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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists delivery options and prices including 5.00 per year 2.50 for six months 1.25 for three months or 10 cents a week. Payments may be sent by express post office money order registered letter or cheque. Subscribers should promptly report late delivery or failure to deliver to the business office as the sole way to confirm issues.
An Athens observer notes over two hundred local youths in service or seeking placement and proposes using German prisoners held in Allied detention camps as labor to grow crops. The plan calls for guards, paid wages, and mapped itineraries across plantations to relieve labor shortages and spur war effort while teaching humane treatment.
A reflective piece questions why rural children face four months of schooling with untrained teachers and poor buildings while urban youth enjoy nine months, trained staff, and better facilities. It challenges complacency and urges serious action to provide country students with a superior school system, noting Clarke County as a hopeful example of possible reform.
Citizens of Athens are urged to subscribe the full capital stock of the new canning factory without delay. Stakeholders know the amount required to start operations, and the plant is needed promptly to can current fruits and vegetables for use next fall and winter. Time is described as the essence of the matter.
The nation has ample land and labor to supply food and war materiel for America and its Allies. It notes surplus resources but cites poor mobilization of labor and other inputs, with wasted energy and lost motion. Calls for systematic direction of mobilization to avoid waste and fully utilize resources.
The war is gradually coming home as many University of Georgia and Athens young men depart for Ft. McPherson officers training. The community faces the loss with pride and resolve, trusting these fine young men will serve valiantly in training, at the army post, or on French fields, upholding civilization.
The piece argues Germany remains capable of fighting in France and recovering positions, while predicting a long war for the United States. It urges Americans to mobilize resources, endure a prolonged conflict, and accept sacrifice as the duty of every citizen. It frames victory as possible but not swift, stressing heavy costs.
A poem by John Kemble of the Vigilantes voices competing trump cards in war and economics. Spades defend Earth’s harvest and naval power, while diamonds, hearts, and clubs offer military strength and industrial wealth. The piece notes a turning point in the Russian situation and tensions affecting Virginia and Georgia this week.
G F Willis, southern rep for L T Cooper, touts Tanlac as a direct remedy for chronic dyspepsia and stomach catarrh. He cites Mr Cooper and a slate of prominent cities praising the medicine while warning against overuse of proprietary tonics and harsh laxatives.
The advertisement states Tanlac regulates the stomach and corrects catarrhal inflammation and that users report relief from rheumatism and other ailments tied to stomach trouble. It notes genuine Tanlac sold in Athens and Winterville and recommends Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatic pain, claiming its value justifies cost. It ends with note that the product is obtainable everywhere.
Twenty two senior students from the State College of Agriculture will leave classes this week to work in Georgia farms. They will assist in food crop production, volunteering their services to the extension department. Diplomas will be awarded later, and counties are urged to request their help immediately.
A discussion of health symbols traces the five pointed star used by Pythagoreans for temperance and health to a red five pointed star on Chamberlain's Tablets. The ad promises quick relief for indigestion biliousness and constipation and urges readers to obtain the tablets from druggists everywhere.
Georgia Chi Phi marks 50 years since Eta Chapter founding with 1 047 initiates across Athens Emory Georgia Tech Mercer and Oglethorpe. May 17 18 19 events feature talks by former leaders and alumni from multiple decades and chapters. A campus landmark on Lumpkin Street hosts meetings lunch and visitors during Georgia Tech baseball weekend.
Mr N K Smith is recovering from a painful accident after handling an obstinate mule. He stumbled and fell, breaking the little finger on his left hand, and has been crippled for several days.
Conferees reached agreement on the draft age for new army recruits. The first group to be called will be men aged 21 through 30. The policy aims to streamline conscription during wartime.
The England of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries produced physicians who advanced medical science and others who pursued wealth. Notable names include Doctor Arbuthnot, and Graf Hana Sloane who scowled at aristocratic patients rather than flatter them.
A Boston physician tests a curved megaphone inspired by the ram horn design. It claims to reproduce sound more accurately and can be used without interfering with vision, offering a practical alternative to traditional straight funnel shapes.
A brief note explains the coney as mentioned in Proverbs twenty six, noting its feeble folk and rock dwelling. It references coneys found in Lebanon, the Jordan and Dead Sea valleys, describing the animal as about cat sized with long hair tall ears and a habit of chewing the end.
Instructions prescribe glycerin for bruises by mixing glycerin with subs cetate and applying to a hot compress under a corked bottle. For coughs a small teaspoon of glycerin is swallowed slowly. To reduce sweetness, mix with lemon or orange juice or vinegar.
Dreaming of grieving over the absence of someone foretells the person will soon return with stronger affection. Dreaming of rejoicing at someone's absence signals news you would prefer not to receive.
A Florida Times Union quip compares high life on a low salary with low life on a high salary. The exchange features a wise man known for giving advice and a self assured young man.
A street vendor asks for a Swedish turnip known as rutabaga. Mrs. Lindhart replies she is not acquainted and identifies herself, denying any link to the Rutabagas family. The scene captures a humorous misrecognition over a common root vegetable.
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