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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1914
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner outlines subscription rates and delivery policies, warns carriers against collecting payments, and discusses wartime news from Galicia, Kitchener in Paris, and government neutrality suits. It also notes the cotton buy-a-bale movement and stable University of Georgia attendance despite the war.
President Wilson asserts U S neutrality must not be endangered by diplomatic remarks. Turkish ambassador A Rustem Bey faces recall over comments on aid to Christians in Turkey and will be replaced if he does not retract. A German embassy member is urged to speak discreetly after remarks on potential war between the United States and Japan.
The October American Magazine presents Abe Martin’s collection of humorous adages. The quips cover traffic, pride, laziness, social manners, money owed, and small town life with the familiar folksy wit.
The piece argues Pancho Villa remains a threat to Mexico's stability but stresses no U S armed intervention while President Wilson pursues a watchful waiting stance. It cites loyalty shifts to Carranza and the goal of protecting American lives and property as the nation avoids war.
The piece argues war is inherently brutal and barbaric, citing Sherman and recent battles. It notes atrocities by both sides in Europe, acknowledges questionable violence in naval actions, and rejects excuses for brutal acts while linking them to wartime excitement and national feeling.
The article condemns banks hoarding money and cutting credits as a barrier to financing the cotton crop in the South. It notes Treasury warning banks to cease hoarding or risk removal of government money and support, urging moves toward liberal lending to aid Southern business and the cotton economy.
The speaker laments war’s horrors as the heart falters before slaughter and poets fail to capture the bloodshed. From Bruges to Cologne the world mourns, bells silent, no glory, only grief. Prayers are urged, condemning the warrior creed that fuels such carnage.
The Boers of South Africa have shown few defections from their support of Great Britain, with defection far less than anticipated.
A monument dealer notes fewer epitaphs on monuments as more people lose track of final resting places due to changing burial customs. The Houston Post comment reflects on the disconnect between memory and marble in contemporary memorials.
The bee warns that planning and hard work in summer build a winter store while those who only drink, dance, and sing risk starvation when winter comes. The old fable contrasts diligence with idleness and forethought with short sight.
A terse observational note suggests not judging a man by his wife’s stories and highlights that she may have her own income and agency beyond traditional roles. The line hints at social attitudes toward marriage and independence.
The excerpt discusses intrepid courage as a rare holiday virtue and contrasts it with everyday virtues. It emphasizes affability mildness tenderness and a reclaiming of the word virtue to mean good nature as the bread and staff of life for daily use.
A four year old girl named Maggie explains her family heritage noting she is Scottish by mother and German by father. In a conversation sparked by nationalities she adds a light remark about a family interaction with her brother Herman.
Aunt Sukey barges into the house in high dudgeon claiming Jim cut a puppy's tail piece by piece after Cassie asked him not to. The exchange hints at a rough家庭 dispute and the boy's troubling obedience.
Explorer Algot Lange from Copenhagen traveled 2000 miles up the Amazon to a Dome hut housed tribe of over 200 Aborigines who reportedly practiced cannibalism. They lived communally, with chief authority and weaponry including bows arrows ironwood clubs and poison blowpipes. Lange lived with them six weeks and observed their cooperative living, customs, and health care. The piece also notes Victoria ranges and Eye Rock in Buffalo Gorge with Mount Buffalo at 5645 feet.
The earth casts a shadow visible as a rosy pink arc on the horizon opposite the sun during clear summer evenings. The arc grows as the sun sinks, rising toward the zenith and beyond, revealing the earth’s shadow to observers.
Lester Wolroth suffered a severe attack after eating green apples. His mother Mrs. Pearl Wolroth of Herkimer New York says she used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and found relief after three doses. For sale by all dealers.
The head deacon explains a practical test of religious sincerity by noting that members of their church are judged by his ledger while those from other churches are assessed by consulting those churches’ treasurers. The quip reveals a humorous view of church administration.
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is the best cough and throat remedy with no better medicine and asserts the price remains unchanged during wartime. It warns against substitutes and notes no opiates.
A brief quotation attributed to H. W. Beecher notes that a person with character will avoid harming their conduct and will cultivate a steady moral condition, emphasizing personal integrity as a lasting guide.
Advertisement claims Dr. King's New Life Pills cure dizziness biliousness and constipation by stimulating bile flow and cleansing wastes. Claims include immediate relief after the first dose and a price of 25 cents at all druggists.
Paris correspondent reports M. Pierre Schamel-Roy claims he was taken as a baby by Napoleon the Great and lived to 106. Born August 25 1807 at Versailles, his father was Napoleon’s orderly. He recalls the Infant prince and says he visited Napoleon at St Helena and saw him there and after death. He once served as opera costumier and now receives 31 cents daily pension.
Adrian Michigan testimonial notes a woman with weakness and backache regaining strength after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad promotes the product as a reliable remedy for female ailments and cites the treatment as effective for improving work capacity. The message aims to persuade readers to consider the medicine.
In a history class at Kirwin, a pupil defines dedicate as raising money to pay off a church debt while discussing Lincoln's Gettysburg Address per the Kansas City Star.
The piece notes that international law forbids a sovereign forcing subjects to act as spies, except in a rare case. It also argues that nations will always have spies because the work is dangerous, adventurous, and highly paid, attracting thousands of volunteers.
The article notes laurel signified love triumphs in old times while the Greek bride wore myrtle. Modern brides may select their own flower and stamp it with individuality. June brings roses and widows often wear violets in white purple or both.
A list of national floral emblems includes Scotland thistle Ireland shamrock Wales leek France fleur-de-lis Germany nun flower Prussia linden Saxony ig nonette Spain Demegranaté flower Italy lily.
A fragment recalls a judge's quip about judgment day and a tongue in cheek prediction that markets would tumble or rise. The exchange highlights speculative humor amid apocalyptic talk and financial anxieties.
The passage reflects on mortality quoting epitaphs from Cardinal Onuphria and Marie Mancini. It contrasts brief, grim lines summing life as shadow and ashes with Mancini's self written line Dust and Ashes. The tone surveys vanity and the human response to dying.
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