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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists subscription rates and payment options with warnings about carrier collection. A weather note predicts fair and cooler conditions. The piece mentions many visitors, political figures, and alumni gathering in Athens for commencement events and the ongoing campus atmosphere.
A compact instructional piece warns of the typhoid danger from flies. It lists where flies breed and feed, their link to disease, and urgent steps to kill and prevent them by sanitation, cleaning, manure management, weekly trash removal, and screening to protect households.
The fly is described as a major disease carrier, surpassing the mosquito in spreading illness. It is claimed to carry millions of bacteria, including infantile paralysis and a large share of typhoid fever, luego spreading germs from garbage and sewers.
The author defends unusual commencement uniforms worn by University of Georgia alumni class of 1909 and others. He argues bold outfits foster pride, identity, and moral support for the alma mater, encouraging class reunions and ongoing engagement at each commencement. The S. A. E. Georgia chapter reunion inspires returning alumni to plans for future gatherings and stronger state wide needs.
The article argues that journalism education should produce editors who think independently and act on principled foundations. It profiles a rare, principled editor who avoided cliques, studied diverse fields, and shaped public opinion through brave, thoughtful leaders. The piece urges aspiring journalists to pursue a broad education to reach such influential editorial roles.
Rate makers of transcontinental lines agreed a one fare round trip from midcontinent points to the Panama-Pacific Exposition at a San Francisco meeting in April. Stopover privileges for 90 days were granted, with expectation eastern lines will follow. The Palace of Machinery spans nearly ten acres and exhibits are being installed as a banquet follows a completed building tour.
A fragmented line hints at timing around tomorrow and commencement, with the word over tiled by dash and an implied postponement or shift in schedule. The readability is limited, but the snippet suggests a note on upcoming events and their start dates.
Mrs. J B Whittaker of McDuff Virginia says ten years of sick headache and stomach trouble ended after using Thedford's Black-Draught. She praises the vegetable remedy for regaining regular digestion and preventing long illness, noting it remains a staple in the home.
American League reports Chicago 4 Philadelphia 9. St Louis 0 Boston 2. Detroit 4 New York 1. Cleveland 7 Washington 6. National League shows Boston 5 Chicago 7. New York 2 Pittsburg 3. Brooklyn-Cincinnati rain. Philadelphia St Louis rain. Federal League notes Kansas City Brooklyn wet grounds. St Louis 2 Buffalo 4 (11 innings). Indianapolis 8 Pittsburg 4. Chicago 3 Baltimore 2. Southern League covers Atlanta 4 Nashville 3. Chattanooga 1 Memphis 8. New Orleans 5 Montgomery 1. Mobile Birmingham rain. South Atlantic League lists Charleston 3 Columbia 1. Savannah 7 Augusta 1. Albany 4 Columbus 6. Macon 2 Jacksonville 1.
An Athens reader shares a kidney illness recovery attributed to Doan’s Kidney Pills, claiming rapid relief from swelling back pain dizziness and fatigue. The ad notes price and distributor Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and urges readers to use the same remedy.
An advertiser claims Chimberlain's Tablets improve appetite and digestion. Mr. J. H. Seitz of Detroit says they removed a biolated feeling and produced a pleasant, satisfactory bowel movement. Sold by all dealers.
This guide explains how to distinguish genuine diamonds from imitations by hardness and luster. It notes that real diamonds resist scratching, retain irregular facets, and show brilliance when submerged in water, while glass imitations blur under acids and may scratch with a file or sapphire tests.
An advertisement touts Citrolax as the best laxative for constipation, headaches, sour stomach, and lazy liver. It promises prompt, painless relief with a lemonade taste and flushes, attributed to H. R. Palmer & Sons.
In the Chilean Andes a lake 10 000 feet high is held back by a granite wall. Engineers drain the lake through a tunnel to avert disaster and expect to supply electrical power and lighting to valley cities from the hydroelectric development.
Advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a tonic to energize the stomach liver kidneys and whole system. Endorsed by Mrs James Duncan of Haynesville Me who says it cured her after doctors gave up. Available 50c and 1.00 at local druggists.
It is explained that Earth's temperature rises about one degree per hundred feet, or 50 degrees per mile, implying very high temperatures at depth. Also provided are weekend rail excursion rates from Athens, Georgia to Gainesville area stations and nearby resorts, with schedules and transfer details.
Sir Gaston Maspero spoke at the Continental on women in ancient Egypt and other cultures. He cited Sakhara murals suggesting female equality in households, maternal influence in race perpetuation, and contrasts with semi barbarous Brazil. he noted historic norms and marriage contracts. An advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills accompanies the piece.
In Acre on the Bolivia frontier a massive rubber tree is reported as the largest in the world. Its base circumference nears 27 feet 27-10 inches and it produces about 22 pounds of rubber daily for 120 days yearly. The current value supports roughly $2,160 annually to a seven member Seringueiro family.
Mrs. Mary E. McMullen of Phelps New York credits Chamberlain's Tablets with curing years of indigestion and constipation after several weeks of use. Also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with testimonials and medical claims.
Local fraternal groups in Athens hold regular meetings. Keystone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masonry convenes every third Tuesday at 8 o clock in the Max Joseph building. St Himes Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at Castle Hall Jester Building Clayton Street. Classic City Council No 315 U C T holds first and third Saturdays in K of P Hall Clayton Street. Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M meets Thursdays at Masonic Hall Clayton Street. Williams Lodge No 15 I C O F meets Mondays at Ode Fellows Hall Max Joseph Building. Athens BPOE No 790 meets Wednesdays at Lodge quarters Broad and Lumpkin streets.
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