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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
5
The Athens Daily Banner lists annual and short-term subscription rates and accepted payment methods. It warns carriers must not collect payments, requests prompt reports of delivery issues, and mentions miscellaneous political and regional news items and St. Rome, Georgia as a proposed site for a government armor plate plant.
The Georgia legislature will face next June a proposal for a complete liquor ban. Following the Supreme Court decision upholding the Webb Kenyon law, Georgia could prohibit shipments from wet to dry states, enabling a quarantine against alcohol.
The voters of the Eighth district are urged to name Judge Charles H Brand as the successor to the late Congressman Samuel J Tribble. The editorial argues Brand's long service, experience as solicitor general and judge, and deep knowledge of district needs make him best suited to represent Clarke County and the district with a near unanimous Clarke County vote aiding his statewide majority.
Suffrage campaigners criticize President Wilson for not using his office to push federal woman suffrage. Wilson supports the cause personally but says party platform governs policy. Proposals to picket the White House with silent sentinels are seen as an insult to the president and risk alienating public opinion.
A comic frame shows a ragged hungry boy cared for by a generous woman who feeds him and trains him. As he grows he learns his name is Happiness, told by a city lawyer. The youth becomes a guardian for his foster mother in her old age.
Poem-like reflection by D. G. Bickers on a worker’s character. The speaker wishes evaluation by colleagues as steady and loyal rather than famed or rich. He imagines visitors praising loyalty, diligence, and reliability over brilliance, preferring to be found doing his duty with earnest purpose and a cheerful, warning word.
A Washington debate seeks remedies at the root of the railway problem. The proposal adds two statutory elements: ensure total revenues cover total legitimate expenses and encourage investment for improvements. It supports robust federal supervision with retained state authority and warns of federal takeover if revenues fall short.
The Associated Press reports Washington January 10 that the rivers and harbors bill totals 38 155 339 with over 10 million for new projects and federal costs for existing programs. The House committee will report the bill next week and a minority adverse report is expected from Representative Freer of Wisconsin.
San Francisco reports Franz Bopp German consul general and four attaches convicted in district court for conspiracy to violate U S neutrality. The article also cites educational reforms, state rights, and railway policy debates influencing future prosperity and investment sentiment.
The piece explains friendship grows from mutual effort and unselfish acts. Two people meet, exchange small favors, and gradually a mutual affection forms as each plans to give rather than take, explaining why some have more friends than others. Bear this in mind if you lament few friends.
A garden study reveals diverse bee behaviors and insect engineers. The oil-beetle larvae hitch rides on bees, grave-digging beetles, diary-keeping ants, and bees that mason, carpenter, and upholster. Mason bees cement cells with saliva mortar, while carpenter bees seal nests in decayed wood. Upholsterer bees craft petal tapestries to shield honey stores.
Eight great paintings in the Washington capitol rotunda are praised for design yet five are defective in technique or factual accuracy. The Philadelphia Record cites a scene of Washington resigning his commission to Congress, noting two life-size girls in the foreground, one with three hands due to Trumbull's unseen extra limb.
The article lists many pawpaw uses including eating fresh, custard pie, cream with sugar as a dessert, and fermentation to make beer or brandy. It describes pawpaw pudding and maramalade comparable to pear or peach products, and even drying custard on a board like pumpkin leather.
The passage argues pleasure hides in work, honest bookkeeping, and progress. It claims happiness comes from doing well and feeling fulfilled through productive effort, not from idle preachments.
In Fort Worth Star-Telegram style, the piece notes widespread job dissatisfaction across all classes. Workers seek easier or more autonomous roles, with office and shop staff imagining better fits, while spouses crave different duties and parents wish for different careers for their children.
A compact extract discusses how couples cling to egotism and routine, noting how trifles reveal rifts. It contrasts a wife’s view of a husband’s work with love, pride, and time, citing W. L. George from the Atlantic as context for marital tension and the two guiding commandments.
A newly married Swiss woman, unaware of the value of old records, burned a cache of 19th century Swiss railway building minutes from 1850 in Buckten. The sheets, many stamped Dove of Basel and prized by stamp collectors, were worth about $50 each, totaling near $5,000 in losses.
A Los Angeles driver fitted his mule team with tail lights to reduce highway accidents after a car collided with a drove. The lights, strapped to the mules tails, reflect ruby beams when illuminated, improving visibility as the animals move. The device, akin to bicycle taillights, becomes more noticeable when tails swing.
The passage reflects on Carthage as a bustling, self confident commercial hub where wealth shapes values and ambition. It notes a self congratulating populace praising success and financial security while moral decline looms, as cited by Repplier in the Atlantic.
Hilda frets two weeks before her wedding to Stuart Dale as Pete O’Neil reenters her life. She recalls their past, resists his plea, and faces a choice between the fiancé she chose and the former lover who claims she never forgot him. The encounter at O’Neil’s Feed and Grain Store upends her certainty.
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