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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1921
Page
4
The notice lists Daily and Sunday subscription options at 60 cents for one month, 1.50 for three months, 3.00 for six months, and 6.00 for one year. It notes The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of AP news dispatches and local news.
Sumter county reports record hog-raising and five carloads of meat to be sold locally. Farmers shift from cotton to peanuts and food crops, with cooperative meat sales expanding. Advocates county and state wide hog production to reduce western meat purchases and strengthen Georgia’s food supply. Clarke county urged to lead, promoting meat and feed independence statewide.
The Birmingham district moves toward full operation after months at 25 percent capacity. Brick plants resume full time as demand and orders rise. Lumber and cement show stronger activity while roofing and building materials stay below prior levels. Iron trades release pig iron and foundries prepare for orders and downstream production. Hurricanes and weather lore mentioned as abstract cultural notes.
A brief poem because a father must greet his nine year old son at the office door. The verse will wait as the child waits, and the father joins him for a moment before returning to work. The note ends with the poet signing D. G. B.
A reader supplies definitions for terms like perringer derringer bezel and tincture, then lists new questions covering love-birds love-apples tibia Sicily war James Madison Sirius typography topography and post-prandial speech, asking for concise explanations.
An interview with Will A. Hall discusses molasses as a valuable feed with palatability benefits for dairy and work animals. It improves digestion, enhances feed efficiency, and promotes thirst, weight gain, and coat condition. The piece also notes issues on butter adulteration taxes, Brussels automobile show results, and U S trade guidance for Japan, plus statistics on U S farms.
Messrs Lee and J J Shubert bring McIntyre and Heath in Hello Alexander to the Colonial Theatre with a large company in two acts and nine scenes a grand scenic production. Katzenjammer Kids arrives Monday with George M Gatts directing a lively stage adaptation featuring John P Mulerew and Donald H Bestor music. Lasses White's All Star Minstrels head to the Colonial on March 15 with Spaeth Co presenting an all star minstrel show led by Lasses White joined by about fifty performers. The article notes a street parade and a lesson friendly to clergy as the drama Experience runs in major cities and comes to town under Stock and Gest with eighty two in the cast.
Travel updates show routes from Atlanta to Dalton Rome and Cartersville improving with smooth sections near the Chattahoochee River to Villa Rica. Atlanta Athens Madison Augusta corridors remain bumpy near Stone Mountain while Dixie Highway in Spalding County opens for trade and traffic to Macon.
The report notes a horse race at Blackville with Jockey involvement and mentions the Lasses White Minstrels performing at the Colonial on Tuesday March 15.
The Dixie Overland Highway is reported in good condition. The Florida Short Line from Columbus is fair. Manta Newnan Columbus route status and remarks by Cc. F. von Herrmann.
Readers describe Balboa drydock practices when gates open and water drains. Small fish pass through pump grates and are left stranded. edible species are gathered by locals and discarded after inspection.
During a recent docking a school of fish swam in. When the dock was unwatered the floor was covered with them. Men removed some, the commissary division took about 650 pounds, and between two and three tons were dumped over the sidewall. Most were recovered and swam away. The division recovered 499 pounds of cleaned fish sold as second grade stock at eleven cents a pound.
In a Hautes Gai region village the famed stone orator of Alsì sparks clashes between the Ministry and peasants. The fifteenth century artifact has been sold twice and each time buyers are met with resistance as they attempt removal, with pitchforks raised by locals.
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