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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists delivery options in city by carrier or mail and annual, semiannual, quarterly, or weekly rates. Subscribers urged to report late delivery or failure to deliver to the business office to identify causes of service disruption.
A Fulton County farmer endures a cascade of injuries and illnesses over three years. Tree fall breaks ribs, then a bull attack, dog bite with blood poisoning, smallpox recovery, wagon accident with more breaks, pneumonia, and a soap slip that rebreaks an arm. He later marries a trained nurse and jokes about moving to Utah to wed two or three nurses.
Alfred W. McCann argues that war era reform could reduce waste by using whole potatoes in bread. He cites Germany's bread mix of 85 percent meal and 15 percent potatoes and estimates the US could save about 100 million bushels annually, roughly one bushel per person.
A wartime notice urges Georgia youths to volunteer to meet the state quota. It notes Georgia ranks thirteenth among states and explains quotas rely on total population, including Black residents, though recruits are mostly white. The appeal asks swift action to have Georgia's quota filled before the 30th.
The article argues Congress delays on food controls threaten wartime efficiency. It urges transferring broad powers quickly from Congress to a smaller decisive body to speed relief, warning delay costs in money and future soldiers. The piece frames war-time needs over democratic caution.
The article states that about eight hundred girls have disappeared in New York City, likely fall victims to white slave drivers. It notes active efforts by New York and federal authorities and argues for harsher sentences to deter the crime.
An order from the War Department directs the newly formed Waycross engineers be taken into federal service and ready to report upon directions from the Southeast department command. Georgia volunteers quota is urged, with 2,415 still needed by June 30. Captain Heidt seeks patriotic help to meet the target.
A dated religious exhortation proclaims freedom as life and liberty won through sacrifice. It invokes Jesus’ crucifixion and calls America to imitate the example, laying down lives to make men free, aligning national purpose with gospel duty and world leadership.
The piece praises home canning and readiness, notes wartime planning and loyalty to the land. It recalls Washington and Continental army funding, supports selective service as patriotic duty, and mentions Liberty Loan and Red Cross efforts.
Relieves croup and whooping cough and other children’s illnesses with Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. It loosens mucus and aids breathing, soothes irritated membranes, and helps inflammation. Pleasant to take and available at druggists for 26 cents.
Friday showings include The Inner Shrine Mystery of Lorcha Cross at Strand Marguerite Allington Elite presents The Man Who Took a Chance. Saturday features Soul of Magdalene and The Cure at Strand M mme Petrova. Chaplin headlines at Elite with Helen Holmes in a Western comedy Bilson drama highlighted.
The Athens Red Cross chapter reports new members to membership chair D G Biekers at the Banner office. Names include Mrs B P Tuck, Mrs Jewett Williams, Mrs M J Nicholson, Mrs Cornelia Washburn, Miss Willie Washburn, Mrs Emma Woodall all with $1 contributions.
Atlanta notes thundershowers possible in Friday's Athens area with general local thunderstorms in the north of Georgia. Record of the Week from New Orleans shows below normal mean temperatures across cotton states with scattered rains in eastern Carolinas and parts of Georgia and Florida. Vegetation shows mixed response with crops generally backward and rainfall overall light. cotton poor, corn color improving, potatoes and other staples yielding and shipping of vegetables rising.
To the Public Mrs C B Riley of Tilton New York reports six months of relief from indigestion using Chamberlain's Tablets and says no other remedy has helped her so much. Chamberlain's Tablets are obtainable everywhere.
Mrs. Etta Dorian of Galensburo Wisconsin reports sharp stabbing pains and relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits six bottles with curing her condition and urges other women with similar troubles to try the remedy. The ad notes physicians could not help and promotes free advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
An old time advertisement urges immediate use of Dr King's New Discovery to treat colds and prevent complications. It highlights its soothing effects on inflammation and cough and promotes availability at druggists for 50 cents or one dollar.
Effective February 18 1917 Eastern Time Georgia Railroad updates train times for Athens. Train 60 runs daily from Athena at 8 35 a m. Train 52 runs daily except Sunday from Athens at 4 p m. Train 654 runs Sunday only from Athens at 4 20 p m. Train 51 runs daily except Sunday to Athens arriving at 12 59 p m. Train 53 runs daily arriving Athens at 9 40 p m. Train 55 runs Sunday only arriving Athens at 12 40 p m.
Gainesville Midland Railway timetable for January 23 1916 shows Athens departures at 7 20 am and 2 20 pm train 2 and 4, and Athens arrivals at 11 40 am and 6 40 pm train 1 and 4. Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points with Georgia Railroad and Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern and with Southern Railway both north and south.
Trains depart All Points daily at 5 00 am and 1 00 pm. Sunday service at 8 15 am. Daily except Sunday at 3 30 pm. Trains arrive at All Points daily 12 46 pm 6 50 pm and 10 30 am Sunday. Major information lines include A B Williams Commercial Agent at phone 81 and R L Johnson Ticket Agent at phone 1024.
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