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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1917
Page
4
ME TENS BAER enters as second class mall matter in Athens Georgia. The Athens Daily Banner outlines delivery options with annual, semiannual and quarterly rates and weekly price. It instructs remittance methods and urges prompt business office notices for late or missing deliveries to identify carrier issues.
The piece recalls wartime sentiments stressing national effort, thrift, and sanitary living. It cites John Wanamaker on sustaining business for the country, a farmer using a Ford powered Seff device to shell corn and saw wood, and President Wilson’s call to duty. It also urges urban and rural sanitation and suggests reb farmers should curb consumption of luxury foods to preserve staples for all.
Analysis from Charles F. Speare argues a $7 billion U S war loan is feasible given national wealth and bank deposits. It explains savings and time deposits could fund the loan with a margin, while withdrawals would be gradual and limited to avoid banking panic.
Athens residents are urged to buy tags Thursday to raise funds for a mountain school memorial honoring the late Ella F White. Georgia women clubs across the state spearhead the effort to provide education for mountain children, a lasting tribute beyond bronze or marble.
A public plea calls on Congress to fix conscription age limits and inform citizens of duties. The editorial criticizes continued indecision and slow action, urging timely resolution on this and other urgent wartime matters to avoid further trouble.
A newspaper analysis warns the United States may need to deploy troops to Cuba to restore order as President Menocal faces revolt and possible domestic instability. It notes growing Cubans’ calls for Menocal to resign by May 20 and Cuba’s wartime posture toward Germany.
A wartime appeal by Amelia Josephine Burr urges American families to support noncombat service by sending sons to farm labor and other essential work. The poem contrasts fear of battle with the duty to feed a hungry world and keep national effort nonmilitary when possible.
The article argues that wasting meat is wasteful and links patriotism to economic fairness. It cites Farm and Fireside on patriotism as a heavy tax and notes Civil War-era wealth shifts from enlisted families. It critiques wartime profiteering and questions compulsory military training proposals.
An ad links health to a red five pointed star on Chamberlain's Tablets. It cites Pythagorean ideals of temperance and simple food as the tablet's symbol of health. The copy urges readers with indigestion biliousness or constipation to try the tablets from their chest for quick relief.
Advertisement touts Pime Tar Honey and antiseptic Jardioney as soothing cough relief. Claims quick breathing ease and safety for all ages, with a bottle priced at 25 cents.
C F Cartwright of Alton Park Chattanooga Tenn describes twenty years of catarrh with night choking and indigestion improved after using Tanlac. He praises better appetite digestion sleep and breathing and states he would have heard of it sooner. Tanlac sold at Citizens' Pharmacy Athens and Kroner Co Winterville.
Vintage advertisement urging mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for constipation in babies and children. It claims to ease feverish fussiness, stomach issues, and sour breath within hours without griping, promoting a 50 cent bottle made by the California Fig Syrup Company and warning against counterfeits.
Yesterday in Clarke County's court of ordinary Judge R C Orr presided. Bramblett is discharged as administrator of H L Mullins estate. Carl Neeley appointed administrator of James Neeley estate and guardian for Cero Neeley minor. D M Howell granted guardianship of Pearl Hodges children. H D Tripple dismissed from James W Edwards estate. Bradshaw ordered to perfect title to G C Armstrong for bond for title. A small will hearing postponed due to missing witnesses. Adjourned to the 9th.
Mrs Callie Richards of 546 Pulaski st Athens says back pain and heavy lifting were hard with irregular kidney action and fatigue. After one box her back eased and kidneys acted properly. Price 60 cents at dealers. Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A calle d convocation for Keystone Chapter No. 1 Royal Arch Masons in Athens Georgia will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. All companions should attend promptly as Mark Master Past Master and Most Excellent Master degrees will be conferred by order of the High Priest and Secretary.
The Strand listings show Dorothy Gish in Her Official Feathers and Marie Doro in Heart's Desire with first run Paramount. Gladys Hulette in Pots and Pans Peggle and Mary Charleston in Satan's Private Door at the Strand and Elite. Louise Glaum in Sweetheart of the Comedy and Lillian Walker in Sally In a Hurry at Strand and Elite. Marguerite Slington heads Sacrifice with Patria as last chapter. Mary McLaren stars in The Mysterious Mra. M. at the Elite. Mme Petrova stars in The Waiting Soul with The Cure at the Strand. Helen Holmes leads The Hart Road Raiders at the Elite.
A Paris physician linked dandruff to a microbe and praised Parisian Sage in liquid form for eliminating the dandruff germ. Three days of use reportedly prevents further hair loss, encouraging Americans to try the remedy to save hair.
Four numbered items identified as No. 11 No. 17 No. 5 and No. 29 appear in sequence. The fragment provides only the item numbers without context or descriptions. No additional details are available to determine the event or subject.
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