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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1914
Page
4
The Athens Banner outlines subscription rates and delivery reminders, notes no carrier should collect payments, and highlights weather, wartime reflections, a theater opening, and political commentary. It comments on Judge Emory Speer, the cotton market, and Woodrow Wilson as global leader amid neutrality and wartime needs.
An all day singing event gathers hundreds to Athens with eight to ten counties including Jackson Oconee Gwinnett Madison Banks. Prominent song writers publishers leaders and teachers attend. The gathering aims to inspire communities teach youth singing and foster a permanent annual convention in Athens.
The Smith Lever Act funds teaching farm families through state colleges and county agents. No direct cash aid to individuals. emphasis on demonstration in agriculture and home economics. Farm women urged to form local clubs and contact county agents or state colleges for visits.
The piece urges thanks for blessings and urges cheer amid war time hardship. It contrasts European suffering with American comfort and calls for joy and gratitude while facing burdens, promising that clouds will pass.
A vision of future peace contrasts market openness and mind’s growth with a shift from missiles to votes. Hugo imagines a universal sovereign senate guiding Europe, museums displaying cannons as relics, and US and Europe extending fellowship across the ocean.
The document outlines accounts for Mason properties including purchases and rental notes, related campaigns and expenses. It lists past due subscriptions, refunds on cancelled policies, and balances as of September 30 1914 with figures for building and administration costs.
The Bookman notes fall releases from J. B. Lippincott including The Ward of Tecumseh by Crittenden Marriott and The Duke of Oblivion by John Reed Scott. It highlights American and English authors Sheila Kay Smith William Jasper Nicolls Molly Seawell May Baldwin Elsie Oxenham Lizzie Reid and others with titles for boys girls and young children.
Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a remedy for nervous dyspepsia gas and indigestion, claiming relief in five minutes. It urges readers to buy a fifty cent case, take a dose, and enjoy months of stomach comfort for the whole family.
Today is the final chance to submit a name for the new Athens military company. A five dollar cash prize will go to the Athens woman whose suggested name the company approves as suitable. Names should be sent to Capt. W. F. Dobbs at the Holman Building today. the first drill is Monday night when the name will be chosen.
A wealthy young California woman says the man she would marry does not live nearby. She adds this does not mean she will settle for a dull match. The remark uses street slang to express her stance on love and suitability despite distance.
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