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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1918

Page

3

Rates and delivery terms for The Athens Daily Banner

Entered as second class matter in Athens Georgia The Athens Daily Banner explains delivery options including city carrier or mailed service with rates of 5 dollars yearly 2 60 for six months 1 25 for three months or 10 cents a week Remittance methods include express money order registered letter or cheque Subscribers are asked to promptly report late or missing deliveries as the sole means to identify carrier issues and ensure regular service

Athens

War Time Rhetoric and Home Front Sloganeering

The piece cites President Wilson and promotes thrift stamps war bonds and home front patriotism. It notes a drive for thrift stamps and war savings certificates in Athens and remarks on global conflict with mention of German armies in Russian territory and allied efforts toward Berlin.

Athens Berlin

Athens Home Service Institute and Records Bureau Plan

A committee outlines a program to record every officer and enlisted person in Athens and surrounding areas in a centralized system. It involves a Home Service Institute at the University of Georgia and a coordinated effort by a strong committee to serve families without overburdening existing agencies.

Athens Bureau of Information University of Georgia

Thrift Stamp Day urged as patriotic duty nationwide

Citizens urged to buy thrift stamps and war savings certificates to fund a war effort. Mrs G A Mell leads a committee of women and girls selling stamps as a safe investment backed by government resources. County chairman Flanigen reports strong sales and a goal to set a national record in support of democracy and the war against Germany.

G. A. Mell Flanigen

Street Railways May Receive Aid

Street railway systems nationwide face financial collapse as operation costs rise and traffic falls due to cars. Secretary McAdoo and President Wilson discuss relief to keep services operating, urging state and local authorities to act in the national interest and inform officials as needed.

Wilson McAdoo Mez- Adoo

Untitled Verse by D. G. Bickers Tweeted Across Time

A brief excerpt presents JUST AVERSE ADAY “I go” spoken with cheerful resolve and a readiness born of impulse. The speaker counts neither cost nor pain and departs from the imagined fight, reflecting a paradox of boldness and avoidance.

Breakfast Meatless Dinners Wheatless Is Restaurant Rule

The Federal Food Administrator for Georgia states hotels restaurants and eating houses must serve a meatless breakfast daily and a wheatless mid day meal. Private homes may choose meals, but the schedule requires wheatless Monday meatless Tuesday and wheatless Wednesday with porkless on Tuesday and Saturday.

Atlanta Federal Food Administrator Georgia

Growth of the Kingdom as a Mustard Seed Reform

A Sunday School lesson contrasts a hypothetical tiny movement with the real spread of Jesus’ kingdom. It notes the modest origins of Jesus and the twelve, then traces two millennia of growth: a universal rest-day shift, global missions, vast churches, charitable institutions, and influence across nations and rulers.

Jesus Gervant

Kingdom of Service and the Mustard Seed Faith

The sermon extols a universal church reach from local to global, powered by service. It compares the mustard seed of faith to Jesus teaching that the kingdom grows through selfless acts. The call asks if readers are enlisted in the service, following Christ to Calvary.

Christ Golcotha Calvary N. P.M

Noted Kidney Remedy Endorsed by Athens Resident

Local ad claims kidney weakness cause of backache dizziness and disorders. It promotes Bean's Kidney Pills as the best remedy, citing Mrs J F Dunsten of 268 Dougherty St Athens who reports seven years of kidney trouble relief from the pills.

Athens Mead J. F. Dunsten Dougherty St Dean Kidney Pils Co Bean

Eucapine Offers Modern Treatment For Sore Feet

Skin specialists attribute corns bunions and ingrown nails to germs in skin pores that cause decay irritation and odor. Apply Eucapine after bathing at bedtime to draw out inflammation destroy germs and restore healthy skin and nails. Corns and bunions fade as swelling subsides and germs die. The antiseptic salve costs twenty five cents and is sold by druggists.

Lodge directory Knights of Pythias and related lodges

St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at 8 oclock Castle Hall Jes ter Building Clayton Street Phone 125 L visiting Knights urged to attend. Williams Lodge No 18 I O O F meets Mondays Odle Fellows Hall Max Joseph Building all brethren invited. Glenn Lodge No 75 I O O F meets Tuesdays Odle Fellows Hall Max Joseph Building. Camp W W visiting members invited. Mt Vernon Lodge F A M Vernon Lodge No 22 F A M meets Thursdays May Jos Well building Clayton Street.

St. Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias Willams Lodge O. O. Fm Gee. B. Davis Woodmen Hall Max Joseph Suila Mt Vernon Lodge Vernon Lodge F.&a Masonic Hell Jos Wellding Clayton Street B.C. Paine G. Quinn

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