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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
3
A bulletin from the Retail Merchants’ Protective Association urges Athenians to limit daily grocery deliveries to one trip. It suggests ordering for the next day in advance, using leftovers, and calling to register willingness to help merchants reduce delivery burdens and hours.
The Associated Press reports Secretary Baker said U S army expansion beyond current strength depends on events overseas and the shipping situation. No date for a new draft is fixed and numbers to be called remain undecided. Senate committee tentatively backs act to set class based quotas and let the president call needed workers. Provost Marshal Crowder outlines a new registration draw to order liability of registrants, with class one growth toward about two million men this year.
The Associated Press reports that in twelve months of unrestricted German warfare against US and Allied shipping, 69 American vessels totaling 171,061 gross tons were sunk. Offsetting losses, the US has seized 107 ships totaling nearly 700,000 gross tons and requisitioned 426 ships to over two million gross tons, with contracts for 884 more vessels.
A local committee chaired by Mr. BE. R. Hodgson Jr. will organize Athens to buy $500 worth of Smileage Books for soldiers in camps and cantonments. Each book offers coupons for Liberty Theatre and other entertainments, priced at $1 for 20 coupons and $5 for 100.
Dr Andrew M Soule Georgia federal food administrator announces a new home food conservation card issued by the United States Food Administration. The card urges two wheatless days per week and one wheatless meal daily, meatless days and meals, porkless days, and prudent use of fats and milk to support wartime supplies.
A gentle salve for noses and throats advertised for infants and young children to prevent illness. The notice claims Bucapine Salve reduces irritation and germ buildup, preventing earache and serious diseases, available at Athens drugstores for twenty five cents. Also mentions a trench story event at High School to raise Thrift Stamp prizes.
A new musical spectacle presented at the Colonial with lavish scenery and costumes. The cast features a bewitching chorus, a complete three act story by J Lord Baker, music by Omer Herbert, and an ambitious lavish production from LeComte and Flesher promising an entertaining, merry treat.
Announcement that Mr Balnbury will permanently associate Ana Rupert Julian productions with Rupert Julian in a new venture. The Eyes of the World and other serials are discussed with Edith Storey and Ramone noted. Storey returns to the screen in roles she first became known for.
Fragmentary text warning about eczema and skin eruptions with references to purification and memes. lacking coherent context or identifiable entities.
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