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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1925
Page
4
The text recounts a historic newspaper notice from Americus Georgia referencing a post office matter and republication rights. It cites The Associated Press exclusive republication rights and advertising representatives. It includes a biblical verse and a Swedenborg reflection on love in deeds.
Editorial calls Georgia to act within 30 days to repeal the socialistic inheritance tax and avoid an income tax. It cites Georgia’s opportunity to attract wealth, notes Florida’s appeal, and urges citizens to press legislators, business leaders, and organizations to back a Florida-style tax plan for prosperity. A related note supports women in police work for cases involving girls.
Mayor Burtschi retired and gave each council member a box of candy as a token of their cooperation. The remark frames kind words as boxes of candy when the council has accomplished something worthwhile for the city.
A man appeared in a Cleveland court in a veteran's uniform to gain sympathy. The judge demanded removal of the uniform, and after dressing in a raincoat the man received a stiff sentence. Law abiding veterans owe thanks to the judge for rebuking the insignia degrader.
A Seattle philanthropist loaned $590 to men released from jail. Only $2 was repaid, shaking the donor’s faith in humanity and highlighting larger questions about a social system that does not always allow ex-prisoners to earn a proper place in society.
Organized car thieves operate nationwide but most thefts are by joyriders who steal for a night of pleasure and leave the vehicle. Strong locks deter amateurs, but thwarting professional theft remains difficult during the joyriding season.
Cities and counties increasingly recognize highway work has changed. With over 15 million American cars and growing, pavements must endure heavier use. Narrow roads and old 10 year bond schemes fail, leaving budgets strained as vehicles remain a permanent fixture.
In a midwestern city officials wrestle with needing 250000 immediately for playground expansion while fearing expenses. They argue play spaces protect children, reduce delinquency, and deliver long term dividends, urging smaller cities to prioritize youth facilities now.
The piece envisions crewless freighters steered by wireless rays, aerial passenger routes from New York to California, Maine residences for NYC commuting, and labor saving machines cutting the work day from 14 to 8 hours. It predicts a possible three hour work day for future generations and ponders laws prompting physical exertion to stay healthy.
Thirty years ago Bryan represented a great hope and a flaming ideal for millions. From the west he rode as a knight and sounded a battle cry for democracy that echoed for years. You cannot take that away from him, regardless of his later course. We owe something to the Bryan of the cross of gold.
A newspaper profile sketches William Jennings Bryan as a polarizing figure whose leadership is praised by some as a premier statesman and condemned by others as a prejudiced distraction. The piece outlines the sharply divided public sentiment surrounding his influence.
A New York report finds over three fourths of inmates in thirty four jails are mentally or nervously abnormal. It suggests punishment alone may not curb crime and likens torture’s history to current debates on discipline. The piece notes teachers struggling to marry as a social aside.
The former West Virginia governor argues the South should change its politics not by shifting to Republicans, but by parts of its population and elections leaning that way. He contends rivalry, voter alignment, and even race-based party strategies could alter outcomes, though he warns real change won’t come quickly.
A young American woman who went to Paris to enter society killed herself. The piece argues that most failures are smaller but stem from the same egotism of wanting social favor. It claims society is a self-appointed elite and the inferior complex drives desperate extremes, including suicide, when one feels unaccepted.
Dr. Callander of San Francisco receives an American Medical Association medal for a new method and apparatus to take body temperature. The piece notes medical ethics require full disclosure and free giving of discoveries, unlike business ethics which favors patenting and royalties.
A playful verse humorously laments summer heat and social fatigue. It notes how collars wilt and energy drains, urging a switch from grumbling to cheerful mood. The speaker proposes talking of weather as a relief and finding heat a treated matter.
Items note a goose party at city hall park for local children hosted by the Daughters of the Confederacy. The column also lists social updates including visitors, travel to Clarksville and Mt. Airy, and moves of residents. Cacophonous musings on fashion, manners, and odd bits about pets and picnics pepper the page.
A city party including Mr and Mrs Thomas Harrold and relatives left for Tybee to spend time while Marian and Anna Harrold head to Savannah to sail for Boston. Tomorrow a large American party departs on the St Augustine excursion with noted attendees. Davenport and Bacot went to Suwannee Springs. Fort Valley shipped forty four carloads of Elberta peaches valued at 52 800 this week. Mrs G O Loving returned from Colquitt and Prof William Harper, city schools superintendent, returned from Jones county where he led a teachers institute.
Mrs Emu O Brandenburg of Milwaukee Wisconsin describes severe weakness headaches and an inability to clean house last year She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength and weight She says four bottles helped in fall and four more this year and she now weighs 118 pounds and handles all chores herself.
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