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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1921
Page
4
The Associated Press notice details new subscription rates effective July 1 1921 for the Daily Banner and Sunday issue including weekly monthly and annual options. Rates apply to city and mail subscribers with advance payment and can extend duplicative Sunday Herald payments.
A proposed bill to centralize all state printing under the state superintendent is debated. Critics note the superintendent claims saving twenty thousand dollars annually, far below the proposed one hundred thousand. Skeptics warn against eroding department individuality and efficiency.
A local parking plant at Moultrie in Colquitt County was bought by Swift and Company, a major Chicago packer, a move that has greatly boosted the livestock industry. The surge in livestock elevates soil fertility, contributing to a thriving era of prosperity for Colquitt and its sister counties as they leverage regional advantages and enrich their virgin soil through livestock.
The piece notes a rapid drop in merchandise prices over the past year, forcing merchants to liquidate at losses to avoid bigger ones. It discusses bankers’ reluctant yet liberal aid, the value of goodwill, and the public’s shift to prudence. With old stock cleared and debts wiped, merchants can move forward as enterprise improves.
Editorial notes the U S Mint starts coining 270 million silver dollars to replace coins sent to Great Britain. It questions future circulation and jokes about the hefty coins, while touching on Harding, Colquitt County growth, farm lands value, and various political and social observations with period tone.
In Riga and Reval Baltic towns Russian nobility and refugees face starvation as wealth vanishes. Princes, counts, and barons sell jewels and tapestries to buy bread while educated refugees seek any work, including stenography, to survive. An American reporter notes applicants include former colonels, factory managers, and officers ready for decent labor.
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania a hunting party including Moses Ernest Levy Alva Ladlee and Perry Pine was fined $500 plus costs for killing a deer out of season. Moses and Ernest Ladies pled guilty and paid $190 each and costs. The others appealed, were dismissed, and fined $100 each and costs after hearing before Judge Samuel F. Shall.
Neva Sherman of Migs, West Virginia, recalled an apple seed lodged in her daughter's ear for 12 years. A household probe failed to remove it. recently Dr. E. RB Miller in Harrisonburg, Virginia, extracted the seed, found as firm as when first lodged.
The article notes that producing a ton of hard coal costs two and a half to three times more than mining a ton of bituminous coal due to deeper beds thinner seams and steeper inclines in hard coal deposits.
A four year old chimpanzee named John Willie, a household pet of a London resident, eats with human-like grace and exhibits intelligent traits. He is depicted above writing his life history in a framed scene.
A lengthy list of attendees includes Mrs W H West of Greens on W Ross Macon J Harrison of Augusta J L McClerdy Culverton A W Brooks Marshallville N Miller Albany W B Cox Gathenville J D Davis Jr Macon E L Lawson and Mrs Daylysi Lawson Fiovilta Mr and Mrs J P Glover Rome Cleveland Master Macon J B Kenough and others from Atlanta W L Prite J D Hurt Jr L Hattaway F P Boyt J W Bowden J F Hammond K P Horria C K Henderson R A L Edwards Mr and Mrs W F Winburn L N Moore and Mr and Mrs Paul Renter T J Thagard T C Hayes C J Metz A V Kaocher Edgar Gerger Jr G W Cain B A Loveman BE H Lawson and C E Beekston.
Milton E Alles, once a penniless Shelby County Ohio youth sweeping and staffing, rose through the Treasury to become president of Riggs National Bank. Charles C Clover was elected chairman of the board after long service as a vice president.
A fragment from a dated quiz recap with ten questions covering myth, history, geography, and language. It includes names like Henry David Thoreau and Sisyphus, asks about keratin and the Colorado beetle, and ends with an advertisement testimonial from Mrs. Linda Harrod praising Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach distress.
The ship Wisdom from Los Angeles with 20 crew members, including officers and film men, reached Pagopago. Six Tahitians joined as sailors while six left Tahiti earlier. Captain Edward Salisbury commands the vessel. Captain Salisbury briefly checked into a naval hospital. The voyage will visit the Marquesas and New Hebrides before heading toward the Far East and India. Flag day marked the twenty first anniversary of the American flag in Samoa with races, a tug of war, and a band concert. Chief Satele urged support for local administration.
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