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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner outlines carrier delivery options with annual and short-term pricing. Payment methods include express, money order, registered letter or check, with urged prompt notification of delivery issues to the business office.
The piece urges purchases of Liberty Bond securities before Friday, highlighting small denominations for wage earners and weekly or monthly payment plans. It notes Athens welcomes high school educators and contestants and mentions summer visitors from Greece, framing bonds as safe savings with government service and potential profit.
Athens welcomes hundreds of notable educators visiting the city to observe high school work and honor outstanding students. The event brings teachers and pupils together as Athens opens its gates for a day of learning and exchange, with hopes for pleasant and profitable days ahead.
The piece notes growing belief Russia will resume fighting, the provisional government strengthening control, and mutinies diminishing. It forecasts need for stable leadership and continued war to preserve liberty. It also highlights expected impact of the American party in Petrograd and President Wilson's address.
A letter from D. G. B. as a rookie soldier training for Uncle Sam laments isolation and doubt while seeking recognition for readers who send the paper from Lonte. He asks for column printing of thanks and notes hope for better times and a warmer climate.
Last day to buy a Liberty Loan Bond urges readers to subscribe at banks. It promotes non tax and saleable United States Government Bonds with 3 percent interest and emphasizes urgent national service, urging contributions even if one cannot go in person.
Special to the Banner from Atlanta Georgia June 13 forecast for Athens and vicinity calls for probably fair weather Thursday Georgia likewise likely fair conditions. A moderate disturbance is noted in Manitoba with a high pressure belt in the Rocky Mountains and along the Atlantic coast. Showers have occurred in the upper Mississippi Valley and other regions with local variations noted.
The record lists district placements across shot put and pole vault events. Names such as J. Proctor Millen Frank Willis Tifton Mopkins Fitzgerald Wilkins Kirby Newnan Edwards Monroe Fred Hull Rome Gresham Greensbor Ninth Talmadge Hardin Com Tenth District Wings Milledgeville Eleventh Over street Baxley Harold Vineon Fort Valley appear for various positions. Relay results name Guerand Kandel Mc Donough Gartelman Savannah Sec ord Frank Willis Geo Williams fen ty Ridgen UH Whelchel Tifton Fourth Fling Dickson Daniel Parrish Carrollton Fifth Edwards Lee Moore Barrow Monroe A M Sev enth Cartersville Tenth McCanless Cheeves O Neal Milledgeville eleventh In man Smith Johnson DeMilly Valdosta Twelfth Lewis Clark Horance Graham Will Smith Glenn Thomas McRae Pole Vault Flist District Quattlebaum Stateshoro Second Frank Willis Tifton Third Miller Fitzgerald Kebe Billey Cartersville DD Thess Fourth Arthur Booker West Point Fifth Bailey Lithonia Seventh Hugh Greer Cartersville Wighth Will Crane Athens Ninth Glen Wiley Tacos Tenth O Neal Milledgeville Fleventh DeMilly Valdosta Twelfth D. Mo McRae Mc Rae
American League results include Boston defeating St Louis 2 0 and 2 7 with other games ending 7 7 between Washington and Cleveland and 4 2 Philadelphia over Detroit in seven innings. National League notes mention Chicago Boston rain and a 3 7 Pittsburgh at New York. Southern and South Atlantic lists show Nashville over Atlanta 3 2 Chattanooga 4 3 Birmingham 3 New Orleans 3 Little Rock Mobile 5 Memphis 4 and Columbia 4 Jacksonville Augusta 0.
Irish scientists report wind can carry disease bacteria 200 feet and as high as W0 feet into the air, indicating airborne spread potential and the need for caution in outdoor exposure.
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