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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1917
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner outlines subscription prices and delivery methods for Athens Georgia readers. Details include $5 per year, 6 months for $2.50, 3 months for $1.25, and 10 cents weekly, with payment by express, money order, registered letter or check. It requests prompt reporting of late or missing deliveries to the business office.
Advise readers to minimize food waste by canning preserving drying pickling and salt preserving surplus fruits and vegetables. Suggest using glass or stoneware containers airtight jars for jams juices and concentrates and drying beans corn and root crops for cellar storage. Encourage dry storage to avoid empty containers next fall.
A wartime editorial urges broad American readiness for a long, costly conflict. It warns against apathy and calls for swift action to empower the president, mobilize supplies, and prepare the army and navy to save American lives. It stresses sacrifice and realism about the war’s duration.
Washington police move to end ongoing picketing by militant suffragists on White House grounds calling the action unpatriotic and unhelpful during wartime. The piece notes support for woman suffrage from President Wilson but rejects the disruptive protests and hints at possible jail for agitators.
A reader complains about signatories on notes and deeds and argues for legible signatures. The piece reflects on China’s revolutions, noting many events are low in bloodshed and that officials often pursue their own aims with patriotic motives.
A Des Moines church lecture featured an Indian missionary claiming to carry Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and crediting it with saving his life. He urged its use as a preventive and cure for cholera and for milder bowel complaints in the United States. Available widely.
The article reports a sermon at Emmanuel church praising the Red Cross Week and urging support for relief efforts. It links the current world crisis to Bunker Hill wartime ideals, lauds Wilson's policies, and advocates citizens and clergy backing the Red Cross with a 100 million dollar goal, echoing the Good Samaritan parable.
Schedule timetables for January 23 1916 show Train No 2 leaving Athens at 7 20 am Train No 4 leaving Athens at 2 20 pm Train No 1 arriving Athens at 11 40 am Train No 4 arriving Athens at 6 40 pm Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points with Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern and with Southern Railway forth and south
Southern Railway Athens Branch announces daily departures at 6:00 am and 1:00 pm with Sunday and holiday variations. Arrivals listed at 12:40 pm, 6:50 pm, and 10:30 pm. Information via B Williams and L Johnson phone contacts. Advertise your wants.
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