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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1915
Page
7
The Athens Daily Banner details subscription costs from 10 cents a week to $5 a year and urges prompt reports for late or missed deliveries. It promotes a Helen Georgia trip, describes travel from Athens to Gainesville and Dunlap Shoals, and highlights local civic plans and remarks on national topics.
An editorial urges Georgians to study their state through the Georgia Club and firsthand trips such as the Atlanta to Brooks County and Athens business tours. It argues knowledge of Georgia’s facts, farms, and prospects empowers citizens, merchants, and teachers to improve conditions and expand trade.
The Northeast Georgia Singing Convention comes to Athens for two days and an evening of song on June 4 and 5 drawing about three thousand visitors. County and city choirs plan to participate with committees of women hosting and men coordinating entertainment and meals, aiming to start a regular annual event.
The piece cites the need for employer and employee to adopt a fair approach. It argues mutual trust, shared interests, and adherence to the golden rule can reduce friction and let industry progress smoothly. The Christian Science Monitor is referenced for its summary of the issue and proposed remedy.
A short devotional quip urges reading the Bible to avoid sin. The author presses the contrast that sin separates from the book, while the book preserves from sin, inviting readers to test the saying.
The piece notes upheaval in Britain and wartime measures such as a tenth of an ounce of tea daily for French troops and scant wine. It claims many German reservists reside in America while naturalized Germans shed hyphens and pledge loyalty to the flag, presenting a chance to avert war with Germany.
The article cites M. Kharitonoff praising prohibition for boosting Russian savings from 1913 to 1914, amid war. It lists ten-year gains: civil liberty, a two-house parliament, citizenship for peasants, education gains, 50 million acres cultivated, $500 million revenue rise, agricultural and industrial growth, and 40 million added people. It projects a population of 225 million or more. It includes Prof. Vogt’s view that Russia’s offensive power remains, with strong staying power and impressive military output, noting favorable German commentary.
The National Geographic Society summarizes the Trent county as a 600 square mile Italian enclave in southern Tyrol. Trent city sits on the Adige River, 57 miles north of Verona, with 25,000 residents, famed for salami production and pilgrimage tourism. Italians of the southern Tyrol Valleys favor local bonds despite Austrian rule. Trent was annexed to Tyrol in 1814 after long church and regional governance.
Elberton Georgia hosts the Highth district rural letter carriers meeting with a robust program including welcomes from city and post office officials, multiple addresses on postal service history and rural delivery, and a postmeeting Good Roads rally followed by a Georgia barbecue.
Elberton Ga hosts a ten oclock morning meeting on Monday the 31st in session with Judge David W Meadow of the Northern Circuit presiding. The session will cover the Carriers of the Eighth District with other prominent speakers invited and hopes for a good crowd and pleasant time.
An advertisement urges health through digestion and regular bowels. It claims one small pill at night yields a full free bowel movement by morning, improves appetite and digestion, and reduces illness risk.
Porto Rico reports a horse drawn street car claimed as the smallest in operation. The vehicle carries only three passengers.
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