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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1917
Page
4
H J Rowe editor notice on second class mail, post office delivery at Athens Georgia. Rates listed: 5.00 yearly, 2.50 half year, 1.25 quarter, or 10 cents weekly. Remittance by express, money order, registered letter, or check. Readers urged to report late delivery or irregular service to business office. such reports are the only way to identify delivery issues.
Georgia boosts food production liberty bonds and Red Cross work as airmen reach France for an extended war period. Ath ens hosts the ninth annual state high school gathering June 14 15 16 with teachers and principals from across the state. Hollins Randolph urges Buy a Bond and Beat the Germans as Georgia aims to match Eng lands two billion dollar bond issue support, stressing that bond success comforts the nation and defeats the enemy.
A wartime editorial urges the United States to accept a grim but resolute path to victory. It argues Russia is out of combat, allies face supply pressures, and the U S must provide the decisive blow to Prussianism with men money and determination, calling for patriotic sacrifice to shorten the war.
The piece argues for using conscription to force idlers and loafers into labor during wartime. It contends the draft will compel reluctant individuals to work and fight, mobilize labor as effectively as the military, and reduce societal nuisances by making citizens bear a fair share of the war burden.
The London Mail surveys Hugh Walpole's two years in Russia describing Russia as a mystery. It notes his interest in the nation and its people and cites his novel The Dark Forest to analyze the Russian soul. He highlights mysticism restraint and impracticability as core traits and the East West divergence.
A reflection on keeping promises as essential to trust in business, with advice to record appointment commitments in a memorandum. Also a curious Nova piece on Ascension Island as a British naval station and a joke about generating speed with a tin can tied to a dog’s tail.
A small old weather event caused limited news coverage despite a hundred five toll and millions in damage, illustrating how broader stories overshadow routine disasters in modern papers.
Overheated air reduces oxygen intake and increases carbon dioxide buildup while forming a hot jacket that inhibits heat radiation. A cooler surrounding air boosts safety. For sedentary work, a comfortable range of 65 to 70 degrees should be maintained for health.
An anecdote from Youth's Companion recounts Henry Ward Beecher using humor to argue. A congregant asked where a good man who never reads the Bible would go after death. Beecher replied he did not know but offered his best wishes wherever he goes.
Quote from William Maxwell in Collier's Weekly critiques how public minds and deliberative bodies tend toward the lowest common denominator. It argues intelligence must compromise with stupidity and bigotry shaping public opinion.
France often names streets for buildings or events and Canada shares the practice in its capital Charlottetown PEI. The city commemorates a single princess, Charlotte, daughter of George IV, who died a year after her 1817 marriage.
In Nice France horses hitched to tar spreading carts wear trousers to shield their legs from hot tar. A curtain between cart and horse provides extra protection. The trousers lend the horse a distinctive look, though the knees are a bit baggy.
Standard Time is the uniform time system adopted in 1863 by the principal railways and thereafter by major cities in the United States and Canada. The continent is divided into four sections, each spanning 16 degrees of longitude, creating an exact one hour difference between zones and using the central meridian’s time as the prevailing time.
The United States Bureau of Standards now tests tuning forks as a new line of work. A tuning fork for ordnance testing has been standardized for the War Department, and equipment has been secured to conduct such work regularly.
A brief comic exchange centers on marriage and work. A person declares intent to marry and describes themselves as in the electrical trade and a “trouble seeker.” The reply suggests marriage will resolve the occupation worry.
A playful exchange unfolds as a character recalls a dog that can chew through anything and is presently licking sugar off the top of a cake, prompting amused disbelief. The scene centers on humor and the pet’s cheeky appetite.
The sermon links Peter's denial Judas's betrayal and Thomas's doubt to a broader human failure across church and state. It warns that fear and selfishness block understanding of God's WORD, urging elimination of these obstacles to faithful perception and reception of the divine message.
Daily menus feature a Creole style stuffed potato dish with sausage meat and butter. Large potatoes are baked filled with seasoned meat and browned tops, served hot. also offers a leftover creamed potato variant with minced meat, eggs, and parsley, fried in lard with a Bordelaise sauce stepwise including onions and a vinegar or catsup component.
BASEBALL SCORES UPDATE: Washington 4 Chicago 11 in heavy rain. Philadelphia 2 St Louis 11 New York 7 Cleveland 4 Boston 4 Detroit 7. National League Chicago 0 Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 2 New York 1 Pittsburg 5 Brooklyn 4 St Louis 9 Boston 1. Southern New Orleans 3 Atlanta 4 Mobile 3 Birmingham 4 Memphis 1 Chattanooga 0. South Atlantic Charleston 0 Columbia 5 Augusta 4 Jacksonville 1.
Southern Railway Athens Branch announces daily departures at 6:00 a m and 1:00 p m with Sunday and holiday variations. Arrival times listed as 12:40 p m 6:50 p m and 10:30 a m on different service days. For information contact A B Williams or L Johnson.
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