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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
4
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Postmaster General Hays reverses Burleson policies on postage for publishers. He reopens mails to publications previously barred and refunds overcharged postage. He ends discriminatory rates, restoring second class rights to The Liberator weekly and upholds press freedom within public welfare safeguards.
The piece argues against price gouging during buyers strikes, urging consumers to pay fair prices to sustain merchants and avoid bankruptcies. It notes producers set prices, retailers seek reasonable profits, and widespread discounting harms the market, urging mutual restraint for national well being.
The Board of Trustees will convene this afternoon in Athens for the annual gathering bringing together many of the state's prominent professionals and business leaders. The Banner welcomes the board to the university and the city, noting the board's long service to education and its responsibilities for the state’s educational institutions.
The Athens lodge of Elks is lauded for substantial charity work and community impact. Its members are noted for never refusing aid and for a year round commitment to happiness and relief, with a notable recent revival reflected in many new initiations under Exalted Ruler Flatay and officers.
A verse piece contrasts stories of love and vows with a theater warning on dramatic denouncements. It notes how marriages resolve the drama at the altar, while a neighbor's sin is introduced as a recurring motif. The tone reflects a literary compact from a periodical.
A collage of quiz answers and commentary from yesterday’s Kwiz includes February birth stone amethyst, old coin values, meteorology basics, and mis-typed city and plant names. It also references Swedenborg, promontories, muskrat, muscat, headaches cures, and notes on public service and disease misperceptions.
Invitations go to 56 county commissioners of Georgia’s Eighth District for a June 17 meeting in Monroe to plan better roads, federal aid use, and district cooperation. The program features county reps sharing needs and progress, Highway Commission input, a barbecue, and a tour of Walton County roads.
W C Denny of the Denny Motor company argues that spending on an automobile yields more value than any other purchase except a railroad ticket. He says buyers gauge value by miles run and emphasize dealer responsibility for ongoing performance and cooperation between seller and buyer.
Special to The Banner reports Georgia fish laws prohibit any seine or trapping device in state waters. Only hook and line may be used from February 1 to July 1. dynamite firearms explosives and poison are crimes in all waters. Nets or traps cannot block stream runs, and seiners are forbidden in streams stocked with mountain trout.
Two garment models from The Pictorial Review are outlined here. A wool tailleur suitable for general wear, with self trim and button details, requires 334 yards of 54 inch material for medium size. A black and white gingham front bias cut dress with a white collar uses 5 yards of 36 inch check and peach plain material. Models No. 0375 and No. 9340 list sizes up to 46 inch bust and 44 inch bust respectively, with prices at 35 cents.
Former Gov Nat Harris opposes replacing local boards of trustees with a central state regents board for Georgia educational institutions. He argues local management requires a rudderless ship without a local board and cites discipline and daily operations as issues that a central board could not handle effectively. Harris supports a central board as a potential appeal channel but warns it would be costly and reduce local oversight.
Notice states E C Oldham and J Howell Brunson dissolved the Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop with Oldham taking over all business and obligations. Oldham will continue at 156 College Avenue, Athens Ga, as the Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop. Date June 9, 1921.
An old advertisement extols Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as a vital family staple for immediate use during severe colic or cholera morbus. It claims uniform success and prompt cures, urging readiness and physician access, and closes with notable quotes from Emerson and Madame Necker.
Brighton, England reports a puzzling aquarium query about mackerel swimming direction. At Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee meetings observers discussed the anglers question and a clerk proposed a solution to the perplexing movement in the tank.
Washington June 8 Conditions were generally favorable for cotton last week according to the national weather and crop bulletin. Cultivation progressed satisfactorily and chopping is complete in much of the belt, with Georgia showing good progress yet small late crops and poor stands while the boll weevil is spreading everywhere in Georgia.
Ottawa report notes Canadian dairying supports 276,060 farmers in 1919, delivering 2.82 billion pounds milk and 71.35 million pounds cream to creameries. Farmers earned 107.41 million dollars, up 24 million from the prior year, with cheese output valued at 44.086 million and butter averaging four cents per pound. Western Canada expansion, aided by government advances, reshapes farming beyond beef and wheat belts.
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