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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
2
The Athens Banner urges readers to support the war effort through food production and stability, urging increased vegetable planting and canning for winter. It praises Uncle Sam, Russia’s resolve, and the Allies, linking scripture to homefront duty while noting the Kaiser’s ambitions and American commitment to liberty and humanity.
Mrs J F Dunstan of 362 Dougherty St Athens cites seven years of kidney back trouble cured by Doan's Kidney Pills and urges others to try the remedy. The ad targets local readers and promotes the Buffalo Foster Milburn product through a benefitting testimonial.
The piece urges every American to support Wilson's war appeal by doing full share in labor and sacrifice. It highlights South’s role in farming for food, calls for reduced cotton and increased food crops, and stresses government aid to farmers, seed, labor, and machinery to ensure large harvests and national food security.
The piece protests Mrs. Woodrow Wilson’s plan for simple living and cutting household expenses. It argues the president, doing a man’s work amid crisis, must receive adequate nourishment and support, even as the public adopts frugal living. It stresses the leader’s needs above personal austerity.
The speaker praises the first lady for exemplary restraint and states she will likely provide the president with what he needs, underscoring a national standard of prudent leadership and support.
Clarke county rural districts face a proposed property tax outside Athens to fund four extra months of schooling. Supporters say the light burden, about one dollar for every four hundred dollars of property, will deliver schools equal to city children and avoid burdens on poll tax payers. Local citizens urged backing to give rural children better opportunities and a stronger future.
The article argues the United States must prioritize safeguarding food and munition supplies to support Allied forces and feed its people. It cites a Minnesota wheat elevator fire as a costly loss and warns of further explosions and calculated attacks as part of wartime economic warfare. It urges strict guarding of grain depots and water supplies nationwide.
The message urges Americans to focus on food, money, munitions, and men as the nation declares war. Citizens should plant seeds, support food production, pay taxes or bonds, fund the war, and ensure factories and armed forces are prepared for home defense and overseas service.
Before the war, South America appeared hostile to the United States. Now the republics are waking to reality, recognizing their security lies in Northern cooperation. Most of the Western Hemisphere is aligning against Germany, with the American front growing stronger. Mexico may delay, but unity across the region is likely.
Judge Newman urged defendants to plead guilty at the November term if they plan to return home to work crops, arguing they are more valuable to families and the state than jail or army. The grand jury returned twenty true bills and six no bills, all related to moonshine offenses. The term will feature the Himmelberger Harris Lumber Company land condemnation case and numerous other land deals, plus the Chancey forgery and mail fraud cases. Present were Judge Newman and several district attorneys, clerks, and officials. illness kept some away.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce sent a wire of loyalty and support to President Wilson as the nation faced a crisis with Germany. The White House replied with thanks, stating the goodwill helps reassure the president and keep him in heart.
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