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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1917
Page
4
The Athens Banner details its 1832 establishment notes and outlines daily carrier delivery within Athens Georgia and mail subscription rates of 5.00 per year 2.60 for six months 1.25 for three months or 10 cents weekly with payment by express money order registered letter or check and requests prompt business office notification of delivery issues.
Athens marks the Fourth of July with a universal message of liberty democracy and civilization. General Leonard Wood speaks to Georgia lawmakers teachers and county leaders in a historic patriotic greeting to a world audience.
Athens marks Independence Day with patriotic fervor as Major General Leonard Wood visits as the renowned United States Army leader. Citizens pack the streets to hear an address praising his service and urging unity and duty in the war effort.
Georgia lawmakers face a pivotal choice on local taxation to fund public education. Governor Dorsey supports legislation authorizing local school taxes to supplement state aid, with educators backing the plan as a path to higher efficiency and broader county progress.
A stark quotation frames a call to preserve democracy and liberty. Cited as Ellias Lieberman in the New York Times, the lines plead devotion to democratic ideals, patriotism, and national duty amid power and conquest.
Griswoldville farmer J. Crosby says Tanlac rebuilt his wife who suffered indigestion sour meals and smothering spells. He reports appetite return, weight gain of 20 pounds, and restored sleep. Tanlac sold in Athens by Citizens Pharmacy and Winterville by Kroner Co.
General Wood and state officials head a Athens Fourth of July celebration. The event includes Gov Dorsey, President Olive, Speaker Holder, and legislature members. Georgia counties send men and women to mark the occasion at state institutions in Athens.
A close look at 1799 to 1801 toasts and celebrations shows how Patriotism politics and alcohol mixed in early America. Washington tributes and July Fourth toasts reveal shifting sentiments and social gatherings across Boston Philadelphia New York and Charleston.
Red Cross unit members are directed to form a line at 8:45 at the university main entrance for reserved grandstand seating at Sanford Field before marching from the campus. Tickets available at the line of pay trade and seats assigned for the event. The final Red Cross schedule lists Hygiene and Home Nursing, Surgical Dressing, First Aid classes with instructors and times at Peabody Hall laboratories. Jocelyn Lynch recovering after appendectomy. Dr Stiles Dunbar improving and enjoying porch visits.
Beginning Monday July 9 a summer school will be held at the High School. Courses in English Algebra Latin and Science offered with full credit. Mr BE A Bailey and Miss Pattie Hilsman lead the classes. Registration at the Superintendent's Office City Hall. Five dollar tuition paid in advance. Principal E B Mell offers information.
John F. Jantzen of Delmeny Saskatchewan praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as an exceptionally fine preparation after using it personally and with his family.
The Associated Press reports June shipping between New York and foreign ports increased despite German submarines. June arrivals totaled 4,675, up from 428 in May, per customs statistics.
Parents may apply at once for places in the five week course for grades one to three at the Demonstration School of the University Summer School. The program runs one to two hours daily with reading, numbers, handwork and games. Apply to Miss May Zeigler at the Normal School Campus office 8:30 to 9:30 this week. bring promotion cards for grades two and three. An admission fee of fifty cents per pupil covers materials.
Auction notice seeks buyers for a cotton warehouse in favorable area. Interested parties urged to write 604 Athens for more information.
A summer ready shout urges buying Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea remedy now so every household has a bottle for colic or diarrhoea attacks. It’s presented as worth many times its cost when needed.
The Strand presents Bryand Washburn in Skin ners Dress Suit and Bessie Barriscale in Banks of the Blue Ridge with The New Fox Comedy. Elite shows Anita Stewart in The More Excellent Way and Vivian Martin with Jack Pickford in The Girl at Home. Friday previews The Little Boy Scout Mystery of the Double Cross and Bringing Father Home with Frankly Farnum. Saturday features Emmy Whelan in The Duchess of Doubt and a slate of comedies and Westerns with Helen Holmes and Pathe.
Six submarines built at Quincy for Britain were turned over to Chile as part payment for warships seized by Britain at the war’s start. They were commissioned at the Boston navy yard with ceremonies today in Boston.
Fragmentary Seaboard Air Line schedule lists various train numbers and times including southbound Nos 11 17 and 5 with a 34:03 p.m. reference. The text is garbled but indicates a rail timetable excerpt with several service numbers and implied departures.
Railway timetable lists daily train no 50 leaving Athens 6 35 am and train 62 daily except Sunday 4 pm, train 64 Sunday only 4 20 pm. Train 61 daily except Sunday arrives Athens 12 59 pm, train 63 daily arrives 7 40 pm, train 56 Sunday only arrives 1 40 pm.
Train No 3 leaves Athens at 7 20 p m for Gainesville. Train No 4 leaves Athens at 2 20 p m. Train No 1 arrives Athens at 11 40 p m. Train No 4 arrives Athens at 6 40 p m. Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmonter Winder Monroe and intermediate points with Georgia Railroad for all points and with Gainesville Northwestern and Southern Railway north and south.
Southern Railway Athens Branch lists daily departures at 6 00 p m to all points daily except Sunday 1 20 p m and Sunday 3 45 p m with Sunday only 3 45 p m and daily except Sunday 3 30 p m arrivals times shown.
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