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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1925
Page
4
Kovelacs Eve National Advertising Representatives, Frost Landis and Kohn listed with offices at 225 Fifth Avenue New York, Peoples Gas Building Chicago and Walton Building. tients Educe and Publisher noted.
A humorous piece mocks seaside fashion with vivid characters. It notes a fat man in a too tight suit, a modest mother hiding in the water, and a discarded old outfit worn by a daughter. The scene turns tense as censorship looms over a flirtatious woman.
The piece mocks rival claims by Cecil Neil J H Ennis and others as mere race for position. It jokes about four names Brown Ennis Neill and Holder possibly contending and proposes a crude straw draw or playful bag ordeal to decide who gets the backing of the machine.
A Georgia town of 397 in 1920 seizes Florida style growth as a surfaced highway attracts tourists and potential winter residents. W. Wrench, a local realtor, plans to offer small tracts to capitalize on rising land values and broader highway development. A Georgia chancellorship rumor centers on Hoke Smith, with strong support for his candidacy from Sumter residents.
A proposed constitutional convention for Georgia would begin next January if a Carlisle sponsored resolution passes. The editorial argues the state constitution is archaic and should be rewritten, but not by the current General Assembly, warning against any risky new scheme and urging caution.
Sunday papers announce a shift of the prohibition unit from Atlanta to Charlotte. They question whether Atlanta has been cleaned up or if Charlotte needs more attention, noting the relocation of headquarters. Latest Atlanta hotel quotations of about 12.50 per quart for top prewar stock are cited, while Georgia mountains remain nearby. The disparity suggests Atlanta appears dry, yet grape-vine wires indicate ample supply for those with money.
Read across Sunday editions show Georgia tobacco crop valuations ranging from 10 million to 20.6 million and 15 million dollars. The largest figure likely influenced the others reaching a middle estimate.
A prominent South Georgian was quoted saying the states tobacco crop would exceed Florida citrus in value this year. A local lender argued that citrus brings in many millions more than the tobacco estimate, challenging the claim of a 20 million-dollar figure.
A Florida builder refuses workers without chauffeurs while a nearby laborer quits a $3.00 wage for a $9.00 job in Florida. A return visit shows the cost of living and wages differ, and a friend jokes about money. A remark compares a short skirt to a bathing suit in tone.
In Americus today the town notes its second cotton bale of the new crop weighing 590 pounds and sold for ten cents round, the bride Kathleen McLendon wed William R Kennedy Quimby, and local society guests at College street home. Also, a Lee street rider caught by officers after a midnight ride into town, Windsorly named, and four typhoid patients in the city hospital improving with care and nursing.
The piece argues that Eamonn De Valera should stick to equations and critiques a California school curriculum. It contrasts the value of wealth with life, youth, health, and wisdom, then condemns a 12 subject curriculum that ignores modern practical life and trades, urging real-world preparation.
From Sunter county to Knowlton Springs Americus and Ellaville residents plan camps with Prof L D Lockhart chaperoning. First cotton bale expected this week. previous years honors went to Clege and Dodson. A big wholesale grocery company named Glover Grocery is organized to enter the field.
ENGLISH VILLE Mr and Mrs Deward Holloway and children near Americus spent Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Ruessell English. Miss Mattie Lewis Kitchens spent Tuesday with Miss Willie Ruth English, Miss Mabel Parks of Oglethorpe spent Wednesday and Thursday with Miss Haru Duke. Douglas Justice has returned to
A string of weekend visits and ongoing social ties across Olympia Florida GreensMill Thomaston Oglethorpe and Birmingham. Names include English Duke Martin McLendon Holloway and others with teacher Susie Greer elected to teach this term. A proverb closes the item.
New Era reports visitors and gatherings including Mrs. C C Rhodes with sister Mrs Bernard Bradley, Mrs W B Bradley with Mrs R P Parker, and Mrs S M Parker with sister Mrs J W Pot tie. Families attend Franklin school closing, Plains guest Miss Lucy Kate Clarke, and trips by Bernard Roy Bradley and Alva Grant to Florida.
Physicians tout Caldabs as nature’s path to health through complete purification. A thorough course once or twice weekly over several weeks may restore vitality. Advertising copy promotes Calotabs as the greatest system purifier with family packs and trial options at drugstores.
J T Bray chief of police at 705 Hancock St recalls suffering back ache and irregular kidney secretions. He used Deans Pills and was relieved. Bray's 1922 statement says Deans Pills have never failed to relieve kidney attacks. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises the remedy.
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