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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1922
Page
6
The Times-Recorder published in Americus Georgia lists Lovelace Eve as editor and publisher. The paper notes second class matter status and AP news dispatch rights with broadcast and advertising representation details.
A compact moral reflection quotes Proverbs 16 3 urging dedication of works to the Lord and a life of humility magnanimity and truth. It cites Thomas Hughes praising an ideal and the call to abandon evil habits for a brave simple life.
A Prudential statistician reports over 10,000 murders in 1921, based on 28 cities with 20.56 million people. The analysis includes concealed cases, estimating about one in 10,000 Americans killed yearly, highlighting pistols as primary murder tools and contrasting with a large non-murdered majority.
Talking movies in Chicago demonstrated a new invention that lets audiences hear voices and sounds during silent films. The studio sends films to theaters where wireless phones and automatic projectors synchronize. Actors speak their lines in step with the on screen action, moving the audience toward a realistic experience.
The inventor Harry J Powers Jr and star Frank Bacon plan trials of a wireless talking movie concept. Audiences note that vocal genius often falters on screen, so a radio talking picture could fuse cinema with radio. The idea, likened to a Siamese twin of cinema, hints moving pictures broadcast into homes by wireless. This breakthrough is hailed as a major Twentieth Century achievement.
The piece notes France has rebuilt about 50 000 of 741 882 damaged or destroyed buildings and 20 000 of 22 900 factories by September 1. It cites 5 000 000 acres of farmland unfit, with 4 400 000 cleared and replanting underway. France spent 44 000 000 000 francs on repairs, Germany 4 000 000 000 francs, totaling 102 000 000 francs in official damages.
A compact recap from the Times-Recorder notes past events in Americus. It mentions a cold wave raising coal costs, the Powhatan opera at the theater, horse purchases in Kentucky, a jeweler expanding holdings, and cotton receipts plus spot prices. Also references marriages and local commerce from 1892.
A villainous portrait of a man who despises his family and village life yet seeks adoration in the city. He preaches forth The Greater Freedom while sneering at narrow minds, an ego-driven critic who remains unsympathetic to others. Copyright 1922 NEA Service.
A collage of quips about neighbors gifts and names includes J C Penny life insured for 3 million, boxing in the Philippines, family jokes on seventeen topics, and nostalgia as 1922 ends. It notes crime gaps, farming pay figures, and playful reflections on gifts customs and New Year resolutions.
Schedule figures published for information show multiple routes between Albany Macon Columbus Chicago and Jacksonville with biweekly and tri weekly patterns. Listed are arrival and departure times for Cordele Helena Cols Montgomery Albany Savannah and other points, including Pullman service and north south bound trains with specific depots and cross routes.
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