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Newspaper

Americus Times Recorder

Location

Americus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1925

Page

4

Copyright notice on republication rights and ad reps

The notice reserves republication rights for all Associated Press dispatches and local news, and lists national advertising representatives Frost Landis Kohn with addresses in New York Chicago and Atlanta. It states all rights of republication for special dispatches are reserved.

National Advertising Representatives Frost Landis & Kohn Fifth Avenue New York Peoples Gas Bidg Chicago Walton Building Atlanta

Faith and church notices from a Sunday bulletin

A Presbyterian and Calvary church announce Sunday school at 9 45 a m and services at 11 a m and 7 p m with a welcome to all The Christian Science Reading Rooms list hours and offerings and Lula Hay as teacher The B Y P U meets at 7 p m with evening worship at 8 p m and baptism planned Two special musical programs accompany Sunday services including solos hymns and choruses

Lula Hay

Editorial argues state highway reform needed for bond issue

The Thomasville Times-Enterprise urges freeing the Highway Department from politics and running it like a business to win voter approval for a state road bond issue. It praises engineer Warren Neel, notes friction with the highway chairman, and suggests resignations and new appointments to restore public confidence before a bond vote. Albany celebrates a new fireproof hotel named for General John B. Gordon and a special Herald edition, signaling growth and Georgia’s appeal to travelers and business.

Thomasville Holder State Highway Department Anderson Warren Neel Neel Commission John Holder Albany Hierself South Georgia Florida Georgia Americus Americas The Herald

Slow and steady weight loss advised over extreme fast

Mrs Lillian Baldwin of Los Angeles dropped from 237 to 180 pounds during a 50 day fast. The advice urges against extreme fasting and promotes careful eating and exercise to lose weight gradually, emphasizing health as a priority and warning that tearing down is easier than building up.

Lillian Baldwin Los Angeles

Truth in Victory Over All Things Engraved Public Library

A reflective PA article notes a New York public library inscription proclaiming truth triumphs over wealth intolerance superstition and demagoguery. It cites Carlyle on the French Revolution proving a lie cannot endure and asserts truth will still emerge despite efforts to bury it.

New York Carlyle

Each Signatory Clash in Versailles Reply to German Pact

A French reply to the German security proposal stresses that the Versailles treaty remains in force and that each signatory must enforce the treaties independently. It argues that the word each undermines joint action, threatens peace by allowing unilateral decisions, and eliminates recourse to the League of Nations.

Von France Europe England League of Nations

Birth control debate stirs Swedenborgian church factions

The Swedenborgian church joins others in heated discussion over birth control. Traditionalists decry interference with death, while reformers argue for managing birth via medicine, sanitation, and public health measures as progress reshapes society. The piece notes the broader clash across creeds over modern birth practices.

Other Days in Americus Ten Years Ago Today

The Times-Recorder notes a paperless publication day in 1905 Americus. Items include a proposed new passenger station and electric street railway, Col Zach Childers’ 148 hour stay at Myrtle Springs, Clara Willie Prather’s Savannah visit return, engineer Charles Specs injured in a Frisco head end crash, Walter E Murphy and family visiting from Tuscon, cotton at 10.5 cents, and a ball game between the fats and leans with humorous antics by Tee Hansford.

Americus Zach Childers Myrtle Springs Clara Willie Prather Savannah Charles Specs Amerius Frisco Memphis Birmingham Walter E. Murphy Tuscon Arn Tee Hansford

Thirty Years Ago Today in Americus

The Times-Recorder notes a joyful reunion at Mrs Patton's home four miles west of Americus with over eighty descendants gathering to honor her. Visitors Miss Floy Burt of Atlanta and Miss Kate Brown of Macon are expected to stay with Mrs W P Burt. A cotton mill site search in Cincinnati ends without official follow up. Americus nears twenty thousand dollars for mill investment. Miss Annie Belle Roney visits Macon and heads home. Justice Oliver presides as Miss Amanda Ketchens wed R M Moore. A Bohemian glass cutter notes that nitric acid corrodes glass in a notable etching discovery. A riddle about a live glacier and a tautological moral debate closes the item.

Times-Recorder Patton Americus Floy, Burt Atlanta Kate Brown Macon W. P. Burt Cincinnati Annie Belle Roney Florence Glenn Justice Oliver Amanda Ketchens R. M. Moore

Area Church Services Include Multiple Congregations

Lee Street Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m and services at 11 a m Epworth League at 7 15 p m Junior Missionary Society also at 7 15 p m Evening preaching at 8 o clock Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8. First Methodist Church lists services at 9 30 Sunday school and 11 a m preaching by Rev Theo Pharr and 8 p m by Rev E M Overby with Leagues and Junior Missionary Society at 7 15 p m A cordial welcome to all Central Baptist Church schedules Sunday school 3 30 a m morning worship 11 and evening worship 8 with the sermon A Religion of Acts and a later sermon Applied. Bow blessed at 7 o'clock.

Vulpic Our Church Calvary Church James B. Lawrence Holy Communion the Church School William M. Haywood Epworth League Junior Missionary Society First Methodist Church John M. Cutler Theo Pharr Shellman E. M. Overby Americus P.m. Junior Missionary Society Central Banist Hoke H. Shirieyo Nastor

Witty maxims on life and love from a playful voice

A string of humorous aphorisms on drinking, aging, love, fashion and common sense. It pokes fun at chaperones, porch swings, life insurance, kissing, vacations, and problem solving with a light tongue in cheek tone. Many lines sample everyday quirks and social norms.

First Baptist Church Sunday School and Services

Joe M. Branch is pastor with Sunday school at 9 30 led by T F Gatewood superintendent for all ages. Lesson study covers Acts 14 8 20 under the topic Triumphs of Missionaries. Morning worship is at 11 a m with other notes indicating ongoing pastor involvement.

First Baptist Church Joe M. Branch T. F. Gatewood

Property Seizure in Americus for Roberson Mortgage

Legal Ad No. 8583 announces a public sale of M. F. Roberson property at the Sumter County courthouse on August 4 1925 to satisfy a secured debt of 350 principal plus 8 interest. The house and lot at 519 Mayo Street, Americus, described as Mayo Street west side, bounded by J W Shiver Virgil Pettis and R S Broadhurst, will be sold to highest bidder under a security deed recorded in Deed Book 3 page 21.

Georgia Sumter County M. F. Roberson Mamie B. Sheppard Mayo Street City of Americus Mayo R. S. Broadhurst Eldridge J. W. Shiver Virgil Pettis M. P. Roberson Shipp & Smith

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