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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1915
Page
4
TheAthens Daily Banner notes upcoming weather trends and public safety. It cites the Armenian persecution drawing world attention, the Georgia State Fair in Macon, Athens football map status, and rail crossing accident statistics urging public responsibility. It mentions the East Georgia Fair extension and a Chinese ministerial tribute to Columbia College.
The German government refutes reports of a nationwide food shortage and imminent peace due to lack of food. An official statement notes crops this year are ahead of estimates, with a large potato crop fed to cattle and ample meat, as the government controls distribution to protect the poor and ensure civilian and military needs.
The Banner urges protection of growing vegetation on State College land in Athens. Forestry and horticulture study native shrubs and trees preserved for observation. Vandalism harms common specimens. locals are urged to act as custodians to safeguard the college grounds for the state's future benefit.
Athens notes show the Clayton street Rest Rooms provide crucial support for hundreds of visitors including State Normal School students and local workers. The facility serves waiting time, lunch breaks, and group meetings, with daily users expanding beyond registered counts.
A poetic tale describes a lithe tree in a forest that shivers as Jack Frost speaks of stripping her robes. The following morning she blushes crimson, signaling a transformation under winter’s touch.
A narrator speaks of a dull sense and darkened spirit, scarred by life of sin. The solitary figure longs for broader light, purer air, and liberty of soul through a clearer vision of a heaven-like state.
A collection of wartime witticisms from soldiers in hospital and trenches. A recruit's teeth fail a doctor, a nurse diagnoses fever and pneumonia, boot theft and survival anecdotes surface, including an Irish soldier who boasts of stealing boots from a German and later earns new ones by a grim search.
The original New York cast presents It Pays to Advertise at the Colonial tomorrow night. The comedy draws business people and ladies with its witty farce and sensible advertising theme. Augusta Chronicle praised the production as a lively hit with balanced, capable performers including Adele Rowland and Harold Vermilyea.
Opinion piece urging Georgia to lead rural development through compulsory education, land reform, township incorporation, land banks, cooperative banks, and fair credit. Calls for better roads, markets, flood control, water power, and extended rights, plus protection against predatory lending. Emphasizes self governing townships and farmer empowerment.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Discovery as a trusted cough remedy with 46 years on the market. It promises relief for pneumonia and lung troubles and offers money back if it fails, priced 50 cents and a dollar.
Fragmentary notice advertises a Rexall digestive aid sold by H. R. Palmer & Co. with claims of relief after meals for 25 cents. The fragment mentions gases and a “camesta” product, unclear wording, and is insufficient to confirm product name or full context.
The Census Bureau reports 5,713,347 round bales ginned for growth of 1915 through Oct 18, down from previous years. State totals for North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Texas and all other states are listed, with Sea Island and round bale figures and comparative years. An ad for Foley Kidney Pills follows.
E G Donaphant of Monette Missouri has run a Frisco engine for two years and uses Foley's Honey and Tar as his only medicine. He keeps a bottle in his home and recommends it to others for bad coughs or colds. B Palmer and Sons.
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