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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1914
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner outlines carrier delivery options and rates, plus a warning that carriers cannot collect payments. A mixed summary of war-time commentary and local notes follows, including remarks on markets, predictions, and agricultural pig and bacon clubs initiatives in Georgia.
The Banner introduces a new department inviting Athenians and readers globally to correspond about The Tree That Owns Itself. It hopes interested correspondents respond when the spirit moves them.
War era study shows Germany with 0.02 percent illiteracy, Britain 1 percent, Belgium 12.7, France 14.1, and high rates in Russia 70, Austria 22, Bulgaria 65, Serbia 79 percent. US rate 7.7 percent including negroes and Indians.
The piece argues Villa and Carranza may never fully agree, predicting renewed conflict in Mexico. It notes Villa’s status as a popular Mexican figure and his military strength, while Carranza’s tact is questioned. It also mentions U.S. restraint at Vera Cruz and the hope for a peaceable settlement to avoid further bloodshed.
Georgia residents show resolve and sacrifice to keep children in higher education despite hard times from low cotton prices and Europe war disruptions. Officials praise enrollment levels and urge continued funding even with tighter family budgets.
The Athens Merchants Association reads a letter from several buyers urging local retailers to purchase distressed cotton at ten cents per pound with warehouse charges and cash draw on wholesalers. Buick agency head J M Hood relays Flint Michigan instructions backing a one ton purchase to aid cotton growers. Shoe House’s C Y Wier aims to buy a bale at ten cents for cash and exhibit it publicly.
Congress investigates rising living costs driven by heavy European demand for food. The report notes global shortages and domestic impacts as prices fail to advance despite overseas hunger and wartime needs.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a healthful dish made from wheat and barley. It notes easy digestion and economy, suitable with cream or milk for year round meals.
A Maxwell Motor Company note from Detroit dated September 28 1914 directs C B Griffith Athens Ga and other regional agents in the cotton states to purchase a bale of cotton directly from farmers to keep money with farmers and avoid broker commissions. The sign in the window should read one of the hundreds upon hundreds of bales of cotton purchased by the Maxwell Motor Company at ten cents a pound.
An old advertisement warns of tuberculosis risk from green apples and promotes Eckman's Boy Look Out for Green Apples. It cites Lester Wolroth's severe cholera morbus after eating green apples and quotes his mother Mrs Pearl Wolroth of Herkimer New York praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after three doses. For sale by all dealers.
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