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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1918

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Winterville October 6 1918 Garden Club Exhibit Demostrates

Exhibit in Winterville showcases results of Garden Clubs Home Demonstration and Canning Club work under Miss Eldona Oliver with a long list of contributing supporters. Rules cover booth setup, judging criteria across multiple classes from fruit and vegetables to domestic crafts, and prize amounts up to several dollars for top exhibits and county displays.

Winterville Canning Club Eldona Oliver Litney Boley Mixs Olver Sol J. Boley Co Athens Savings Tank Athens Hardware Co Hodgson Cotton Co Webb-Crawford Co Colling & Co Davison-Nicholson McGregor Company Joe) Sons Hosier & Company Wardeman & Phinizy ‘Nifeth Impl Ment Co Almadge Bros Compan Calloway Gro. Co Davis Georgia Nat. Bink Wiler & Company Matein Brothers Sporting Goods Videns Engineering Co A. M Wiest Vite Oconee Street

State College of Agriculture vegetable and fruit judging premiums

The report details judged vegetables including corn tokra and soup mix with Eng peas carrots beets lima beans all dried. Fruits to be peaches apples and one other fruit cherry berry or pear. Containers specifications to counties. Judging criteria color flavor texture uniformity and container. Premiums listed as 3.00 2.60 and 1.00.

State College of Agriculture

German Press Bitter Over American Reply to Austria Peace Note

Copenhagen reports German press reaction to the American reply and Balfour's speech, claiming the allies aim at complete destruction of the central powers and dismemberment. Verwaerts in Berlin remains bitter and pessimistic, arguing peace by agreement is unlikely.

Copenhagen Balfour Verwaerts Berlin

Cure for Dysentery from Chamberlain Remedy

In Ashland Kansas a man recounts a neighbor praising Chamberlain's Colleant Diarrhoea Remedy for saving his daughter's life during a violent dysentery attack. He also used the remedy himself with gratifying results and notes other neighbors advised its use.

Ashland Kansas Chamberlain William Whitelaw Des Moines Iowa

Proof of Loan to Brisbane by German Source

Washington details show fifteen brewers and the United States Brewers Association contributed over 400 500 dollars to a fund advanced to Wolf Felgenspan of Newark, from which Arthur Brisbane secured a loan for purchasing the Washington Times. Palmer and German propagandist records tied to brewer interests are cited, prompting Senate Judiciary Committee scrutiny. A bilious attack ad appears, urging Chamberlain's Tablets and liniment as remedies.

Washington United States Brewer Association Wo Felgenspan Newark Arthur Brisbane Washington Times Senate Judiciary Ettotian Palmen Brixbane Felgenspan Brisbane Palmer Germany Jones Senate Judiciary Committee

St Quentin Cambrai Envelopment Plans Reported

Associated Press dispatch notes British and French forces in Picardy outlining plans to envelop St Quentin and Cambrai. British gains described near Gouzeau court and Epehy, French advance southeast of St Quentin tightens squeeze as heavy German casualties occur.

Associated Press Picardy St. Quentin Cambrai Gouzeau Court Epehy Lorraine Macedonia European Russia Volsk Siibirsk Kazan trans-Caucasia Baku

Athens Ponders Fairness of Proposed Rate Increase

Mass meeting in Athens set up a citizen committee to confer with Athens Railway and Electric Co. on its petition to raise rates. Engineer F C Hamilton explained the basis of the proposed charges showing consumers pay for service used. A representative committee of citizens was formed to report findings to the press.

Athens Railway and Electric Company Andrew ©. Erwin Athens Railway and Electric Co Railroad Commission of Georgia Athens Thhe Railway and Electric Company C . Flanigen Flanigen Hamilton Hamiltoo Ggvegg Wevenia Clteens Alexander Rhodes W. F. Dorsey W. A. Tindall F. J. Davis W. D. Heacham Harry Hodgson C. G. Talmadge F. Y. Allgood L. Grigun C. A. Scudder Upson Tarper D. P. Miller

Large Oglethorpe Farm Sold At Auction Yesterday

One of the largest auction sales of fine farm lands in the region, the John J. Callaway tract in Oglethorpe County sold at an average of 60 dollars per acre. Subdivided into 7 to 150 acre tracts, the sale drew hundreds of citizens and total receipts surpassed 107000 dollars, bid by buyers from Oglethorpe and neighboring counties. The Georgia Land Loan Co. managed by Glen Dorough is praised for the sale.

Georgia Land Loan’ Co Oglethorne County John J. Callaway Oglethorpe Georgia Land & Loup Co Witten Str Glen Doroughi

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