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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
4
The text notes second class matter status at Americus Georgia with pricing for daily and Sunday by mail and carrier delivery, plus official organs for City of Americas Sumta County and Georgia agencies. It ends with biblical and Sidney Lanier quotes about the greatness of God and marsh life, reflecting the era’s blend of civic notice and devotional verse.
Editorial notes that Liberty bonds sold at par or higher for first time since issue. Reports heavy trading and multiple million-dollar lots, with prices showing gains across 3 1 2 and 4 1 4 series. Observes predictions of par or better by treasury officials have been fulfilled and urges readers to hold bonds. Also credits Augusta Chronicle for naming new Southern poet Alice Virden and quotes her sonnet Night judged by Georgia scholars.
A fragmentary meditation on night as a realm where wakefulness and sleep blur, ordinary scenes acquire a veil of filmy mystery, and the world shifts into dreamlike ambiguity during the dark hours.
A playful fairy tale segment follows Wink and Blink as they conjure dream ingredients to bake hopeful fantasies for Tommy Brown and a pony. Comet-Legs, jealous of the Man in the Moon, seeks help from the magician Kena Meena to counter with a bear themed nightmare. To be continued.
Entries recall the Americus Coca-Cola brick building foundation on Cotton avenue and Wild trees, staff travels and visits by local residents, watermelon shipments from Florida, peaches and blackberry notes, and the Furlow Lawn Baptist church Sunday school annual picnic at Myrtle Springs with many attendees.
In a letter to a local friend Rev. Sam C. Dean formerly of Americus and now pastor of the largest Baptist church in Newark New Jersey states that he has no intention of leaving the ministry to resume law practice.
A lyrical meditation on the world as a crafted, lovelier place. The speaker finds strength in hills, calm in shadows, and the day’s end as plain yet bright before the morning blinds the eyes.
Thirty years ago today the club met at Dr. and Mrs. A B Hinkle on Taylor street with a rich program of violin readings vocal duets piano solos and a humorous reading. Arthur Rylander reports a great fishing trip with a big string of fine fellows. E P Black a leading Atlanta real estate dealer visits his father.
A wry reflection on changing social norms. The speaker notes marriage pressures and the irony of lasting happiness, joking that hesitation leads to loss. The piece comments on fashion and freedom, joking about one piece swimsuits as ill suited for peace.
Catarrh is a local disease influenced by constitutional conditions. Hall's Catarrh Medicine includes an ointment for quick local relief and an internal tonic that works through the blood on the mucous surfaces to help rid the system of catarrh. Sold by druggists for over 40 years by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
A collection of satirical aphorisms and witty quips by Tom Sims referencing global travel, fashion, politics, and society. The items mix humor about canaries on hats, wealthy relatives, and stage robbers with sharp lines about politics, tariffs, boxing, and international affairs.
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