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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows a Gainesville timetable item with daily connections and times. It notes No 12 Gale ex Bun with a morning departure around 11:26 and an arrival around 6:2, indicating an intercity or local service. The text is incomplete and lacks full station names and dates.
The article reviews how street trees enhance city life, citing historical declines in New York and other centers. It promotes the US Department of Agriculture Farmers Bulletin 1209 on proper planting, pruning, protection, and municipal oversight, advocating a small unpaid commission to supervise urban tree programs.
CONYERS Ga John F A Mc Collum postmaster in Conyers died suddenly of apoplexy at his home here Wednesday afternoon He appeared in good health a few hours before his death He is survived by his wife two sons Arthur McCollum of Atlanta and Jack McCollum of Conyers and several daughters.
The Georgia State Board of Health reports intensified efforts against typhoid fever. June saw 500 sanitary privies installed in one county and large vaccine supplies used by health officers and physicians, though vaccine shortages and funding limited production. Orders for free vaccine remain high as the season peaks.
Washington reports a string of missing White House silver from teas. Engraved with The President's House, the heirloom pattern vanished, creating a delicate dilemma for President and Mrs. Harding with no clear solution. No search of departing guests is appropriate. Separately, warning issued about puncture vine, tribulus terrestris, an immigrant weed affecting tires after spreading from Europe via livestock. A California man counted seventy tire punctures from the plant.
Mrs. St. H. Cornish stood by her kitchen sink in Pittsburgh during a lively electrical storm while peeling a potato and holding a paring knife. A lightning arc caused her to collapse but she was revived after several hours with no injuries. The knife was melted and the potato fully cooked by the strike.
The piece argues cash beats sentiment for old furniture stored away. It advises dusting it off and using Banner-Herald want ads to reach thousands of daily and Sunday readers to arrange exchanges or sales.
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