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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1917
Page
3
Entered as second class mail matter in Athens Georgia the Athens Daily Banner lists city delivery options and rates with annual six month and three month prices and ten cents a week. It asks readers to report late delivery or failure to reach porches as the sole way to identify delivery issues and ensure regular service.
The text mixes advice on boosting food production with warnings about the Monroe Doctrine and international politics. It discusses planting a full acre for winter gardening, raising rabbits to increase meat, and the role of censorship in wartime. It also references Russia, Mexico, and post revolution shifts, urging unity and obedience to leadership during the conflict.
Editorial urges Americans to reduce waste as a wartime duty. It cites Cantonment garbage repurposed to fatten hogs near Atlanta, estimating two thousand hogs fattened every three months and savings over one hundred thousand dollars. Calls for persistent elimination of waste in all industries.
The German Junkers press their advantage as government leaders push Hollweg from power. The Reichstag favors peace and internal reforms, yet the hard war faction remains in control and the chance of revolution seems low. The populace shows unrest but likely to persist in wartime mobilization.
The article argues Russia’s main danger lies in its governing body not the army. Despite Soviet victories on the battlefield, three cabinet members resign amid political wrangling threatening the democracy. It warns continued wrangling could ruin the new republic as German forces advance.
A brief cartoon note contrasts wit and humor. The writer prefers humor for its audience focus and lighter, inclusive charm over wit’s self confident cleverness. The piece ends with a playful reflection on being humored.
A regional column notes Georgia farming life with sunlit verse and calls out Earnest Willie Upshaw new slogan Be a backer not a slacker. It contrasts homegrown bounty with wartime strains and reflects German attitudes toward Prussianism amid the war.
A Saskatchewan reader from Delmeny John F Jantzen praises Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as an exceptionally fine preparation after using it for himself and his family. ADVERTISE YOUR WANTS.
Mrs Elizabeth Jennings of Hepzibah Georgia says Tanlac transformed her life after fifteen years of illness. She reports weight gain better digestion sleep improvement and removal of painful rheumatic symptoms. She praises Citizens Pharmacy Athens and Kroner Co Winterville as local distributors.
The Athens author D.G. Bickers, connected to the Banner, has poems appearing on the covers of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate in Atlanta and the Confederate Veteran in Nashville. The Advocate showcases To Make Men Free, while the Confederate Veteran prints Liberty Equality Fraternity.
Chief Henry Beusse displays a prized painting of a group of fine blooded dogs above his desk at the city headquarters. Flanking the desk are two nearly life size dog statues, forming a pair that mirrors the portrait and signals his fondness for canines.
At the Strand cinema this week Edith Story and Antuno Moreno star in Capt. of the Grey Horse Troops. Marguerite Clark appears in Miss George Washington and Silks and Satins while William Desmond presents The Paws of the Bear with Triangle Comedy.
An article asserts despondency is often caused by indigestion and constipation and that it quickly lifts when Chamberlain's strengthens digestion and moves the bowels.
In Clarke County the tax collector Walter Mallory went out of town and posted a sign for Joe Dorsey asking him to see him tomorrow afternoon. Locals questioned who Joe Dorsey really was as rumors swirled about the man known as Dock Dorsey whose real name is Joseph Henry.
The Co. E 6th Reg. National Guard, until recently guarding Athens, was relieved and sent to Camp Harris at Macon then ordered to report in Atlanta to relieve Troop L cavalry guards at the Silver Lake cantonment. Capt. W. W. Dick leads the company, which impressed Athens during duty and aroused local interest in its next move.
An old advertisement promotes Green's August Flower as a cure for indigestion dyspepsia and related gastric issues. It claims long proven effectiveness and offers a free bottle at Palmer and Son, with 25 and 75 cent bottle sizes advertised and H. R Palmer & Sons named as distributors.
A reflective American or Welsh community note urges doubtfully anxious readers to get out and work for others. It promises a healthy glow of new life and rest in service, crediting a quote attributed to T Rhondda Wil.
A Kansas City Star fragment editorial muses on the unease of aging with limited funds and the fear of losing spouses due to financial and social pressures. It hints at broader social worries about money, family stability, and generational change.
Local fraternal notices list lodge meetings at Ode Fellows Hall Max Joseph Building and other venues. Include Willame Lodge Homer St James Mount Vernon Lodge and Woodmen of the World with nights and halls, plus Ku Klux Klan night at Jester Building Clayton Street.
timetable listing arrival and departure of trains for Gainesville Midland Railway. It notes No 1 Sunday service No 8 daily arrival times No 11 daily mixed service No 2 daily departure No 4 Sunday service No 12 daily mixed departures with connections at Belmont Winder Monroe and Georgia Railroad for all points and with Gainesville Northwestern and Southern Railway north and south.
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