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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1922
Page
4
Worth County boy farmers conduct campaigns to boost hog production. Ivey Williams wins with five Poland pigs fed via a self feeder. His method details a three-compartment barrel feeder, pasture grazing, and low feed loss, yielding a total gain of 672 pounds in five pigs.
H. H. Gordon Jr and committees convened at the Chamber of Commerce to organize workers and voters. A publicity group led by Chas E Martin Allen Woodall and E W Carroll was named while JH Dorsey Tate Wright Elmer Crawford organize rural precincts. Col C M Snelling to mobilize women voters. Among attendees were Dr Harris William Thompson Prof Sam Harris William Hobson and others. Election set for July with 150000 for bridges and 50000 for a Georgia dormitory to be funded.
Athens residents celebrate the opening of the Bon Ton Confectionery at 176 Clayton Street. Andrew G. Peters oversees a remodeled, mirror-lined space with a large fountain, ice cream from Costa, a 20-table service area, and in-house candy making. Mrs Peters handles decorations. The piece also extols local summer amusements at the Palace and Elite movie theaters and notes general financial worries voiced by Toombs DuBose regarding Georgia state finances.
A cryptic note describes Dubose as a broad-guage man during a term, highlighting a surprising designation and suggesting a formal appointment or role within a railway or technical context.
Dublin reporting from Associated Press states the final assault on Republican held positions in Sackville Street has begun amid heavy fighting and bombardment. The article cites ongoing clashes and renewed artillery fire as forces push toward key targets in the city center.
Fighting roars through Sackville Street as national forces advance from O’Connell Bridge toward the Parnell monument. Insurgents’ return fire weakens while machine guns comb the front of a building and press an assault on Hamman’s Hotel amid a watching crowd.
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