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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
4
A clipped dispatch note explains press usage rights and republication restrictions for the local newspaper. It mentions exclusive rights to certain content and credits to the press agency, with emphasis on attribution and the handling of special dispatches.
Republican leaders and supporters debate the fate of the League of Nations as President Wilson promotes Versailles era ideas. The public eyes foreign policy, trade, and how the U S should join or shape an association of nations while domestic tax concerns loom and party unity frays.
A personal commission on agriculture and distributing machinery duties reports overcrowding in the retail trade. It notes high rents and real estate costs push small stores out, while larger distributors press for volume. Merchants argue competition would lower prices if fewer middlemen controlled distribution.
Fragmentary OCR of a verse and vignette with garbled lines. It mentions a birthday, names, and personal lines but is largely unintelligible. The readable bits suggest a reflective piece with a poetic form and a vignette of individuals, though specific events or clear subjects are not discernible.
A bulletin from the Notinat Geographic Society headquarte rs in Washington outlines Central America and the Caribbean as a land divided by terrain and volcanoes. It notes a Pacific coast and Atlantic access, with nations like Guatemala and Honduras and the potential growth of nearby republics as seen from a U.S. perspective.
The article discusses Central American geography and history, noting how Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador were linked by commerce and migration, the rise of banana and coffee economies, and the formation and dissolution of Republic of Central America. It also covers art exhibits, including Picabia and Dadaist works, within a Salon with 6,900 works offered and 2,500 hangings.
The Autumn Salon opens its 14th exhibition proclaiming openness to all formulas and praising schools or trends like Cubism Futurism and Dadalem. The New Salon Societe Nationale ves Egaux Arts emphasizes modern living effort and broad reach across painting sculpture books music dance fashion and theater.
The Times reports that major powers including France Italy and Spain favor stepping in under a mandate to quell Portugal's grave internal crisis. Bolshevism is described as spreading in major towns with numerous outrages, notably in Alemtejo, and the bombing of the American consulate in Lisbon is cited as part of the unrest.
Dispatches report revolutionary movements in Portugal over six weeks. Premier Granjo and several cabinet members were assassinated after resignations as royalists seek a monarchy. Troops in Lisbon confined to barracks with uncertain conditions following repeated upheavals.
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission extended the suspension of Henry Fords proposed coal freight rate cuts on the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad. The order states rates must not be reduced until January 1 as an investigation proceeds.
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