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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1922

Page

2

Distribution Of Preachers And Churches Across The Nation

The piece argues uneven church distribution due to denominational rivalry. It cites 1911 Colorado villages without Protestant churches and contrasts with Pennsylvania and New England towns. It quotes Dr Earl Taylor and Durant Drake, urging mergers, shared ministry, and a universal Christian love to end sectarianism.

Colorado Bej Pennsylvania New England Earl Taylor Durant Drake Jesus Christ

Bitter debate over Dyer anti lynching bill grows

The piece argues the Dyer anti lynching bill is unconstitutional and would worsen race tensions. It claims Republicans push the measure to gain black votes while Democrats oppose, warning courts cannot stop lynchings and public sentiment will worsen with new federal power.

Repub Dyer

William Jennings Bryan to Speak in Athens in March

Notice announces Hon. William J. Bryan will lecture in Athens during March at the University Y M C A event. He previously spoke in 1898 to about ten thousand on Herty Field, and he will donate two hundred fifty dollars to prize a yearly student essay on American government. The piece also notes his reduced current political activity and praises his lecturing prominence.

Opera Horse Bryan Athena

Lightfoot Larry the Restless Wanderer Ballad

A picaresque verse about Lightfoot Larry leaving home seeking distant places across the Arctic and tropical heats. He endures toil, hunger, and danger while chasing fortune and fame. He vows to roam again for a world wide life even after plans of marriage with a young girl.

Lightfoot Larry Lan

Ventilation and Child Health at Rural School

A nurse examined township students and found no contagion despite throat irritation. Poor air from tightly shut vents and a stove caused redness and thickened mucous membranes. Open windows improve health. artificial systems keep rooms too warm, hindering growth and learning.

R. H. Bishop

Stillman Divorce Costs Spark Canada Hearing Plans

New York report says Mrs Anne A Stillman seeks trial costs of 7500 dollars ordered by Judge Morschauser. James A Stillman refuses payment prompting defense to raise funds and pursue Canada hearings to access bribery and witness subordination testimony.

New York Stillman Montreal James A. Stillman Morschatser John F. Brennan Yonkers Mra Anne A. Stillman Supreme Court Morschauser Canada Suliman United States

Heart to Heart Talks on Christian Women and Charity

A devotional urging Christian women to imitate Jesus by engaging with neighbors in joy and poverty alike. It emphasizes self-examination, loving one’s neighbor, patience with ingratitude, and sharing in others’ needs, promising divine blessing when heart and actions align with faith.

Lerne Init

Infant’s fall on Lumpkin Street shocks Athens

Athens May 18 1904 reports an infant toppled from a carriage on Lumpkin Street suffering facial injuries but not life threatening. The incident prompted concern as doctors review potential Rabies exposure from a fox bite on a Winterville boy later. Major and Mrs McWhorter ill in Woodville. age details and long marriage noted. Second Baptist picnic planned at Moore’s Grove.

M'Whorter Major K. Ll. McWhorer Hamilton McWhorter Woodville Judge McWhorter Helr Major McWhorter Mre. McWhorter Mra Thin City Second Baptist Secnd Baptist Church Moore's Grove Hull Tnin

The Battle of Malmaison and Underground Caverns

A detailed account of the Malmaison operation during World War I, describing the German use of subterranean quarries and caves as defenses. It explains heavy siege artillery used by General Petain, the breaching of rock roofs, and the dire conditions inside caverns where troops fought and sheltered amid dust, gas, and constant bombardment.

Verdun hemin-des-Dames oMihad Bootes Poteau Laon Iis Chemin-des-Dames Uit Malmaison Mt Maistre Peas Guillaumet Els 404 Malmaison Mt Riga Mosxtu Aventis Caporetto Haig Antoine Ypres Craonne-Reims Zuna Noeth Sea Cigneral Malatre Petain Kallers Port Malmaison Malmaigon

Desolated Front in October 1917 Valley Under Gas Cloud

The Altertal valley and surrounding ridges faced impassable routes due to shrapnel and gas. From October 20 to 23, 1917 French artillery claimed a limited victory by October 22 as terrain was torn by shelling. Gas obscured the landscape, hindering movement of food, ammunition, and wounded toward the rear.

Altertal Ity Malmnaian Aki

America Faces Fear and Economic Strife in 1921

A collage of 1921 editorials covers lynchings and civil order, wage debates, railroad order shortages, and social trends. It argues lynching harms law and urges fair wages, notes railroads as economic arteries, and warns ridicule can slow new ideas.

America

GENERAL M RAE Is NOW HEAD OF ARMY

Brigadier General James H McRae took over Saturday the duties of General Pershing as chief of staff of the army. Pershing has been on leave visiting his home in Kansas over the Christmas holidays and will not return until about midmonth. Harbord, acting chief, left on a 17000 mile inspection tour with Assistant Secretary Wainwright, leaving McRae as acting chief of the general staff.

Washington James H. McRae General Pershing Army Pershing Kansas Harbord Wainwright General McRae

Shoe Workers Agree to 10 Percent Wage Cut

Lynn, Masa. The joint council of United Shoe Workers of America announced Saturday a 10 percent wage reduction. The agreement requires manufacturers to show that the cut will promote early business improvement. The union will press for such proof in each case.

Lynn Masa Joing Council United Shoe Workers of America

Conception of a Great Public School System for Athens

Athens education reformer C. D. Flanigen urges modern, fireproof schools with ample playgrounds, a centralized junior high, and phased expansion funded by bond proceeds. He criticizes current facilities Childs Chase and Harris areas as obsolete, calls for departmental upper-class work, and favors splitting ages, with colored schools updated on Reese Street and West Athens plans.

Flanigen Athens C. D. Flanigen I’arent Teachers’ Association Board of Education Suerte Aaser Fernandez Baxter Street Nantahala Childs Street Chase Street Harris Street Baxter Childs Scould Kevensary College Avenia Reese Street West Athens Newton Ocones East Athens Klehang Industrial School

Waterway Project Approved by Joint Commission

The International Joint Commission unanimously approves the Lakes St Lawrence deep waterway linking the Great Lakes to the ocean. Engineers estimate total cost around 252.8 million dollars pending transmission of the report to the U S and Canadian governments and then to Congress.

Washington Lakes-St. Lawrence International Joint Commission State Department Congress Great Lakes

Woman 700 Weak to Walk in Vermont Ad

Mrs L A Guimany of Union Village Vermont reports prolonged weakness and nerves, says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her energy after weeks of decline. The letter urges other sick women to try the remedy at first sign of trouble.

Union Village Mra. L. A. Guimany Vermont

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