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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
4
The Athens Banner notes its 1832 establishment and describes delivery by carriers in Athens, Ga. The Athens Daily Banner offers annual, six month, and quarterly rates with 10 cent weekly option. Remittances may be sent by express, money order, registered letter, or cheque. Subscribers urged to report delivery issues to the business office promptly.
Athens urges expansion of plants with payrolls as wartime efficiency and recruitment drive reshape industry. The region reports flawless draft registration in Clarke County with no slackers and a booming summer school term nearing its close.
Opinion urges restraint in judging Russians amid upheaval and widespread ignorance. It argues the collapse of Russia’s fighting capacity compels the United States to step forward, continue war preparation, and fight to the finish despite internal Russian betrayals or German influence.
The article argues for keeping army officer training camps in the South, opposing plans to abandon Ft McPherson in Georgia and Ft Logan H Root in Arkansas and to add two northern camps including Plattsburg, N Y. General Leonard Wood urges prioritizing health and comfort of troops over geographic politics. He asserts southern camps suit fall and winter training and should be chosen for the welfare of the men.
The speaker rejects conscription and draft labels, favoring a voluntary selection of the fit for honorable service. He extols being chosen for higher honors, to contribute to world liberty, pride in being selected to serve, and strives to fight for freedom with best effort. He contrasts coercion with voluntary duty and contemplates the ideal of noble service.
The column extols a Grand American itinerary by automobile through Atlanta Raleigh Richmond Washington Cumberland Gettysburg Roanoke Knoxville and Chattanooga praising historic sites, scenic mountains, and the virtues of good roads. It highlights Deer Park in Garrett County on the B&O line, Mount Glades and Mountain Lake Park, chautauquas, and strict Sabbath observance at Mountain Lake Park while praising regional farms, water supplies, and expansive vistas from Maryland to Pennsylvania.
Mrs Burns Burnham of Jamaica N Y describes severe headaches backache dizziness nervousness hot flashes and irregularity for two years. After taking Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound three times daily she reports cure and ongoing use of the product. She encourages others to seek information from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
The passage notes a Ford can achieve about 20 miles per gallon and praises the joy of driving on good roads, claiming 250 miles per day is easily possible and the experience is hard to describe in words.
A Banner correspondent reports corn, potatoes, and apples showing strong prospects on the Appalachian plateau regions. The Blue Ridge division, termed the Ottsray World in Cherokee nomenclature, frames optimism for a bountiful season.
An Atlanta writer shares practical cautions from experience advising against infants smoking corn cob pipes or handling sharp razors or playing in streets with cars and autos.
Scientists announce Calotabs a perfected calomel tablet that purges without sickness or griping. The dose on the tongue with water is tasteless and safe, morning after effects are pleasant and liver cleansing. Sold in sealed twenty-dose packages for thirty five cents with money back guarantee. Athens merchants urging local purchase.
Thirty six American railroads were ordered to move over 68,000 empty freight cars to lines of 54 other roads. President Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the railroad war board, said the action aims to rapidly mobilize cars to handle wartime government and commercial traffic.
Special to the Banner reports Georgia legislators in session with a new ebony gavel for Speaker Holder and Governor Dorsey’s first message. It covers the Rules Committee process, a five member panel to study the message, and several senate general bills passed including attorney fees in foreclosures, vacation interrogatories, pensioners class, banks as trustees, notary proof of stock leases, wage garnishment, and education codification plans.
The Athens Georgia coach line cites government equipment shortages as the reason to discontinue the sale of the $1.50 round trip tickets to Atlanta. J Z Hoke of the A L Ry signs the notice dated July 25 1917 with a Sat-28 tag.
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