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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1917
Page
15
The Athens Daily Banner lists delivery options and rates including 5.00 per year 2.50 for six months 1.25 for three months and 10 cents a week. It details payment methods and asks subscribers to report delivery issues to the business office promptly.
The piece urges rapid ship production and food conservation while warning against German spies. It critiques government delay, notes high candy expenditures, mentions Home Guards of Athens, and calls for competent public safety leadership amid wartime tensions. East St. Louis riot context is also referenced with chronic lawlessness.
The piece warns that President Wilson will not bow to Georgia senators Smith and Hardwick who oppose his policy. It argues Georgians support Wilson and will remember the senators at re election, predicting a decisive political fall for them.
Memorial note recalls King a former Athens mayor and prominent 19th century citizen. He, with General Clement Evans and Rev Ellison Stone, formed a famed trio whose friendship and service shaped postwar efforts in the city. King died after a long and useful life.
A legend tells of six jewels in a circlet that shine richly but lack a quality. A seventh jewel, white and brilliant, is added as the keystone to complete the circle and perfection.
An orator urges American citizens to support the war and nation building through food production and shipbuilding while acknowledging the need for tougher automobile laws after Senator McCurry’s fatal accident. The piece frames Kaiserism as the enemy and condemns Prussian rule, not the German people.
Lucien S. Loeb, president of the Winter Loeb company, highlights the extensive use of the telephone as a profitable tool for the wholesale grocery business. The article notes how direct dialing improves efficiency and sales outreach for large grocers.
Lieut. S M LaBounty will become Navy Recruiting Inspector for the Southern District August 10 in New Orleans relieving Lieut. Commander B K Johnson. He is a Naval Academy graduate 1908 with eight years sea service including submarine flotilla command. The Navy divides the country into four districts with New Orleans as Southern District HQ. He will oversee recruiting statewide and visit stations, urging skilled machinists mates amid waivers easing enlistment tests. Commander Lewis J Clark supports him from Birmingham recruiting station. The piece notes Georgia Peach Week with Elberta peaches movement.
An offer invites any adult with coughs cold or bronchitis to call the Palmer Son drug store for a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup a soothing lung remedy with a fifty year record. Regular sizes cost 25 and 76 cents. H R Palmer & Co. distributers.
Beginning next Sunday July 15 Seaboard Air Line will sell Athens to Atlanta round trip tickets for 1.50. Tickets good only on the Athens departure at 7 10 a m and return on the Atlanta departure at 5 00 p m quoted by Eastern J Z Hoke commercial agent.
The Atchison Globe notes that when a man claims he plays merely for pastime, the sign is he will quit as a loser. It frames the remark as a sharp, cynical shorthand about competitive attitude.
Train timetable lists arrival and departure times for No 1 Sunday only No 3 daily No 11 daily except Sunday mixed and No 2 daily No 4 Sunday only No 12 daily except Sunday. Connections at Belmont to Winder Monroe and intermediate points and with Georgia Railroad toward Gennevill and Guinneville Northwestern lines.
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