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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1914
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists subscription rates of 5.00 per year 9 60 for six months 1.25 for three months and 10 cents weekly. It urges prompt notices for late or irregular delivery and warns carriers cannot solicit subscriptions. The page mixes local editorials and commentary on political and social topics including taxes and civic plans.
Athens moves to expand its public school system by converting the jail into a schoolhouse and the courthouse into a chapel for youth. The jailer's residence becomes a departmental building for manual training and domestic science, signaling a shift from punitive to educational aims in the city.
United States Department of Agriculture studies in Spotsylvania County show road improvements doubled dairy shipments from 114 815 to 273 028 pounds between 1909 and 1911 and raised wheat, tobacco, and lumber outputs. Transport costs fell from 20 to 12 cents per ton mile, saving about 41 000 dollars yearly on 259 000 ton miles. Similar gains occurred in Dinwiddie County as road quality increased efficiency twofold.
The piece surveys Georgia editors and reporters active in public life. E L Rainey of the Dawson News is cited as a prison commission member seeking re election. It notes various editors holding outside roles in business law and government across towns from Carnesville to Jonesboro and Eastman.
AP roundup lists multiple games and results from the American League including Boston 2 Detroit 5 and New York 6 St. Louis 4, National League games Pittsburg 3 Brooklyn 4, Chicago New York not scheduled, plus several Federal and Southern League results with rain, calls, and 11 inings noted.
At Camp Chatooga on July 15 1914 a group reports a monster blue cat caught weighing about 15 pounds. A field day and fish dinner occur as tents stay in good condition under Doc Heidler. John Hill Moss had a Tallulah record, surpassed in 46 minutes, with strong YMCA training noted.
Mrs Jering from Phelps New York praises Chamberlains Tablets for relief after years of indigestion and constipation. Dr Kings New Life Pills advertised as a mild laxative. Political notices name W S Coleman treasurer, J A Morrow secretary, Josiah Carter aide, Trox Bankston candidate for legislature and J Lindsay Johnson census appointee in the Philippines.
Berlin reports a shrinking wine acreage since 1906 from 297000 to 266000 acres, with Moselle co operatives accumulating debts rising to 2 million dollars. Rising production costs and imports, plus phylloxera, depress the industry. debates on higher foreign wine duties grow.
The Chelsea sage urges less gossip and fault-finding and more godliness and encouraging talk. He calls for timidity to be replaced by real thought and for conversations to focus on things worth speaking about.
Deva Tabor reports from Bridgeport on Hessian the rifle maker who, after years of international shooting, impresses a newspaper woman with a 32 consecutive bull’s eye at 1000 yards. The visit begins at Remington UMC on Barnum Avenue and moves to the magazine park for a live demonstration. The piece highlights his youthfulness in spirit, his broad travels in South America and England, and his friendships with notable figures across several nations.
A remark on fame notes that prominence is common, but true distinction comes from a marked, almost comic blemish on Brander Matthews nose, described as a wart. The quip frames prominence as variable and situational rather than a lasting trait.
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