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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1922
Page
4
The piece urges gratitude beyond money and prosperity. It recalls the Pilgrim Fathers praising liberty and home joys, then invites readers to value family health friends and love over wealth. It contrasts modest home meals with lavish dining and stresses thankfulness for distant loved ones.
A collage of insights on American retail and entrepreneurship. William Shepherd cites one store per 40 families and Wanamaker notes only a fraction succeed. overhead eats into profits while distribution dominates growth. The piece weaves society, industry, and ambitions of the era with notes on Abby Rockefeller, Conrad, vaudeville, and space thoughts, framing economic realities and speculative futures.
The February city council meeting presided by Mayor O Farrell adopted minutes and sustained an uninspected veal case against George Booth with a $5 fine and costs. Printing committee proposed splitting newspaper duties between the Evening News and the Athens Amer. Ben Heard shot in a store incident on Prince Avenue. a gun discharged injuring his arm and shoulder.
A dated editorial urges swift action by the police commission to reorganize the force and enforce traffic ordinances. It calls for heavier fines and possible stockade sentences to curb speeders, and supports broader measures to improve public safety while addressing local racial tensions and labor concerns. It cites Judge Morn ton’s enforcement role and endorses Chancellor Garrow’s views on improving conditions and jobs for Black workers.
The article recalls Thanksgiving customs from colonial times to the present, noting the turkey centerpiece, regional dishes like sweet potatoes in the South and turnips in New York, and side items such as cranberries, oysters, and pumpkin pudding. It describes table decorations with pumpkins, autumn leaves, chrysanthemums, and cider, and emphasizes family gatherings, gratitude, and the feast’s evolution over generations.
gin reporter Bonner says Jones County saw about 27 baled Xin cotton ginned locally with possible losses elsewhere. Jim Bullinkin picked up 24 bales so far and the year may end with under 75 total in the county. Boll weevil pressures have reduced output and planning for next year is under way.
W A Mallory, tax collector, announces state and county taxes now due for collection. Pennywork notices emphasize payment obligations and deadlines. Local residents urged to settle accounts to avoid penalties.
In Columbus Ohio four gunmen opened fire on two police officers early yesterday killing Patrolman Granson Nocler and wounding Officer Roscoe C Friddle. The suspects fled in a stolen car as officers exchanged shots, one gunman killed and others captured later after a report they planned more violence. The incident began when officers stopped a car stolen in Cleveland and searched the suspects, who then opened fire from the tonneau.
In a chaotic getaway a suspect fired as the car sped off wounding and killing a member of a quartet. Police pursued but details remain unclear as investigators piece together motive and sequence of the deadly shooting.
Larry Gantt discusses historical truth and the Rendered at Appomattox reversal. He argues citizens seek the verdict of history and notes Southerners' endorsement of Miss Mildred Rutherford.
Haddock High School in Gay Georgia under Superintendent C. H. Hamrick plans visiting 18 polygon trees on campus and will add shrubbery funded by about 500 dollars. The School Improvement Club and new staff aim for state support and further improvements.
Providence report notes Edd r Dowd of Columbus Ohio a bantamweight was disqualified in the ninth round of a ten round bout against Kid Williams of Baltimore. The match ended amid controversy as Dowd faced a disqualification for rule infractions in the tenth round.
Atlanta Georgia session of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan considers policy on admitting women's organizations as auxiliaries to the order. H Evans of Dallas Texas elected imperial wizard with Lyster William Simmons founder cited. Edward Young Clarke elected imperial wizard but declined, choosing imperial giant or past wizard instead.
In Lancaster Ohio Irving E Hen degon his wife Florence and their four children were found dead in their home from carbon monoxide gas. State chemists report the deaths resulted from a defective stove and not from poisoning as initially believed, after analyzing the viscera of the adult Henderson.
The passage extols national advertising as forging new merchandise and transforming nearly every industry. It argues advertising widens a merchant’s reach and, most importantly, accelerates turnover, boosting profits across wholesale and retail sectors.
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