The Athens Banner Special Notices and Updates
The Athens Banner delivers by mail or carrier with yearly and short-term rates. Notices urge prompt reporting of delivery issues, warn carriers about collecting subscriptions, and note Georgia Day observances. Items mention pacifist fears, Edison’s 70th birthday, and various cultural notes. Public notices cover federal loan warnings, fake loan promoters, and advice on forming trustworthy local loan groups. Agricultural guidance from J A Evans emphasizes reducing cotton acreage, soil care, early-maturing varieties, stalk destruction, and boll weevil control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Farm, Loan Board
Does Advertising Pay A Strong Case For Ad Spending
The piece argues advertising always pays when well chosen and cites industry data. It notes top business leaders boost ad budgets, rejects wasteful spending, and cites the Industrial Index claiming one billion dollars will be spent on advertising in 1917 in the United States. A magazine editorial adds that goodwill and public recognition, built by advertising, can exceed tangible assets in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Index
United States
Men's Club of
Atlanta
Passing of an Eminent Georgian
The death of Judge Walter G. Chariton of Savannah removes one of the state's most distinguished citizens. He blended old Southern courtesy with loyalty to the newer South and progress. An eloquent orator with scholarly attainments, he was a prominent figure in any assembly. As attorney and judge he served to the highest standard, and he loved Georgia as a vigorous defender at all times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter G. Chariton
Savannah
South
Georgia
It Is Squarely Up To Germany View on Hostages and War
The piece argues Germany holds 50 German hostages in retaliation and contrasts its treatment of American ambassador Gerard with Ambassador Von Bernstorff. It asserts war decision lies with Germany, pledges US ships will sail their rights, and warns of consequences if Germany fires on US vessels, with President Wilson acting to avert war but prepared to act if pushed beyond a limit.
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Germany
America
Bernstorff
von Bernstorff
Gerard
United States
Wilson
Cartoon portrait labels a man by many roles
A type cartoon chronicles a man nicknamed Grouch as a child and evolves through stages from Reformer and Critic to Iconoclast Misanthrope Infidel and Dyspeptic at home, tracing his changing public personas over time.
The Name of France Poem in Art World Dec issue
Dr Henry van Dyke author of The Name of France poem in the December Art World explains the verse written before his Holland post resignation. The poem envisions a name that inspires learning art freedom and human progress guiding nations to fight for a world of liberty and equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Dyke
Holland
France
van Dyke
Tanlac praised by eighty year old justice of peace
An Atlanta man recounts how his eighty year old father in Lost Mountain Georgia, a respected justice of the peace, gained twenty pounds after taking Tanlac. He says the stomach trouble that troubled him for years vanished and he can now eat meat and work hard. The testimonial notes the medicine’s availability in Athens and Winterville through local shops.
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W. Arnold
Bul” Arnold
Southern Railway
Jacob
Marietta Street
Atlanta
Esquire 8
P. Arnold
Lost Mountain
Father
Ike
Athens
Citizens’ Pharmacy
Winterville
Kroner Co
Weekly Movie Schedule Highlights 2-Showings
The Strand and Elite theaters present a slate of 1919 era films this week. Dorothy Gish in The Little Yank and Pauline Frederick in Ashes of Embers headline Tuesday. The Vixen, The Joy Dragon, Miss Geo Washington, The Quest of Life, Patria, The Great Secret, A Wife By Proxy, Pearl of The Army, and Pearl White’s Pearl of The Army also appear across days with supporting acts such as Marguerite Clark, Theda Bara, and Baby Marie Osborne. A mix of comedies, dramas, and serials rounds out the program alongside imports and vaudeville captions.
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Dorothy Gish
New Triangle
Elite
Pauline Frederick
Paramount
Theda Bara
Fox
Baby Marie Osborne
Marguerite Clark
Washington
Maurice and
Florence Walton
Lenore Ulrich
Mrs. Vernon Castle
Helen Holmes
Frances Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Mabel Taliaferro
Pearl White
Luke
Peace as a Florist Bulb and a Moral Flower
A Florist sent a Gladiolus bulb named Peace last spring. A tiny shoot grew, unfolding a white flower with purple and gold heart to symbolize Christ’s message of Peace and Good Will. The piece laments war, hypocrisy, and cruelty, urging reflection on Christ’s teachings in a world at odds with religion.
