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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1917
Page
4
A late delivery notice urges prompt business-office notification for any failure to deliver or carry papers to porches. It warns no carrier is authorized to collect subscriptions or sell copies. The rest contains humorous political quips and commentary on Prohibition era topics.
Farm and Fireside says warnings of impending food shortage are premature. Producers limit crop acreage to suit expected demand, while staples remain available in many regions. A temporary shortage is seen as a luxury rather than an indicator of real scarcity.
A newspaper urges moving the presidential inauguration from March 4 citing health risks and deaths from cold exposure. It argues for a constitutional amendment to set a better annual date, noting President Wilson’s illness and the peril of keeping the current ceremony. The Banner advocates swift legislative action and public support.
The article warns of German espionage in the United States with loyal German Americans noted, while hostile Germans abroad plot and seek passports to Mexico. It calls for guarding the Panama Canal munitions plants and city water supplies against enemy action.
A winter type cartoon figure has died. March winds chant a grave requiem, April mourns then hopes for new life, and May scatters flowers over the resting place. D. G. B.
A verse celebrating Britain as a mother island whose far flung colonies carry its seeds. It speaks of roots under the sea, branches across the world, and nations growing in the shade of the empire. It calls distant descendants to remember their origin and lineage.
A Chattanooga relief effort shows practical charity as Elks Lodge No. 91 donates one thousand dollars for flood sufferers. The item mixes community action with light local color and mentions Roy Morton’s satirical verse and a health ad for Cham berlain’s tablets.
A fragment argues against the idea that colds stem from cold weather noting winter prevalence. The text dismisses the notion and references common beliefs about cold symptoms and illness in midwinter.
The speaker portrays Jesus as the Bread of Life, meaning spiritual sustenance and healing for a diseased world. He links the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand to eternal life, stressing that faith in the Son grants everlasting life and that true nourishment comes from the Word of God.
Miss Rutherford will lecture at Wesleyan chapel on March 15 on Voices of the Past admission 25 cents. Music by Wesleyan music department. She speaks for Confederate history preservation and has long served as historian-general of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
A staunch testimonial from Mrs B Bailey of 240 Barrows Athens Ohio praises Dean's Kidney Pills for relief from dull kidney ache dissy spells headaches rheumatic pains in loins and shoulders after using Palmer & Sons Drug Store supply at 60 cents. The ad urges readers to obtain the same remedy from local dealers.
Instructions cover freezing and thawing houseplants, making eggs separate, preserving tinware with lard, removing rings from cleaned spots with gasoline, using chopped cold meat in cornmeal mush, baking tart apples with honey, maintaining egg beaters, turpentine washroom use, turpentine in wash water for smell, and reviving limp vegetables by soaking in fresh water.
Text discusses egg handling before incubation with uncertain temperatures and turning practices. It notes ranges from roughly 66 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, cautions against contamination, and mentions methods to test fertility, including visual cues and incubation as the only reliable method.
Fragmentary dialogue at a station shows a porter and a traveler debating a truck, a rail tower, and street placement. The garbled text hints at a humorous or social scene with misheard speech and urban setting.
Southern Railway timetables list daily trains to All Points with departures at 6 30 am 1 00 pm 3 18 pm and 8 59 pm and arrivals at 6 50 pm and 9 45 pm. Local lodge officers invite Knights and Brethren to meetings at the Castle Hall Jester Building Clayton Street Athens and nearby halls with addresses and meeting nights noted.
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