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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1923
Page
4
Chicago detective chief Michael Hughes discusses the principle of multiple personality as a method to uncover truth. He argues every person presents a distinct persona to each observer, making the real self unseen and often terrifying.
Henry Knott argues in Paying the Piper that daily newspapers are vital to civilization. He warns that losing newspapers would trigger chaos in business, isolation for communities, rising crime, and collapse of knowledge and prosperity, stressing newspapers as the core medium for public opinion and advertising.
Georgia hotel men and caterers were urged to celebrate Georgia grown foods and promote "Georgia made" on menus and in advertising. George L. Keen warned against disguising local products with grand terms and urged pride in home produce. The piece also notes chicken language studies and a Brooklyn divorce suit over alleged society contempt.
The Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works. All thy works shall praise thee and thy saints shall bless thee. Years do not make sages they make old men.
A compact poem renders a deep sea chantey with nautical jargon and braggadocio. It describes sails strings braces and rigging in a lively rhythm, invoking a crew marching to the helm as storms loom and the ship sails.
The article extols soybeans as an excellent cash crop, noting they feed cattle, substitute for wheat and corn in bread, and soy flour makes bread suitable for diabetics. Production costs align with other crops, bushel price averages around three dollars, and soil in the area suits growth with rising demand. It urges partial acreage be dedicated to soybeans.
A glimpse from Banner files shows Athens preparing for a new photographer, C F McDonnell of Augusta, who buys A J Myrick’s business and will operate from Myrick’s Broad Street stand after January 1. The piece lists honor roll names from Lucy Cobb and updates on water works bond coupons redeemed by council finance chair Vincent.
A word chain starts with I and progressively adds letters to form Pi Rip Ripe and so on. The puzzle yields a final tent word Impoversiga after nine steps. The note also provides a fish riddle: one head measures nine inches and a total length of 73 inches with body 36 inches and tail 27 inches.
The Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company bought the VonCannon Wall building and land at sheriff’s sale for 18 605.00. Chancey Middlebrooks, former Georgia graduate, now Atlanta lawyer, represented the insurer and made the bid. The two story corner structure on Hancock and Lumpkin was likely to cover a loan. One other bidder existed. Other sales included 34 acres in Robinson v8. Gates sold for 1000.00 to Thomas Robinson. Annie Blythe paid 490.00 for property against Sarah Harris. The Guarantee Loan and Investment Company sold property levied on by W. P. Eberhart. Jesse Davis paid 1976.00. H. C. Anderson, administrator of Mrs. Bell Anderson’s estate, sold three shares of Georgia Railway and Electric Co. stock to J. H. Hilaman Co. for 122.00 each, and two shares of High Shoals Manufacturing stock for 100.00 each, bought by H. H. Hinton.
National Baptist churches report 218,140 additions in a broad survey. The release cites growth across affiliated congregations with emphasis on new members and increasing church participation.
Twelve shares of Statesboro Bank stock were sold at public outcry Tuesday morning. Mrs. Nina Blasime, guardian for Dorothy Fulcher, oversaw the sale. Mitchell bought the first five shares for $110 each. panel bought the remaining shares for $100 to $106 each.
Henrietta Rogers will take Sara Bernhardt's place in a new play during dress rehearsal week. The Journal La reports the cast change as preparations proceed for the production’s opening.
By T Larry Gantt Barrett and Company Augusta Georgia report success of a new poison mix for boll weevil using arsenic molasses and other ingredients discovered by L D Hill of Gough Burke County Farmers fear calcium arminate price hikes will price them out of planting cotton A farmers expedition to Burke County to evaluate the mixture included Jim Morton Claude Tuck Fred Davis Tom Faivin Henry Comer Moseley and others from Clarke Oglethorpe Madison and adjacent counties.
A visiting party from Athens spent a day in Burke county examining cotton fields and farmers using the Hill mixture. They found it cheaper, easier to apply, and more productive than calcium arsenate, with yields of six bales per acre vs four with calcium arsenate and lower costs. The writer promises more on the trip in future pieces.
Baltimore reports reveal nominations for the 1925 Pimlico futurity. Samuel D. Riddle names ten mares bred to Man o War, Walter M. Jeffords six bred to the wonder, Mrs. Jeffords seven to Golden Broom, J. K. L. Ross lists mares bred to Sir Barton and Cudgel. Harry Payne Whitney tops with twelve mares nominated.
Noted actress Olga Petrova arrives in Athens for a social season highlight at the Colonial Theatre Tuesday night January 9. The former London Times reporter turned writer and star has created The White Peacock through a journey across Europe for authentic staging. The cast includes Mitchell Harris, Robert Bristoe, H. H. McCullum, Lidwilla Toretzka, Doris Carpenter and Letha Walters with Selwyn productions maintaining the original cast.
Blanche Ring and Charles Winninger star in the musical comedy As You Were coming to the Colonial theatre for a Saturday performance on January 13. The two act ten scene show promises lighthearted fun with Ring singing popular ballads and Winninger praised for natural, skilled humor.
The State Board of Education distributed 1923 education funds on a per capita basis. Clarke County receives 14 766 48 and Athens 19 868 72. Atlanta leads with 158 697 60. Savannah with Chatham 96 985 12. Macon and Riley 93 837 52. Nearby: Barrow 16 631 04 Ruger s 165 92 Winder 4 084 55 Jackson 32 115 25 Commerce 3 147 60 Oconee 15 884 40 Oglethorpe 25 606 96 Madison 29 636 24.
Ad claims Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets relieve gassy sour risings flatulence belching bloating and heartburn by giving the stomach an alkaline effect. Suggests carrying tablets in pocket chewing them anytime and purchasing 60 cent box from druggists. Mentions past experience of feeling fine with normal digestion and no headaches or constipation.
An advertisement touts a simple harmless ration that removes mucus from the intestines and relieves stomach and liver complaints. The copy claims many ailments from indigestion to appendicitis are cured and mentions a Macrs Remedy that has made a “new woman” of the user.
An Iowa Chamber of Commerce notice promotes Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion and biliousness and Chamberlain’s Salve for skin and cold symptoms. The ad touts a five cent price and urges readers to secure a package for common ailments and cough relief.
Police rushed to the Waterloo residence of State Senator William L. Sweet Monday after a car horn on the roof rang out and a skeleton key was used in the lock. The alarm frightened the intruder, who escaped without taking anything.
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