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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists delivery options and prices including 5.00 per year 250 for six months 1.25 for three months and 10 cents a week. It urges prompt notice of delivery issues to address delays or failures.
The piece notes Athens Iowa hosting commencements this week with visitors returning and a lively campus spirit. It urges gardeners to plant beans as a hint. It mentions war’s air superiority as a daily outlook and hints Congress may fight food control. Dr Lynch’s sermon at the Octagon links selective service to men suited for specific work.
A writer warns that speaking about delicate subjects in public invites spies and dangers of wartime, recounting an encounter with a German sounding contact in New York. He stresses warning signs everywhere and the risk of spy mania impacting innocent people during Europe’s wartime conflicts.
The University of Georgia Board of Trustees demands equal access to education for women but opposes co education on campus. It backs using Lucy Cobb Institute as a foundation for a separate women’s college funded by the legislature to provide equal opportunities for Georgia’s young women.
Speculation runs rampant on the likely path of the American expeditionary force as it reaches Europe with many arguing for a France front alongside the French, others predicting a push from the east via Russia, and some suggesting Holland and a landing on German soil without crossing the Rhine.
Dr G W Kirchwey spoke before Phi Beta Kappa Society and a large audience at the University chapel on the American Ideal. The address offered valuable thought and urged citizens to deepen understanding of government and national purpose.
Poem expresses a call to service by women and men serving as Red Cross volunteers. It contrasts battlefield duty with home front support, noting sewing knitting fundraising and financial aid to aid soldiers. The speaker envisions serving as a soldier of aid through material and moral support.
An earnest Athens gathering urged civic contribution to city government. A debate on naming American troops as The National Army of the United States arose to avoid mislabeling as a draft or conscript army. Dr. G. W. Kirchweyl spoke on American Ideals at the University of Georgia chapel.
The aphorism argues a man should train through voluntary labor and resist indulgence and pressure. It cautions against expecting good health or knowledge from ease and unchallenged comfort.
The piece notes that marriage changes a woman’s life and heightens superstition, with Friday weddings, and June or October seen as lucky months. It cites full moon timings and sun moon conjunctions as favorable, and in Scotland year-end weddings with a full moon promise lasting happiness.
Few realize that over 000 pounds of various herbs are used annually in Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Herbs are gathered at their peak and cleaned. utensils and tanks are sterilized. medicine is pasteurized clarified and filtered before bottling for consumers.
The article notes diverse ancient methods for starting the day. Ptolemy and Lome astronomers defined noon as day’s start, while Chaldeans and Greeks used sunrise. Italians and Bohemians often began at sunset, and ancient Rome divided the 24 hours between midday and sunset.
An Athens citizenJ L Byrd of 149 Wilkerson Street testifies that after back strain from pottery work he used Deans Kidney Pills. He reports relief and permanent cure after one box. Price 65 cents at dealers.
Two men visit the Grand Central palace show in New York. One criticizes the artwork while the other frets, urging imagination over immediate comfort, insisting the piece looks intriguing despite feeling odd.
Marian at six celebrated a real birthday with gifts including candy. After guests left, Donal the neighbor boy returned and asked if Marian had read something. He admitted he wondered what Marian did with that candy one of the boys had brought.
The page lists meeting times and locations for Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias, Williams Lodge I O O F, Glenn Lodge I O O F, Athens B P C E 790, Mt. Vernon Lodge F and A M, Geo B Davis Camp 292 W O W, Rutherford Klan No 5 KKK, with officers and attending instructions. It notes venues at Jes ter Building, Max Joseph Building, Broad and Lumpkin Sts and Woodmen Hall on Clayton Street.
Gladwell of Watoga West Virginia testifies that early life headaches backaches and weakness improved after using Cardus and Cardui. She married with three children and has not needed a doctor for menstrual trouble, recommending Cardui as a tonic used for over 40 years and advised for nervous or weak conditions.
A brief quotation notes that the best retort to an unkind remark is a laugh, endorsing lighthearted response over bitterness. The line underscores humor as a nimble defense in social exchanges.
An old advertisement warns constipation shortens life and causes headaches biliousness nerves and muddy skin. It promotes Dr King's New Lift Pills as mild, non-griping relief that tones the system and clears the complexion. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
Train No 2 leaves Athens 7 20 am and Train No 4 leaves Athens 2 20 pm Train No 1 arrives Athens 11 40 am Train No 4 arrives Athens 6 40 pm Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points with the Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern stations and with Southern Railway north and south
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