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Christ
Earth
Heaven
J.C. HL
Jerry by Arthur Stanwood Pier review in a popular magazine
A six foot grown novel Jerry portrays an Irish boy from a poor background who rises amid sordid surroundings and politics in a great city. The story focuses on courage perseverance and honesty with a murder trial as a central plot element.
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Jerry
Arthur Stanwood Pier
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston
Christine Curtiss
Inman
Strong
Sable
St. Timothy’s
Groton
Mr. Pier
St. Tim
Young America
Esc
Monitors and submarines fascinate a Florida visitor
Mr. John Benson Wier of Tampa writes from Florida about visiting the battleship Talehassee and three submarines numbered K, 32-K1, 36-K5, and 37-K6. He describes their size, crew, torpedoes, and endurance, notes the cost of torpedoes, and details the Monitor’s role and the surrounding naval activity as winter visitors crowd Tampa and St. Petersburg. He recalls cold weather, praises St. Petersburg, and offers to print the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Benson Wier
Florida
Tampa
Fla
Banner
A. m
Monitora
Uncle Sam
U. S
St. Petersburg
John B. Wier
P. S
Bilious Attack Relief With Chamberlain Tablets
A home remedy note describes a severe bilious attack with headache coated tongue loss of appetite constipation and vomiting of bile and partially digested food. It claims relief by taking three Cham berlain s Tablets and notes availability everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Seaboard Air Line South Bound Train Schedule Fragments
Readable parts show multiple Seaboard Air Line southbound trains with departure times around 6:02 am 7:10 am 3:46 pm 6:18 pm and northbound No 80 at 10:40 am and No 6 at 6:05 pm plus No 18 5:00 pm and No 12 11:45 pm. The text is a rough OCR fragment listing several train departures.
Georgia Railroad Schedules Revised for September 3 1918
The Georgia Railroad announces timetable changes effective September 3 1918 Eastern Time. Train 60 runs daily from Athens at 3 36 a.m. Train 62 runs daily except Sundays from No 4 Athens at 4 p.m. Sunday only service from No 4 Athens departs at 4 40 p.m. Train 61 runs daily except Sundays from Athens around noon. Train 53 arrives Athens at 3 30 p.m. Train 55 runs Sundays only arriving Athens at 12 30 p.m.
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Georgia Railroad
Athens
Moon
Jamesville Midland Railway Schedule January 23 1918
Timetable No 16 lists train No 2 leaving Athens at 7 20 PM and No 4 at 2 20 PM with arrivals of No 1 at 11 40 AM and No 4 at 6 40 PM in Athens. Trains Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont Winder and Monroe and intermediate points with the Gear railroad to all points and at the for Gainesville Northwest stations and with Southern Railway north and south.
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Macon
Madison
Georgia Railroad
Appalachee
Keene County Railroad
Monroe
B. R. Bloodworth
Athens
Belmont
Winder
Gear Railroad
Thle
Gainesville
Southern Railway Daily and Sunday Train Schedules
Reads as a railroad timetable listing departures and arrivals to all points with daily and Sunday frequencies, plus contact numbers for Williams and Shelton. Also includes Lodge Directory entries for multiple fraternal orders with meeting times, locations, and officer names.
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the Athens Banner
H. J. Rowe
Post Office
Charlton
Fis
Thomas Edison
Eddie
Mike
Americana
New York
Southern Frtilizer Association
J. A. Evans
United States Department of Agriculture
Uemaster & Allen
College Ave. Ood
Eckman
O'Gary
Seaboard Air Line South Bound
Jamesville Midland
A . Southern Railway
Athins Bpanch
Dally
Sun
Dally Ox. Sun
Dally Ox. Son
I. Williams
Commercia Phons
Shelton
Ticke Ag
Ines
Elmo Lodge
P.st. Elmodge
Knights of Pythiss Neeta
Ita Castle Hall
Ester
Clayton Street
H. Abit Nix
C. C. Howard T
ABNEY
K. of R
Glenn Lodge
Ode Fellows
Max Joseph
Brethren
H. D. Stevens
Galliher
Lodge Quartere
Corner Broad
Lampkin Sts
B. F. Tuck
H. Palmer
Mt Vernon Lodge
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