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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1916
Page
5
The Athens Daily Banner lists subscription rates and payment options while urging prompt reports of late delivery. It highlights seasonal quips, national politics, Georgia cinema expansion, and notices of regional papers including the Carnesville Herald.
The Continent survey of Presbyterian ministers shows strong support for President Wilson's preparedness plan. Respondents favor coast defense, a larger navy with air and submarine capabilities, a regular army of at least 200,000, and a reserve militia around 500,000.
The county demonstration agent drives farm progress by applying scientific methods in communities. Colleges offer targeted training in Athens and many counties fund agents. Federal, state funds support the program as more counties adopt demonstrators, boosting farm income, methods, and prosperity.
The Georgia General Assembly boosted appropriations for higher education and added 2,700,000 for common schools. The piece argues lawmaker decisions support equal opportunity, noting costs differ by institution yet stressing state support to keep education local and affordable for all youths. It cites university charters urging domestic education to foster virtue and national prosperity.
A brief poem vignette recalls an old Indian chief named Luck who once gifted rare items such as buffalo robes moccasins and wampum and then returned to steal them back the next night in a compact reflective anecdote of gift and loss.
The article notes Georgia law tightening after May 1 with reduced liquor consumption. It discusses public sentiment toward total abstinence as a path to efficiency. It mentions national prohibition efforts, the 1869 party formation, its split over women’s suffrage, and potential impact on the 1912 political landscape. It also predicts Wilson’s likely second term.
Government postal authorities curb spreading of European lottery publicity in the United States. Letters solicit tickets and news stories about winners are barred. any story naming a lottery or prizes risks mail prohibition. War aid lotteries in Europe fund hospitals, wounded, and soldiers' dependents.
Ex President Taft issued a formal statement praising the League to Enforce Peace and a Pan American League, noting strong business backing for a permanent world peace plan. He cites the U S Chamber of Commerce referendum supporting economic and military pressure behind arbitration treaties and international law.
The piece notes broad backing for a League to Enforce Peace plan among business groups and the San Francisco Peace Congress, with support from ex-Senator Root and Secretary Langring. It argues for coordinated economic and military pressure and sees a Western hemisphere league as a step toward a global accord after the European conflict.
Ad promotes Cascarets as a ten cent remedy to cleanse and regulate the liver stomach and bowels claiming relief from biliousness bad breath coated tongue sick stomach and backache with a promise to feel better by morning. It urges use for adults and children and asserts quick cleansing action and lasting cheerfulness. Also includes dissolution notices for Sol J Boley Company and Johnson Shoe Company in Athens Georgia dated January 1 1916 detailing reorganization and debt settlement.
Mrs Blanche Jefferson of Des Moines Iowa says four years of illness nearly cost her life until her husband opposed surgery and she used Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports improved health and urges other women to try the remedy before surgery and to write for confidential advice.
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