The Athens Weekly Banner and Public Notices Rates
The Athens Weekly Banner outlines subscription prices of 1 year for 1.00 six months for 50 cents and three months for 25 cents with advance payment options including express post office money order or registered letter. A column note comments on current events and calls for universal military training as a safeguard against war and national disaster.
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Athens Weekly
Clarke County
Post Office
Bernstorff
Direct Distribution The Remedy of High Food Cost
The shipper should entrust selling to a local dealer but misuse in some cases lowers returns and pushes prime goods away from New York. A direct system from farm to consumer via terminal wholesale markets is proposed, with producers forming cooperatives to own local assembling rooms and ship excess to the city wholesale market.
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New York
New York State Department of Foods and Markets
No Extra Session for Prohibition in Georgia Says Voters
Governor Harris is urged to avoid an extra session to push bone dry prohibition. Voters oppose rushing new laws before the regular session, arguing funds should help Confederate veterans and noting the July start of a new federal law. They trust the upcoming legislature to act appropriately.
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Harris
General Assembly
Georgia
Athens Banner Opposes New Business Tax Proposal
The Athens Banner argues against a proposed April 1 business tax on merchants. It defends ad valorem taxation as fair and sufficient, warns double taxation harms merchants, and urges reliance on property returns to meet city needs without new levies. It notes merchants’ contributions to city growth and calls for accurate property valuations.
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Athens
Athena
Carl
Farming in England After the War Aims to Boost Agriculture
The article notes England's reliance on imported foods and argues postwar farming must expand output. It cites government funding, a drive to attract younger workers back to farms, and plans by leading thinkers to develop an attractive farming life, with strategies to reopen and strengthen domestic food production.
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England
Gold and Silver Question in World Money Chains
The article notes rapid consolidation of gold in U S coffers while European gold circulation declines. Silver hits eighty cents an ounce, highest in over twenty years. It discusses bankers and financiers fearing gold shortages, Europe’s role in shipping, and the unlikelihood of a return to a bi metal or double money standard after the war, with gold remaining dominant.
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United States
Europe
How Many More German Plots Here in America
The piece warns of numerous German plots in the United States aided by a pervasive espionage network. It asserts spies and paid agents are scattered across the country and well informed, with citizens who are not naturalized potentially involved, urging the public to expect more plots linked to Germany.
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Mexico
Japan
United States
Germany
France
Republic
America
GIVING IN PROPERTY FOR TAXATION IN Athens Georgia
Citizens are urged to fairly value personal property for taxation. Assessors do not demand full value and returns vary widely. Taxpayers should estimate and report accurate figures for money on hand bonds notes stocks and goods to fund city services and share the burden willingly.
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Athens
State of
Georgia
Probe Finds Two Newspaper Men Responsible for Leak
Congress probes the president's peace message leak and blames two newspaper men, one unpaid and one tied to brokerage firms. Lawson’s charges are dismissed. other accusations lack proof. Democrats say no criminal negligence, but expect tighter controls on state papers and closer oversight in the future. The inquiry is closed and the affair moves toward forgetfulness.
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Brobers
Congress
Lawson
Democratic Party
Canada to grant ballot to women sparks cross country pause
The piece argues Canada will soon extend voting rights to women, unsettling Britain where suffragists paused during WWI. It predicts postwar Britain may face renewed pressure for votes for women and notes wartime cooperation from suffragettes could resurface as an entering wedge for reform.
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Canada
Dominion
England
Great Britain
Exempting Farm Loan Mortgages From Taxation
The attorney general rules farm loan mortgages and bonds are exempt from state taxation. Taxation could impede capital, loans, and the low interest rates essential to the federal farm loan system. No test case is likely as the ruling protects the system’s operations and fund.
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Attorney General
Athens High School Celebrates Growth and Excellence
Athens High School has transformed from a small classical program with eighty eight students to a modern unit system with fourteen teachers two hundred ninety students and a graduating class of sixty eight. It offers five diploma courses complete laboratories and a band and military department and sends graduates to colleges across the South and North Central states.
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Athens
Washington Street Grammar School
North Central
Athens High School
University of Georgia
University
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