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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1916
Page
5
The Athens Banner lists subscription rates and delivery notes, urges carrier accountability, and notes special notices. It comments on politics, Prohibition, and law enforcement, including automobile tags, legal cases, and public sentiment on national figures. The piece ends with an advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills.
Georgia may see a larger cotton acreage than last year but crop output could fall due to lower grade fertilizers caused by potash shortages from German supplies. Many farmers diversify crops, risking no major yield increase while aiming to keep prices stable.
The article argues Zeppelins failed as war machines, capable only of limited bombing, fear, and minor cultural damage. It emphasizes aviation serves for scouting and cavalry replacement, but decisive power remains with soldiers and steel on the battlefield.
Col. E. M. House returns from London Paris and Berlin with insights for President Wilson. He reports Germany is not bluffing about its submarine policy and desires peace with the United States. Wilson plans cautious moves to avoid rupture and preserve cordial relations.
Geo Gamuel Riley, long time Macon police chief, recounts severe illness including pleurisy and kidney troubles. After two bottles of Tanlac, he reports restored energy, reduced pains, and regained control of kidneys. He endorses Tanlac, noting its healthful impact. Sold widely in the South.
Preparations are underway for an Elberton agricultural rally this Friday March 10 with a noon train arrival program from Atlanta and Athens. Prominent speakers including Commissioner J D Price and Mrs Nellie Peters Black will discuss farm conditions rural life betterment home economics extension work clubs and schools.
Major Thomas A. Hamilton longtime Birmingham civil engineer died at 6 a.m. Friday at 1127 South Thirteenth Street. Born in 1847 in Georgia he served in the Confederate army and later helped lay out Highland Avenue. Survived by four children, funeral set for noon Saturday at his residence with Confederate veterans chaplain. Remains to be buried in Washington, Georgia beside his wife.
The company urges customers to report all troubles to the Complaint desk which acts as a clearing-house. Trouble causes delays and may involve cables or cable-boxes as several workers may be at a site. The aim is prompt trouble clearance and asks for customer cooperation.
Two reader letters recount recovery from la grippe and coughs after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. E C Rhodes of Middleton Georgia and F G Prevo of Bedford Indiana describe illness, weight loss, and relief with the remedy, noting lasting improvements.
An ad extols making a bronchitis and cough remedy at home using Schiffmann's New Concentrated Expectorant with sugar and boiling water. It claims one bottle yields a full pint of medicine, costs 50 cents, and carries a money back guarantee for satisfaction if it fails to relieve symptoms.
Georgia Beban in An Alien draws crowds in Atlanta as the Colonial secures the nine reel feature for Athens three showings next Monday. Ticket prices 25 cents, 10 cents for children, with performances at 11 30 am 3 30 pm and 8 30 pm.
The naval consulting board, meeting in New York, urged Secretary Daniels to ask the president to form a commission to establish a plant for producing nitrogen from the air. Nitrogen is vital to military and agricultural needs, with the U S dependent on Chile for supply. The board noted subsidies could affect profitability in peacetime.
An advertisement extolls Sloan's Liniment for drafts causing neuralgia stiff neck and sore muscles. It promises quick relief through improved circulation and a tingling warmth that aids rest and sleep. It notes dosing with one or two applications for neuralgia and neuralgic headache and cites a 25 cent price at druggists.
Roosevelt disavows any delegates in Illinois who file petitions seeking his presidential nomination. John W. McGrath, secretary to Theodore Roosevelt, delivers the telegram from Roosevelt to the Illinois secretary of state.
Regular communication of Mount Vernon Lodge No. 22 F and A M will be held at their hall on the third floor Max Joseph building this Thursday evening March 9 1916 at 8 oclock. By order of J H McKinnon W M G Quinn Secretary.
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