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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1917
Page
9
The Athens Daily Banner outlines delivery options and prices including $5.00 yearly, $2.50 half year, $1.25 per quarter, or 10 cents weekly. Remittances may be sent by express, post office money order, registered letter, or check, and readers are urged to report delivery issues promptly to the business office.
Local notes praise Independence celebrations and urge writing US with no period. Athens Red Cross chapter growth is highlighted alongside campaigns, politics, and public virtue. Mentions I C C scrutiny, Prohibition debate, and a new colored chapter member joining the Red Cross in Athens.
The Georgia General Assembly chose Samuel L. Olive of Richmond as senate president and John N. Holder of Jackson as speaker of the House. Both men are longtime, faithful leaders with strong legislative records and devoted to education and state progress.
The piece explains the upcoming steps to implement the draft after the June 5 registration. Local exemption boards will judge exemptions on merit, with appeals to appellate boards, and members must balance friendship with duty, aiming for unbiased, fair decisions in a challenging patriotic task.
A cartoon caption shows a passenger with a stamped reputation ticket denied by Capt. Justice The Conductor who returns to earn a proper Character pass. The conductor explains the passenger is a stockholder named D G B, deserving a earned pass for conduct.
The passage contrasts ancient nations and their fates with deification of a guiding "one thing needful" through discipline, vision, and service. It argues that true national maturity lies in unselfish service to humanity, not empire or perfect bodies. Author D. G. Bickers frames nations as evolving toward divine usefulness via shared ideals.
The Greensboro paper reports a fight incident at Swords Georgia titled Cutting Affray. It also promotes Pinkham Laboratory testimonials from Lynn Massachusetts claiming success for female ills and includes advice on decorating for the Fourth and civic flags. A humorous line about styles in emotions closes the piece.
The New York Telegram reports that admission revenue for about 20,000 film theaters in the United States during 1914 totaled 819 million dollars. The figure highlights the rapid growth of the motion picture industry and cinema attendance nationwide.
Warning against mercury in catarrh ointments and urging internal remedies. Cites Hall’s Catarrh Medicine by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free. Mentions blood system action and cautions against unsafe preparations.
A brief patriotic poem excerpt by Sir Walter Scott is presented, praising devotion to country. The text contrasts Scott's early poetic work with his later prose fame and includes the famous lines urging pride in one s native land. It notes American readers may draw inspiration from the Scottish poet s patriotism.
Claiming to cure biliousness and constipation Dodson's Liver Tone touts itself as a harmless liver medicine. The advertisement alleges calomel salivates damages the liver and promises a morning reset with a 50 cent bottle and money back guarantee.
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