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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
4
A chaotic local digest blends wartime updates with campus and business news. It mentions the University of Georgia opening, Ringling Brothers visiting, and Chamber of Commerce trips, alongside comical asides on football heroes and a jab at vendors and subscriptions.
The War Department plans moving all national guardsmen in state camps to the Mexican border for training and potential service. Many have been relieved from border duty. others would take their places if funds allow. If money is available the program proceeds. otherwise state mobilization troops may be mustered out.
The piece notes James W. Gerard, U.S. representative in Berlin, has kept relations intact despite tensions. It highlights American sympathy for the Allies, German resentments over perceived censorship comparisons, and Gerard’s hope that a temporary backlash will pass as Germany nears the end of its war effort.
Summer ends as warnings on illness and weather shift. references to overcoats and rising costs hint at a grim season. A thematic note about a deceased figure and a large life insurance policy ties to themes of finality and financial planning in hard times.
The New York cotton market opened steady after a decline on weaker cables. December and January contracts moved higher early before selling pressure and Wall Street liquidation pushed prices down, with weather reports noting rapid picking but cool spells in some regions and boll weevil damage under discussion.
Georgia health officials urge expanded medical inspection for all school children as schools reopen. If a child has a correctible defect, parents should act promptly or the child must be excluded from public school for safety and public welfare. The piece links healthy bodies to sound minds and cites regional adoption of the Ellis Public Health Law.
A weekly Weather Bureau crop bulletin reports cool conditions in North and South Carolina damaged cotton with boll rot and unsatisfactory progress, while most southern states continue picking and ginning under favorable weather. Tobacco crops in Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee have been housed and cured amid cooler conditions.
A Cardui women’s tonic promotional letter from Catron Kentucky tells of Bettie Bullock suffering four years from womanly troubles. She credits Cardui with enabling her to walk two miles and perform duties again, urging others to consult their druggist and begin Cardui today. The ad includes a Chattanooga Medicine Co. address in Tennessee.
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