Athens Daily Banner subscription notes and civic plans
The paper outlines subscription rates and payment methods, urges prompt carrier notifications for delivery issues, and warns carriers cannot collect payments. It also discusses public notices, front line commentary, and Athens Chamber of Commerce plans to showcase local industry and farming products in a permanent exhibit for visitors.
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Athens
Post Office
Clarke
Chamber of Commerce
University adopts flat fourteen unit entrance rule
The University of Georgia now requires fourteen high school units for regular entry, replacing earlier standards. Exemptions exist for pharmacy, one year agricultural courses, and age over twenty students taking special programs. The change aims to raise statewide high school standards and spur educational improvements across communities.
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University of Georgia
Islands to Buy The Monroe Doctrine and the Caribbean
The piece argues there are additional islands in European hands that could threaten the United States and the Panama Canal if acquired by Germany or other powers. It notes Holland England and France hold islands that might complicate policy and questions whether the Monroe Doctrine could block such transfers without war.
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Danish West Indies
Denmark
United States
Panama Canal
Holland
Germany
England
France
Brass Wins Prize Amid Student Mockery in School
A school prize drawing led to Brass stepping forward as winner while Brains, nicknamed Brawn, had quit. The piece shifts to reflections on future, time, and afterlife, ending with a symbolic meditation by D. G. Bickers on living in the now and the idea of infinity beyond.
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Pia
Unseen Realities in Paul’s Pilgrim Journey Review
The Sunday school lesson reviews Paul’s work in Philippi Thessalonica Athens Corinth Ephesus and Achaia to teach that invisible things are real and eternal. It highlights Paul’s vision on the road to Damascus and the enduring power of faith over what is seen.
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Paul
Philippi
Thessalonica
Saloniki
Athens
Corinth
Ephesus
Antioch
Elisha
Damascus
Whitehall Road
J. R. Crane
Invisible values and health claims in a mixed column
A fragmented 1910s style column extols eternal invisible values over visible gains, cites religious and historical reflections, and criticizes calomel while promoting Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe liver remedy. The piece interleaves sermonlike moral talk with advertisements and editorial snippets.
Masonic and Fraternal Lodge Listings Across Clayton Street
Directory of local fraternal orders with meeting times and venues. Knights of Pythias and I O O F schedule evenings at Castle Hall and Max Joseph Building. B P O E meets monthly at lodge quarters Broad and Lumpkin. Woodmen of the World and Mt Vernon Masons list gatherings in Max Joseph Building and Odd Fellows Hall.
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Lodge
K. of P
St. Elmo
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Clayton Street
Geo. B. le Camp
Woodmen
Max Joseph
L. B. Collins
A. D. Wood
Harmful and dangerous railway taxation and regulation trends
The piece critiques 1906 railway regulation as harmful, noting rising expenses and taxes while net returns fell after 1906. It alleges railways expanded traffic and wages but saw declining efficiency and car shortages by 1915, endangering operations and supplies.
Things Not Seen and the Rising Steel
The passage reflects on enduring truths as matter and time falter and clocks stop. It contrasts unseen realities with world turmoil noting the rise in U.S. steel prices and the political tremor from Candidate Hughes losing his voice. The writer hints at practical bets and social mood amid change.
Bell Telephone Service Unites the Family
A nostalgic ad copy extols home life improved by telephone. A mother coos over a baby and suggests calling Father to come home with John for a family dinner, praising the telephone for keeping sons and daughters in intimate touch with parents.
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Bell Telephone Service
Father
John
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