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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1921
Page
2
The Athens Banner lists daily and Sunday subscription prices effective July 1 1921 for various periods including weekly monthly and annual terms. Rates apply to city and mail subscribers with advance payment and prompt discontinuation at expiration.
Captain Jeptha H. Rucker, postmaster of Athens since the Wilson era, announces his retirement to rest from the burden of office. The Banner praises his long service, noting wartime efficiency and administrative improvements and wishing him health and happiness in future years.
The piece praises General John J. Pershing for daily polo despite being 61 and busy as chief of staff. It argues ongoing physical activity prevents premature aging and suggests lawn mowing gardening and gradually increasing effort to build strength.
In the American Legion Weekly, under the caption The Gold Bricker Eternal, editors attack ex-service men who push government claims for sickness and service-related costs, accusing many of succeeding in towing the government through these claims.
An American Legion Weekly editorial condemns malingerers and fraud in war claims, praising straight talk and noting the harm to legit veterans. It warns against hospital fakers, false claimants, and mercenary use of vocational training, urging posts to protect veterans’ good name and government interests.
The Panama Canal zone, once the world’s worst plague spot, is now a health model as insect pests are bred out. Clean streets, covered garbage cans, daily collection, and rapid manure composting reduce disease carriers, suggesting Athens could similarly stay infection free.
A collage of satirical lines and social observations ranges from politics to marriage, finance, and everyday life. It lampoons tariffs, peace plans, free speech, consumer bargains, and divorce, ending with cuts on reformers and scavenging issues.
The second installment of City Taxes is due from July. Taxpayers who fail to pay by August 1 will incur a $1.50 cost on fines issued against delinquents. G. E. O'FARRELL, City Marshal.
The Wendell Pills Ambition Brand are advertised as a nerve tonic to restore vigor for nervous exhausted and despondent people. Priced at 60 cents with Palmer & Sons authorized to refund if dissatisfied after the first box.
Mrs. Linda Harrod credits Chamberlain's Tablets with steady relief from chronic stomach trouble. She says after trying many remedies she found immediate relief from heaviness and pain after meals and, after two bottles, can eat anything without distress.
In Toomsboro Georgia a woman describes severe backache and headaches leaving her exhausted yet now able to work again.Her experience highlights remedies promoted for weak nervous conditions and mentions Mrs. Phil lips and Pepper products in a promotional testimonial style.
In New York a furor over the shoe trust spurred a wave of violence on the East Side with barefoot clubs and assaults tearing shoes from victims. The feature The Man Who stars Bert Lytell at the Palace, paired with a comedy, plus a CITIES SERVICE Securities listing furnished by Henry L. Doherty Co.
A reader from Macon Me describes severe stomach distress after meals while visiting Michigan relatives. She credits Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy with quick relief after taking two or three doses, noting she remained in bed but recovered rapidly.
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