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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
5
Washington reports July 1 1917 population estimates for Georgia counties used to determine men to be called for national guard regular army and a half million for the new national army. County totals include Fulton Atlanta city 206,159 and Bibb 12,198 among others, with total state population 2,486,544.
The United States consumes about twice as much meat per person as Europe. Dried beans peas and lentils could replace meat significantly benefiting outdoor workers.
American League Chicago 2 Boston 3 Detroit 2 New York 0 St Louis 4 Washington 2 Cleveland Philadelphia postponed. National League New York Chicago rain Brooklyn St Louis rain Boston 1 Pittsburg 6 Philadelphia Cincinnati grounds. Southern League Atlanta 5 Nashville 1 Memphis Mobile rain Birmingham 4 Chattanooga 0 Little Rock 1 New Orleans 6.
An engraved card in the Georgian Hotel advertises the S S Class of the First Christian church. It invites every young man to join the Young Men’s Bible Class, promising a pleasant room and homey atmosphere with monthly meetings and efficient instruction.
Comic brief notes a joke about Aladdin rubbing lamps to test reality. The quip plays on the phrase seeing things and the idea of rubbing both lamps to avoid dreaming or misperception.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Child Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims benefits for the liver malaria blood enrichment and overall system strength, priced at 60 cents.
Savannah entertains Gen Leonard Wood commander of the department of the southeast as guests of the board of trade. A luncheon at the Hotel Savannah drew 200 locals with prominent speakers. The event assumed a military air from uniforms. Supper at the Oglethorpe Club followed and the general leaves tonight.
In Savannah on July 19 after the shooting of William H. Lyons by friend C. O. Mallard at the Hussar's Club, police conducted wholesale raids but found no liquor. Coroner Righton said additional road house raids would be made and proprietors likely hid any stock to protect themselves.
A financier recalls his youth ambitions and admits he did not pursue his lofty childhood targets. He says he is glad the goals were not about money, recognizing there was no real value in chasing wealth for its own sake.
Savannah July 19 The Dixie Overland Highway must be completed through Savannah and Jacksonville to Charleston for military use, says Secretary Newton Baker and General Wood per Judge M M Allison president of the highway association. They emphasize patriotic service and coastal corridor improvements.
U S Department of Agriculture urges Southeastern farmers with winter rye to thresh and save seed due to poor oat crops and high forage prices. Northern varieties unsuitable for the south. limited suitable rye stock, so every bushel is needed. Report variety, quantity, and seed price to county agents or state directors.
George F. Armstrong of Strachan Shipping Co says west to Savannah freight rates will be aligned with New York and other eastern ports within thirty days. The move aims to shift shipments to South Atlantic ports like Savannah, reducing reliance on congested eastern hubs.
A Maida Vale girl questions relatives, learns one uncle died soon after birth, and she wistfully hopes grandpa recovered his money, reflecting a child’s blunt humor on loss and luck.
A Cincinnati Times-Star aphorism recalls the adage it is more blessed to give than to receive while noting that most people understand it only by hearsay.
The notice directs seed stock questions to the experiment station or to R. A. Oakley, chairman of the seed stocks committee, USDA Washington, D.C. Inquiries may also be addressed to the station directors or the United States Department of Agriculture.
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