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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
4
The Athens Banner publication details include its address at 175 Lumpkin Street, Athens Georgia, and staff notes with editor H J Rowe. It lists subscriptions, delivery reminders, AP news credits, and a brief literary quotation by D G B about influence and virtue.
The county commissioners voted Tuesday to build a temporary wooden bridge to replace Mitchell’s bridge washed away earlier. It aims to keep the main highway open to Athens and meet broad citizen endorsement, with plans for a modern, lasting bridge. Paving to Sogart road is advancing. engineers use top materials. Clarke County funds the work through bonds, expecting paved main roads countywide and new steel bridges to boost land value and public convenience.
President Flanigen of the Rotary Club urged issuing bonds totaling 200000 for school needs. He argued Athens public schools are a key asset, needing four white and two black buildings plus playgrounds to handle rising attendance. The Rotary Club pledges active support to fund future facilities and grounds to prepare for enrollment increases.
The listed questions cover common knowledge from early 20th century trivia. Items include April showers lore, notable birthdays, definitions like hedge and benefaction, authorship of Little Lord Fauntleroy, Roebling family, effects of Prohibition on dancing, and questions about jolt-head, side-saddle flower, northern newspaper circulation, and silk versus cotton garments.
Road conditions around Atlanta on April 7 1920 show drying but remain very bad with mud holes and washed away small bridges northward. Routes to Augusta Macon and Columbus are deeply rutted and impassable. South toward Macon and La Grange may improve. highway weather report ends April 10 for summer with local rains.
A compact notice presents a sermon series led by Elam Franklin Dempsey D O for a church audience. The entry names the preacher and the program title, signaling upcoming talks and spiritual instruction.
Zion's Herald highlights a Wilson era exchange on divine providence with Walsh and Dunne. It quotes President Wilson affirming faith in divine providence and personal risk, and surveys Charles Reade's Christian themed fiction praising Bible rooted belief and evangelical religion. It notes tender passages and epitaph lines about resurrection and salvation through Christ.
The article describes making a saturated oxalic acid solution labeled Poison with four ounces of crystals and water, warns to avoid contact with fresh cuts and children, and advises carpet grease removal by softening with oil then using gasoline or turpentine with a stiff brush, plus a note that Gloria Swanson is married to Herbert K. Sanborn, president of Equity Pictures Corp.
A jumble of Q and A lines covers topics from a young woman seeking parental understanding to steam temperature and flow rates and marriage license rules. It presents advice on independence and social limits for eighteen year olds, details steam temperature at various pressures, and notes that marriage licenses are required in all states except Alaska.
Cordele Georgia resident Mr Sim Grimsley reports his system felt run down but improved after taking Ziron Iron Tonic. He says appetite returned, headaches faded, and overall health improved with increased energy and color in the cheeks. The tonic blends iron with phosphorus nux vomica lime and soda and offers a money back guarantee.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Hitchcock's Liver Kidney and Blood Powders to boost resistance to influenza by cleansing the liver kidneys and blood. It also promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria preventive. The piece ends with a Chicago quotations table of May June and July prices for corn May l.63 to 1.64 etc and other commodities like oats lard pork ribs with varying highs lows and closes.
The health bulletin urges simple rules to prevent colds. Dress sanely for weather and get daily outdoor time. Open windows at night, walk daily, eat simple meals, and keep bowels open. General health boosts resistance to illness and may extend life.
Market report shows tone steady for middling cotton at 42.50c in New York. Spot summaries list Athens 43.75c, Atlanta 43.50c, New York 42.50c, New Orleans 41.50c, Galveston 43.60c, Savannah 41.50c, Houston 42.50c, Augusta 40.75c, Mobile 40.25c, Charleston 41c, with various exchange levels and closing figures across months and contracts.
Mrs. Benjamin F Blakeney of Decatur Illinois reports Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best medicine for colds and coughs used in her family. She says she gave it to her children for croup and has used it herself.
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