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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
6
Mae Murray stars in The Gilded Lily a Paramount picture produced by Robert Z Leonard. The Palace screens today and tomorrow with Harold Lloyd two reel comedy.
Doraldina the celebrated hula dancer stars in Passion Fruit at the Elite for a one day showing. The photodrama centers on love and conflict in the tropics with Doraldina as Regina Dominant dancing to save her beloved. A plantation owner plots and a wrecked American is redeemed amid dramatic tribal fever.
In Atlanta on June 8 an intense citywide dispute bursts over police graft reports and bootlegging. Mothers at a Woman's Club meeting press for midnight closing of clubs and stricter discipline at dances to curb late parties and drunkenness, aided by promised traffic cops.
State enforcement claims stronger presence in Atlanta area than in other counties, with officers concentrated here. Critics note focus on mountaineers and street bums while roads remain unguarded. Mothers of young people now take up the call to curb the traffic.
In 1919 the United States saw one mother die for every 135 births and one in eleven babies die before age one. The bulletin Save the Youngest from the Department of Labor and Children's Bureau highlights these excessive mortality rates and presents the latest comparative figures.
Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 meets second Thursday monthly at K of P Hall Washington street. Oliver Encampment No 14 meets Friday 8 p m at Odd Fellows Hall corner College and Clayton streets. St Elmo Lodge No 8 meets Monday at Castle Hall Clayton Street. Williams Lodge No 15 meets Monday at Odd Fellows Hall Lipscomb building corner College and Clayton. Classic City Camp No 292 W O W meets Wednesday 8 20 o'clock Lipscomb building corner College and Clayton. Iarke Rebekah Lodge No 26 meets Tuesday at Odd Fellows Hall corner College and Clayton. Visiting brethren invited.
Six countries have lower infant mortality and 16 of 17 show lower maternal mortality than the United States. The birth death rate rose from 6.1 per 1000 in 1915 to 7.4 in 1919, with no real decline in infant deaths linked to maternal care. The New York maternity center shows dramatically lower mortality rates, and measures like birth registration, health centers, public health nurses, trained birth attendance, hospital services, and mother and child hygiene education can prevent many deaths.
Governor elect Hardwick will convene with state tax authorities this week to discuss legislative plans for the coming year. Some officials consider proposing a constitutional amendment shifting main taxation burden to incomes and finished industrial products, with a secondary ad valorem levy by the state.
The article outlines proposed changes to state and local taxation including a move to a state levy on principal items, with counties handling property taxes, potentially ending the current equalization system. It notes opposition to an income tax and discusses a proposed annual sworn rental income filing to aid property valuation, along with concerns over rapid rent increases and a forthcoming 20 to 30 percent rise on leased and vacant properties.
The advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming to treat catarrh by cleansing the blood and restoring normal mucous conditions. It asserts a constitutional remedy through the circulatory system and offers free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
A coast steamer sails from Victoria harbor twice a month along Vancouver Island, visiting Nootka and Kyuquot whaling stations. The voyage reveals whale hunting, canning, and coastal logging life, with Indian villages and cannery work shaping a harsh frontier world.
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