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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1921
Page
6
Official organ for City of Americus Sumter County and the U S District Court outlines mailing and subscription rates. Daily and Sunday by mail six dollars per year in advance by carrier one fifty per week sixty five cents per month eighty seven dollars and eighty cents per year weekly one dollar fifty cents per year in advance.
An editorial notes irony in moral judgments from public figures and media. It cites Prohibition enforcement, Fatty Arbuckle, and social trends, then shifts to light quips about sales events, economy, and public life, peppered with satire, songs, and snapshots of contemporary attitudes.
A Chicago firm issues zero balance statements with a cartoon bookkeeper exclaiming zero for customers who owe nothing. On the back an order blank urges resuming business by buying as usual to stimulate activity and counter slow business. The piece argues the remedy is confidence to start purchasing again and fuel economic recovery.
The Columbus Enquirer Sun weighs in on the Sumter county grand jury drawing three ministers. It argues jurors must exercise grave responsibility, thresh out matters, and decide probable guilt before indictments. It stresses that jurors should protect the innocent from humiliation and avoid unnecessary trials to save public expense.
Seven years ago there were 1.6 million cars in the United States. By New Year’s Day registered vehicles will reach 10.487 million, roughly one car for every ten residents, excluding motorcycles and tractors. The South, New England, and Pacific states show wide variation in car density, while straw hat prices are set to rise in five months.
Americus residents attended Savannah races on Thanksgiving Day as records show strong local representation. December trade opens briskly with indications of robust commerce despite low cotton prices. Licenses for gunners reach 225 as Warden McMath reports. Jeremiad of social life includes a Con versazione entertainment and Golden Chain installation. Cordele ice plant expansion adds 50 tons daily, with $20,000 investments.
A brief note marks the twenty year anniversary of a Monday morning when two papers published. The item notes a historical milestone and reflects on publication timing from that era.
Thirty years ago today on December 2 1891 reports that after surfacing 35 miles of road near Montgomery the Sam road will begin a regular schedule. It is estimated that about 12 miles can be surfaced each day.
Dr E E Parsons offers painless dental extractions with no charge if instructions are followed. Office hours are from 8 AM to 5 PM upstairs in the Commercial Warehouse Building.
The excerpt follows Cissy and Dick in a film company as tensions rise after a fiery incident. Jealousy and clashing egos strain friendship, with plans for exterior shoots at falls and a moonlit on screen scene. The narrator seeks influence and reform despite personal doubts.
Bring your old furs to Ellinor Tillman’s Millinery store for expert furrier cleaning and remodeling services. Located in town, the offer highlights professional workmanship and quality materials to refresh worn fur garments for the season.
An old advertisement explains catarrh as a cold in the head and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims the product strengthens the system, cleanses the blood, and reduces inflammation by acting through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces. Circulars are free. distributed by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
In a moonlit river scene Cissy Sheldon presses May for soul influence. May refuses to carry Cyrus toward reform, urging self-reliance. Cissy resists, declares an intended kiss, and May responds with a defiant quip about a meadow lark in fog.
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