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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1914
Page
4
The Athens Banner announces subscription rates and delivery policy. It stresses readers must notify the office promptly about late delivery and warns carrier boys may collect subscriptions or sell papers under any circumstances.
The piece notes Georgia voters care more about rain and farm goods than senate contests, mentions alumni returning for fifty year commencements, Tennessee candidate Rye amid a earlier prohibition era, and a poet tasked with a snow lyric. It also covers Alabama district schools, Athens health board efforts to prevent disease, and defalcation trends with Raine of Memphis facing a small bond in a major fraud case.
Veterans who left college to serve in the war era are recognized by the trustees of the University of Georgia. After years away they are eligible for honorary degrees and have had diplomas mailed to them. Several will attend commencement to receive their recognition.
The city board of health urged all residents to recognize the house fly as a disease carrier and to cooperate in preventive measures. Officials warned that without public effort screening and disinfection fail, as flies move from filth to food and children. Every citizen should aid in spreading the deadly facts about the fly.
The piece argues that English public fatigue with militant suffragettes has grown as hunger strikes and arson damage public trust. It notes harsher methods by suffragettes, compares English and American reactions, and claims patience in Britain and America differs.
The text argues faith saves not by personal deeds but through God's faith in you. It notes that another's belief can shield from sin, emphasizing interpersonal trust as a liberating force and urging reliance on divine confidence rather than self-wrought merit.
The board of health declares a fly and cotton bloom problem in sections of Middle Georgia. Brother Bunk Cooper struggles to date Mr. Felder and awaits Shoo-Fly Hardwick yet to answer while he also targets Governor Slaton and other figures to keep his hand in.
W Farren describes Andalusia birds during a British Royal Photographic Society lecture. He notes nest life of herons with neck salute embraces and parental roles, praises egret plume grace, and laments plume slaughter during nesting. He praises American efforts to curb osprey plume trade.
Evelyn Webb, a sixteen year old left handed pianist, is the only one handed musician to win both silver and bronze medals in London College of Music exams. She lost the use of her right hand early, but can sight read and play difficult music with her left hand. At fourteen she earned a special merit certificate at the Stratford Musical festival and has numerous other trophies.
Scientists at the Franklin Institute report earth light equals about one tenth the brightness of a first magnitude star. They attribute part of this glow to a permanent aurora borealis seen as a green ray during obscure nights across the heavens.
Fire insurance office for James C Mell located over the Athens Savings Bank Building is referenced in the OCR text. The brief item notes an insurance office arrangement tied to the bank building.
A dialogue between Markley and a pestering insurance agent. Markley recalls last year the agent claimed his then company was the best, while the agent retorts that since changing firms his new company now bears that honor.
A district messenger, disguised as a courier, delivered telegrams to his sisters. Lil Han read a note aloud theatrically calling a railroad wreck and a supposed husband’s death, while others pretended distress with framed wails.
The article describes a Nile steamer run by German management with German stewards and Arab crew. Passengers observe native life from dock to village alleys, noting costumes, a veiled musician, and a dramatic nighttime abduction attempt amid dancing crowds and police presence. The narrative blends travel detail with haunting mystery and a New Year celebration in 1913.
Landscape designer Thomas H. Mawson chosen to prepare comprehensive plans for extending and remodeling Athens. He and his son will work for King Constantine and the Queen of Greece on city development including a major new union railway, a water supply scheme, and a large public park and boulevard system.
A feature on Virginia Pope who runs the smallest bird hospital in New York with an operating room, sun room, and a delicatessen of worms and insects. She tends up to 700 birds in wicker beds, acting as surgeon, nurse, and druggist, while birds greet her with chirps during rounds.
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