph Building Glenn Lodge No 78 meets Tuesday Odd Fellows Hall Mex Joseph Building Metta No 700 meets second and fourth Wednesdays 8 30 at lodge quarters Broad and Lomphis Streets Mt Vernon Lodge No 23 meets Thursdays Masonic Hall Clayton Street George Davis Camp No 292 meets Wednesdays Woodmen Hall Max Joseph at 4 20 pm three meetings concentrate on general business and degree drills visiting officers invited.
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