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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1918
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner discusses farmer productivity, noting U S farmers match or exceed European output per acre but excel per worker and unit of capital. It frames this in a wartime or emergency context with a presidential quote on efficiency.
A wartime call stresses thrift saving and food rules to aid the war. It urges needlework, fuel and tobacco fund giving, enlistment hopes for shipyard work, and preserving home life as the foundation of American civilization while soldiers serve abroad.
A call to increase agricultural production urges Georgians to boost wheat and foodstuffs for Allies and soldiers in France. Citizens should sacrifice consumption to help reach the target of over 100 million bushels of wheat by summer, ensuring surplus to feed troops and save the nation.
The Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund calls Athens citizens to donate to keep soldiers supplied with tobacco. The Banner urges voluntary support during Smokes Week, aiming for several hundred dollars with each one dollar purchase covering a month's supply.
A man nurtures a private idea at home resisting outside contact until it grows into a dreamer. The piece uses a cartoon like vignette to illustrate imagination taking root in solitude.
A narrator vows to quit smoking for a day or two to send tobacco to a soldier overseas. The piece frames the act as a small sacrifice in gratitude for the risks and sacrifices the servicemember makes to keep children free.
Private rain reports in the southwest trigger scattered selling at the open with March at 30.15, May 29.69, July 29.17, as the market steadies after cover and trade buying. Official notes deny broad Texas rains, while near-term demand from Liverpool and plans for New England coal supply influence prices.
Mrs. T. C. Corbitt of 12 Ponders Avenue Atlanta reports rapid improvement after starting Tanlac gaining sixteen pounds and regaining strength. She says she was nearly bedridden for eight years with stomach trouble and now has a strong appetite and full energy. Tanlac is sold by H R Palmer & Sons Athens Ga. Also included are current spot cotton prices from various cities.
Liverpool cotton market shows dull spot demand with prices steady for good middling at 23.03 pence per pound and 21.50 for ordinary. Futures close steady with February at 24.53 and July at 21.88. sales reach 2,000 bales, including 1,700 American, with receipts of 2,100 American bales.
Ruling prices in Chicago markets show mixed closes across corn oats pork and lard. Highlights include corn trading around 126 percent and pork near 48.05 with lard at about 26.10 as May contracts move through the session.
Athens readers are urged to support the Bankhead National Highway Association as Little Rock hosts the second annual meeting April 18-19 1918. Delegates from each county form the base, with dues one dollar per year and membership begins upon signing and payment. Col Plowman and Secretary Rountree have advanced plans for the ocean to ocean highway, and every town along the route will be affected by the decisions.
The article recalls Caesar’s commentary on German Romans clash over a Rhine border truce. Germans seek alliance, vow peace, then break the oath in a treacherous slaughter. Caesar rejects ambassadors and terms, warning no peace on the wrong side of the Rhine.
An advertisement promotes Hyomel as a universal remedy for sore throat catarrh croup coughs colds and bronchitis. It claims effective two minute relief by inhalation with a pocket device and offers a life lasting inhaler plus refills at druggists and H R Palmer & Sons with a money back guarantee.
Train timetable effective January 13 1918 shows arrivals No 1 Sunday 11 40 am No 3 daily 6 06 pm No 11 daily except Sunday mixed 8 00 am depart No 2 daily 7 20 am No 4 Sunday 1 55 pm No 12 daily except Sunday mixed 11 30 pm Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points with Georgia Railroad for Gainesville Northwestern stations and with Southern Railway north and south
Listing shows multiple fraternal bodies meeting weekly at various halls in Clayton Street Max Joseph Building and nearby venues. Knights of Pythians, I O O F lodges, Woodmen and Masons invite visiting or all brethren to attend with officers named.
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