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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1916
Page
9
The Athens Daily Banner outlines low subscription rates and delivery policies, warns carriers against collecting payments, and urges civic pride. It reports on the upcoming Knights of Pythias convention, local rail efforts against alcohol, and fly prevention, while urging visitors to boost the town and maintain regular delivery.
The Manufacturers Record proposes that southern ores rich in potash could produce a potassium cyanide by product equal to or exceeding 24 dollars per ton of iron, suggesting independence from German supply. Chemist Charles Catlett reports promising results from Eastern Alabama ores, which could lower fertilizer costs and boost Southern crop yields.
A woman shares a two month visit to her grown children described as rest and recreation. She helped with grandchildren, supported a daughter in a new home, comforted a sick baby, and advised her son on his upcoming marriage. She says the trip was the most delightful time of her life.
The American Red Cross has faced its severest trial amid European suffering as relief efforts expand beyond sickness to hunger and poverty. Ernest Bicknell cites vast needs, with Belgium relief totaling over 100 million dollars and U S contributions around 10 million, while Poland lags in aid.
A comic panel depicts a man dirty with sin paying a servant named Repentance. Repentance submerges the garments in a pool called Sacrifice, turning them white as snow. The coin paid is Faith. The verse ends with a note to keep busy and trust Love to light the home at night.
A lyric fragment describes enduring love waiting at twilight. The speaker recalls effort and smiles as love’s light shines in her eyes, suggesting a gold heart and protective warmth against a dark night. The tone is romantic and timeless.
The Christian Science Monitor argues Southern meetings in New Orleans mark an epoch in reducing cotton dependence. It cites leaders in finance and manufacturing from below the Mason Dixon line, urging broader production, transportation, and home manufacturing to turn timber and minerals into finished goods, and to attract idle capital for Southern investment.
The Georgia Bar Association announces its Thirty-third Annual Meeting at Hotel Tybee Tybee Island Georgia on May 1 1916. President George W Owens will deliver the annual address with papers by William M Howard Hampton L Carson and others. Social events include a steamboat excursion and capacity attendance urged from local bar associations and judges.
Atlanta Fed records show resources totaling 18 546 019 06 and liabilities matching that amount. Major items include gold reserves of 9 787 706 47, deposits 6 932 996 76, and federal reserve notes outstanding 14 561 550. The note urges local spend and steady circulation to support labor and commerce.
Train No 60 departs 8 30 a m and No 63 at 4 00 p m daily minus Sunday. No 66 departs 4 30 p m Sundays only. No 61 reaches 12 30 p m daily except Sunday. No 63 arrives 9 38 p m. No 67 arrives 12 p m Sundays only.
North and south bound departures listed for trains numbers 11 17 6 29 30 18 12 with times ranging from 6:17 to 11:42 a.m and notes of day parts DD RB wD unclear. The fragment provides no locations or destinations beyond line numbers and times.
Bummerville appoints I. J. Hofmay er as fifth vice president with Albany as location. Secretary is Orville A. Park of Macon, Treasurer Z. D. Harrison of Atlanta, and assistant secretary Harry B. Stroller of Macon. Executive Committee lists A. G. Powell of Atlanta as chairman, with E. K. Wilcox of Valdosta, Archibald H. Blackshear of Augusta, and Charles H. Hall of Macon.
New Castle Indiana woman Hazel Hamilton recalls suffering from monthly cramps from age eleven to seventeen. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports regular periods and improved health. The ad invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential advice.
The notice urges subscribers to trust operators and understand busy signals may reflect any party on the line. It explains that a busy report does not always indicate the called telephone is in use and that other users on the same party line may cause the signal.
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