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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1922
Page
2
An advertisement touts No-To-Bac tablets as a simple solution to quit smoking or chewing tobacco. It claims instant relief from cravings, financial and health benefits, and guarantees a refund if the product fails to free the user from all tobacco craving.
The Gray sisters, Norma Talmadge, and Harold Lloyd headline the Palace with a riotous three days of hits, new songs, dances, and costume changes. Norma Talmadge debuts in The Wonderful Thing while Harold Lloyd steals laughs in Never Weaken, as crowds pack matinee and evening shows.
Yesterday at the theatre Misa Talmadge displayed notable talent in comedy and emotional acting. Lydia Hoyt and Norma appeared in unexpected roles. the finale shifts to thrilling, rapid humor. The Palace offers a Saturday matinee of The Little Princess with Mary Pickford at 11 am for women and children.
Women admire a happy, buoyant disposition in men yet suffer when ailments like headaches and backaches strike. The paper features letters from women aided by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound after doctors and medicines failed, suggesting readers try it.
London reports Ahmed Mirza Shah of Persia, aged 24, boasts he rivals Omar Khayyam as a poet while showing interest in Western methods. He founded the Imperial Sports Club in Teheran and speaks English French and Russian. His father Mahomed Ali was deposed in 1909 for attempting to curb constitutional reform.
Berlin reports a sharp rise in German bankruptcies for 1921, with about 3,100 cases. The figure marks a heavy increase from the previous year, reflecting ongoing economic hardship and inflationary pressures across the country.
A fragment notes a quick remedy labeled for colds and fever. It touts a speedy cure and references La Gripne as part of the description, though details are incomplete.
The article notes a transition from traditional seamen to highly trained mechanics in the prairie states era of modern naval ships. It cites $40,000,000 battleships, machine shops, and electric driven floating forts. It mentions the Great Lakes naval training station costs and wartime factory spending, plus leadership changes and Salvation Army remarks on heathens.
The Georgia supreme court ruled that the cattle tick eradication law is constitutional, upholding the legislature’s police authority and quarantine powers in enacting and enforcing the measure. The decision stems from a Colquitt county case and confirms the state’s right to enforce the program.
Judge Samuel Sibley of the United States District Court ordered that cattle owners in Union and Fan nin counties pay the required grazing fee and restrain cattle from running at large in government forest reserves until regulations are met. The ruling addresses conflicts between state grazing laws and federal orders, noting Georgia requires land to be fenced against cattle rather than cattle being fenced in.
Soperton promotes a March 4 auction of 40 fine registered Hampshire hogs from Hall Hampshire Farm. Sale starts at 1 pm after a Georgia barbecue at noon, with Col F H Hullock and fieldmen Bert Parr L W Traer H B Ralls Jr listed as auctioneers and organizers. Local interest centers on Trentién County farmers buying top hogs to boost growing and marketing profits.
Swedish advocates push bills to move toward dry status or regional bans. Both houses favor a consultative referendum on prohibiting alcohol but parliament must approve any final law. One proposal would allow municipalities to ban sales, mirroring U S. prohibition lessons while Sweden debates temperance and monthly purchase limits.
London boxing fans expect four home champions to defend titles in the next two months. Carpentier may return to the London ring facing Joe Beckett on March 27 for the British Empire middleweight title. Arthur Wyns is set to meet Belgian foe in a postponed featherweight bout. Roy McCormick, who lost to Ted Kid Lewis last November, may appear in American ring plans with Ted Lewis contest.
Waycross Georgia plant managed by W H Baxley begins its second year with an enlargement to add 80 by 100 foot extension and new machinery. Daily capacity rises to 3000 bushels of sweet potatoes as the firm seeks 300000 bushels from farmers at forty cents per bushel. Harvests include potatoes tomatoes beans blackberries and pears though supply of vegetables and fruits remains uncertain.
The Associated Press reports the middle West may lose its sole naval training facility at Great Lakes Illinois as disarmament progresses. Wrecking crews near completion of destroying wave time camps used by about 100,000 apprentice sailors in 1917-1918 follows plans to reduce naval forces. Training could shift to Atlantic and Pacific coasts, stirring opposition from officers who rely on Great Lakes for high reserve capacity and significant wartime training.
The Lincoln Memorial at Washington, complete after a $2,000,000+ effort by the Lincoln Memorial Commission, will be dedicated soon with Chief Justice presenting and President Harding accepting on behalf of the nation. Daniel Chester French’s 22 foot Lincoln statue dominates the central figure amid bronze doors, beams, and vast marble interiors showcasing enduring design and materials for a lasting shrine.
A brief public notice announces delivery arrangements for missing banners. It directs readers to call phone number 75 to ensure a banner is delivered promptly by eight o clock in the morning. The item is terse and instructional, focused on prompt service.
An aged advertisement fragment promotes My-Tista as a distillate for antiseptic use and pain relief for infected sores tetter sprains neuralgia rheumatism and related conditions. The copy emphasizes topical application and claimed quick soothing effects.
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