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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
7
A sermon compares the alabaster box gift to monetary sacrifice, praising lavish giving for the invisible good. It contrasts the woman who spent all she had for Jesus with Judas who bartered loyalty for money and faced condemnation. The piece links personal generosity to national efforts, declaring America buys immortality with wealth through wartime outlay.
Melvin L. Wilson, a U S Navy sailor stationed overseas, writes from a European theater to Athens Banner about six months at sea, brief shore leave, and warmer weather. He notes Athens Third Liberty Loan oversubscription and his own bond ownership, urging support for war finance and promising a visit on leave when possible.
A health note promotes drinking a hot glass of water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate every morning to flush stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels. It claims improved digestion, appetite, and complexion, with minimal cost and wide benefits for ailments like biliousness and constipation. The piece ends with a political aside about national productivity.
Milledgeville Ga June 6 Dr M M Parks announces the twenty seventh commencement will run June 8 to 10. Diplomas awarded Monday morning June 10 with a public exhibition that afternoon. Baccalaureate sermon at 11 on Sunday by Dr Thornwell Jacobs president of Oglethorpe University. Graduating class totals 220 plus about 75 more applying for certificates. Total enrollment 1057 with average attendance around 1000, the most prosperous year in the college history.
Miss Margaret Cockett, a YMCA canteen worker in France, shaved her hair short because demanding duties left her with little time for grooming. The note appears amid classified ads inviting readers to advertise their wants.
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