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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1921
Page
4
The Athens Banner publishes a standard Associated Press rights notice stating that AP content is provided for republication and all local news is credited, with exclusive rights reserved for AP dispatches and special photographs. It outlines ownership and distribution terms to readers and newspapers.
The article calls for organizing a municipal employment bureau to aid the unemployed in Savannah. It cites rising joblessness, praises municipal services in other cities, and stresses that the bureau must match capable applicants with suitable openings, not merely assist the needy, to provide a living.
The Banner urges a county fair to unite Clarke and nearby counties. A fair would boost farmers by showcasing potatoes corn wheat oats rye barley vegetables fruits poultry hogs and cattle. With the State College of Agriculture in the area the exhibit could rival a state fair, inspiring regional producers to plan a fall show and prize displays in cooperation with neighboring counties.
A fragment from a verse and vignette collection notes a speaker who doubts his own wisdom and practical life skills. It contrasts cautious judgment with a rare, humble insight and hints at the theme of modesty overcoming boastful display. The piece closes with a dramatic aside about a winner and attention seeking.
A quiz recap listing items like Tokio population, frontispiece meaning, napery terms, flyings Dutchman omen, stormy petrels, Gladstone’s role and 1898 death, St Helena location, rod length, plus NEW QUESTIONS on rose diamond filler earth chevret Jersey cattle Jersey wool two February presidents and current largest ocean steamship, with a missing word hint.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to strengthen blood with Pepto-Mangan to increase vitality and fight disease. The copy claims overexertion and weak blood allow germs to take hold, promoting the tonic as effective in liquid or tablet form and endorsed by physicians.
Washington March 1. In an era marked by simplicity President-elect Harding will take the oath with minimal display, eschewing the pomp that has accompanied many past inaugurations. The article traces contrasts with Jeffersons modest start and notes Mohaford plans for a restrained day, with no grand salvos or militia paraders, and the oath to be administered at the Capitol if weather allows.
Palace Theatre manager issues a public alert to movie patrons. The notice calls attention to theater operations and advisory information for guests attending screenings.
A home treatment using Parmint double strength dissolved in hot water and a little sugar is claimed to ease catarrhal deafness head noises and related symptoms. The ad notes improvement may appear after the first day and asserts most ear troubles are linked to catarrh. It also mentions other unrelated items about Behold My Wife a Nebraska ore claim and Canadian social service film censorship.
A farmer in Pennsylvania unearthed two cannon balls while digging post holes, dating from a portion of the Battle of Brandywine fought near a ridge once held by Lord Cornwallis's troops on September 11, 1777, as Buster Keaton screens Neighbors at the Palace today.
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