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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1920
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists its publishing details with address at 175 Lumpkin Street Athens Georgia editor H J Rowe and notes it is a daily and Sunday paper. Subscription rates are given for various periods including one month three months six months and one year. It also states Associated Press rights and republication terms.
Analyzed article warns that eastern trunk lines push to restrict Southern ports by new rate zones under the Transportation Act. It argues Southern shippers would bear prohibitive costs, urges Southern congressmen and senators to scrutinize rate bills and railroad legislation before voting.
The Manufacturers Record lauds the South as a rising economic engine essential to national and world progress. It notes cotton, oil, minerals, and agriculture booming from Virginia to Texas, with the South supplying major shares of cotton, sulfur, and oil while driving wartime wealth and development.
Ital 4s outline plans to seek investments in the South claiming it as the most inviting field in America. They forecast forthcoming developments that will render the region the richest in the nation.
A compact quiz listing questions about cats, geography, history, music, and language. Includes items on Siamese cats, the Ozarks, Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Mendelssohn, Afghan Christians, the Columbia River, Oxford admitting women, loquacity, pertinacity, and farming efficiency. Also asks for famous coaches, brain-work footwear, bee writing, pineapple value, Cuban meat prep, U.S. road length, Trial by Jury, symposium, Northwestern discoveries, and passigraphy.
D G Bickers presents a reflective verse on thinking and virtue. The poem urges placing thoughts on truth honesty and kindness and notes character follows disciplined thinking. An older piece about a piece of furniture contrasts neighbors family and a connoisseur noting it as antique.
Frank J. Cheney sworn statement as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Tolent o confirms a remedy cure. Public notarization dated December 1886. Advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine works through the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Family Pills advertised for constipation.
A sermon counsel urges fixing the eye on stars not mud. Drawing from II Corinthians 3 18 the speaker notes people become like what they behold and warns against dwelling on sorrows or faults. The message contrasts gazing at decadence with choosing noble, uplifting thoughts to transform inner life.
A column cites St. Louis auction quotes for seal pelts at 165 to 180 dollars. It samples questions on armistice pronunciation, oatmeal cookie recipe, Marconi’s status, newspaper circulations, and reader letters debating eye surgery and butter prices.
An article by Harriet Boewig warns that street dust and dry dusting raise lung disease risk. It urges individuals and communities to reduce dust via cleaner streets, careful indoor sweeping, and preventing inhaled particles to fight consumption pneumonia and bronchitis.
A special dispatch notes Maryland’s political scene as evenly balanced between parties. Senator John Walter Smith seeks reelection against O W Weller, with Smith held back by his support for prohibition and the dry stance of some Democrats, while Maryland’s urban Wet core influences the race.
The article outlines Maryland’s 1920 political landscape with Baltimore’s wet status dominating debates alongside dry country counties. It notes Weller’s pro prohibition stance and the split between old-line machine factions and reform currents, plus anticipated conventions and Palmer’s Wilsonian appeal. The piece cites past statewide ballots and hints at delegation loyalties to Chicago and national outcomes.
The Athens Banner ownership and management details filed under the 1912 act list Banner Publishing Co as publisher in Athens Georgia with J J Rowe as editor and H J Rowe as managing editor. Owners named as H J Rowe T W Reed C E Martin of Athens and D G Bilakers of Savannah. Sworn April 5 1920 before Notary Claud Mahaffey.
To be happy you must be well. If you are troubled with constipation and indigestion you cannot be altogether happy. Ke Chamberlain's Tablets to correct these disorders. They are prompt and effectual, easy and pleasant to take.
Mr. C. N. Bond of Bowman declares his candidacy for the state senate from the 20th District. He is brother of the late J. F. L. Bond of Danielsville, former Madison county senator. The 30th District includes Elbert Hart and Madison counties.
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