Athens Daily Banner Rates Notice
Entered as second class mail matter in Athens Ga The Athens Daily Banner is delivered by carriers or mailed at set rates 5.00 yearly 2.50 half year 1.25 quarter year or 10 cents weekly Remittance by express money order registered letter or check Subscribers should promptly notify the business office for rate delivery failures porch delivery or regularity issues as the only way to know of any complaint cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
THE
Athens Daily Banner Ie
Post Office
Submarine War Demands Ship Food Money and Men
An American analysis by Frank H. Simonds in the American Review of Reviews argues Germany’s submarine campaign is its final bid for victory. It states Britain must be starved into submission within months, and U S intervention with ships, food, money, and men will curb the blockade and support Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Britain
America
United States
England
Frank H. Simonds
American Review of Reviews
Local Tax for Clarke County Schools Voters Urged to Consider
Rural Clarke county voters are urged to study a proposed local tax for school purposes to run nine months a year with improved housing equipment and teaching staff. State funds are insufficient, Athens supplements with city funds, and the local tax method is presented as the best way to ensure better facilities without a heavy burden. Citizens are asked to support the measure for the children and future education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Athens
The ominous Russian situation and the danger ahead
Article warns of minimal fighting on the Russian front after the revolution and suggests Teutonic efforts to sow disaffection. It projects risks for the Entente if Russia weakens, notes potential prolonged war, and urges rapid deployment of an American commission to assess and deter the dangerous trajectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Teutons
Germany
Alles
England
Japan
Yellow Men
Siberia
Dardanelles
France
Italy
Jad Salts Kidney Flush Advert Says Harmless Remedy
An old newspaper ad extols Jad Salts as a safe effective kidney flush. It claims to cleanse kidneys, relieve backache and bladder disorders, neutralize urine acids, and promote normal kidney activity with a lemon grape juice base and lithia.
Baseball schedule updates for May 5 across several campuses
May 5 baseball games listed include I Millsaps at Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Mississippi versus Louisiana in Baton Rouge. Mercer visits Georgia in Athens. Clemson hosts Auburn in Auburn. Vanderbilt plays Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Virginia versus Yale at New Haven is cancelled along with Virginia Military Institute at Virginia Poly in Lexington and Tennessee against Mississippi A&M in Starkville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Millsaps
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Mississippi
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Mercer
Georgia
Athens
Clemson
Auburn
Vanderbilt
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Virginia
Yale
New Haven
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Poly
Lexington
Tennessee
Mississipp A
Starkville
Miss
Just a Verse a Day The Sense of Duty
A wartime style exhortation urging renewed allegiance to law and the call to duty. The speaker laments loss of liberty to license and indifference, urging Americans to respond to the country’s call with courage, work, and obedience.
AT THE MOVIES Saturday Strand features new Chaplin comedy
Strand shows Charlie Chaplin in The Cure with Harold Lockwood and May Allison in Hidden Children, Elite presents Helen Holmes in The Railroad Raiders, and Extra features Elke and Lonesome Luke comedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Chaplin
Harold Lockwood
May Allison
Helen Holmes
Elke
Lonesome Luke
Gentle Showers Boost Drought-Torn Gardens And Red Cross Efforts
The passage notes recent light rain lifting spirits of gardeners and farmers while Atlanta women pledge Red Cross work replacing bridge whist. It urges preparedness for canning, drying berries and fruits, and preserving vegetables. It mentions Russia, Germany, Britain, Japan and a possible food drive, plus a spring skin cleansing remedy advertisement.
Knights of Pythias and other orders meet weekly at local halls
St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at 8 3 oclock in Castle Hall Clayton Street. Visiting Knights invited. Also IOOF Max Joseph Building meets Mondays. Glenn LO OF meets Tuesdays. Athens BPOE No 790 meets every second and fourth Wednesday. Mt Vernon FAM meets Thursdays.Geo B Davie Camp W 0 W meets Wednesdays. Visiting sovereigns invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Elmo Lodge
K. of P
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Jester Building
Clayton Street
H. Abit Nix
C. C. Howard T. Abney
K. of R
Willams Lodge
Odd Fellows
Max Joseph
A. Ll. Howland
J. A. Mealor
Glenn Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
H. D. Stevens
T. Galliher
Athens B
Lodge Quarters
Corner Bread and Lumpkin
Warren A. Dobbs
Homer Stark
Mt. Vernon Lodge
No. 22
Masonic Hall
B.C
PAINE
W. M
Quinn
Geo. B. Davie
Woodmen Hall
W. W. Bracham
D. Hood
Cotton Market Moves on Quiet Trading Declines
The New York cotton market opened steady with July near 19.46 and October around 13.70 amid liquidation and weather, but buyers supported initial levels. Liverpool futures and New Orleans listings showed pressure from Petrograd news and Lever bill fears with mixed bids and varied highs and lows across May July and August contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Petrograd
Washington
Liverpool
New Orleans
Congress
Seaboard Air Line Train Departures Listed
South bound trains No 11 17 6 29 depart at 6 02 am 7 10 am 6 18 pm and 8 46 pm while north bound No 30 6 18 12 depart at 10 40 am 6 52 pm and 11 45 pm with several departures shown.
Georgia Railroad Timetable Effective February 18 1917
Eastern Time schedule lists trains serving Athens and Athens area with daily and Sunday runs. Train 50 departs Athens at 6:35 p m daily. Train 52 runs daily except Sunday to Athens at 4 p m. Train 64 runs Sunday only to Athens at 4 20 p m. Train 51 arrives Athens at 12 69 noon daily except Sunday. Train 63 arrives Athens at 9 40 p m daily. Train 55 arrives Athens at 12 40 p m on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Railroad
Dally
Athena
Athens
Train timetable for Athens and nearby points January 1916
Schedule notes for January 1916 showing Train No 2 leaves Athens at 7 30 a m Train No 4 leaves Athens 2 20 p m Train No 1 arrives Athens 11 40 a m Train No 4 arrives Athens 6 40 p m Connections at Belmont with Winder Monroe intermediate points and with Georgia Railroad for all points Gainesville Northwestern stations and with Southern Railway north and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athena
Athens
Belmont
Winder
Monroe
The
Georgia Railroad
Gainesville
Gainesville & Northwestern
Southern Railway
Southern Railway Athens Branch Train Schedule Update
The Athens branch offers daily departures to all points at 8:20 am and 1:00 pm with a sun only 8:15 pm service and a daily except Sunday 3:30 pm train. Trains arrive to all points daily at 11:40 pm and 6:50 pm and a daily except Sunday 9:46 am arrival. For details contact H M Williams or E Shelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Williams
Shelton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baer
H. J. Rowe
Abun Leake
Amy
Chile
Austria
D. G. Bickers
Red Cross
Maraball
Cauae
Belmont Tiffany
Lodge Directory
Paul
Chamberlain
Reese
Ster
Cee Wees
Eee
Sane
Chicago
Cc. H. Arthur
Candler
Atlanta, GA
A. A. Houseman & CO
Broad Street
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
New York Produce Exchange
New York Coffee & Sugar Exchge
Chicago Board of Trade
Wari Cagroow
Coi Fras
Macon
Madison
Georgia R. R
Apalachee
Greene Co. R. R
R. Bloodworth
Seaboard Air Line
Gainesvile
Milan Ry
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!