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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1915
Page
11
A mixed page of local notices and international snippets covers Athens politics, suffrage debates, and European affairs. Topics include Australian ballot in Gainesville and Athens, J Pierpont Morgan's appendicitis, Carnegie hero medals, boll weevil funding, and Greece hedging its stance in the great war.
The article rebuts critics of England’s war effort noting British losses reaching nearly 500000 and arguing mobilization continues. It stresses the Royal Navy’s pivotal role and Britain’s financial strength as key factors for Allied victory, while acknowledging enlistment trouble but affirming England will do its duty.
The article argues that despite modern advances Japan clings to idol worship and Buddhism and Shintoism, while Christians are excluded from the emperor’s sacred coronation rites. It notes Christian efforts to participate fail and portrays Japan as backward yet sovereign in faith.
The note touts a new three thousand page dictionary bought in exchange for advertising. It promises compact articles on changing topics for scholars and wits and recalls Webster’s aim to serialize every word from Hebzibah to glory.
The older Frank Buffington Vrooman, Oxford lecturer, earned a B Sc for a thesis on Canadian economic geography after a near deadline rush. He gathered data by firsthand travel from Mackenzie and Yukon headwaters to Vancouver Island, becoming an authority on the subject. Carl Schurz Vrooman, the younger brother, is Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and a proponent of New Politics and New Agriculture based on solid economics and sizable farming interests.
The passage argues that profitably managed Middle Western farms validate the New Agriculture. It asserts the future of American farming hinges on mastering farm economics to avoid selling large crops at a loss and cites Carl Schurz's push to reform government efforts to enable the New Agriculture.
Theodore H. Price argues in the November Work that war stimulates wealth through increased labor, longer work hours, and invention of labor-saving machines. He notes Europe’s post Napoleonic railroad boom and cites U S industrial expansion from 1850 to 1912, linking war to rising national wealth.
A South farming renter is advised to remain on the farm and save on a cash basis rather than pursue wage work or time-price purchases. The piece argues solid land investment comes from patience, frugality, and avoiding time prices. It also warns against chasing government land in the West as most free land is desert or irrigation costly, making Southern land cheaper and more practical for renters.
Dr. Thomas D. Wood, chair of the National Education Association health committee, told the Illinois conference that rural America shows higher illness and more physical defects among children than cities. He cited U.S. statistics, noting rural death rates in New York state have surpassed urban rates since 1910 and urged improvements in rural health, housing, and nutrition to sustain the nation’s future.
An Illinois report condemns rural living and school facilities as inferior to urban norms. It cites 60 percent absentee land ownership, calls for improved health focused rural schools, better teacher pay, annual health exams, dental clinics, and district nurse follow-up to advance child welfare and national well being.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless alternative to calomel claiming it cleanses the liver without causing sickness. The copy promises relief from sluggishness and claims no salivation or griping, urging readers to try a 50 cent bottle and report satisfaction.
Secret of good memory is attention and interest. Get Rid of Her Stomach Trouble claims Chamberlain's Tablets improved digestion and relieved constipation. Mrs. J. P. Brady of Victor, N. Y. endorses them as strengthening digestion and quick relief. For sale by all dealers.
A quotation credits Brierley noting that recognizing all events as ultimately spiritual marks a great step in understanding life. The remark frames life as a realm where events gain meaning through spiritual perspective.
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