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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1921
Page
4
The article urges public action on Fire Prevention Day October 10 to curb annual fire losses near 300 million dollars. It criticizes insurance coverage for reducing personal vigilance, notes dangerous building conditions and careless handling of inflammables, and praises insurer inspections pushing hazard removals.
Former President Taft urged the appointment of eighteen additional district judges before a Senate committee. He emphasized that current dockets are congested and delays undermine respect for law, arguing Congress should act to expand the federal judiciary for prompt and careful justice.
The piece reports Georgia women driving the endowment drive with plans to surpass male efforts. Athens and Atlanta women set strong goals and mobilize business leaders, aiming to show mothers’ support for the University of Georgia between now and November 11.
The piece urges a federal probe to determine the Klan’s nature and legality. It welcomes inquiry by congressional authorities and calls for action by courts if lawbreaking occurs, arguing against masked vigilantism and in favor of lawful processes.
New York critics debate why Broadway productions fail to fill seats while Bowery venues host Giovanni Grasso. Italy’s Grasso argues art for art’s sake suffers from money driven choices and lack of first class companies in America. He cites European standards and urges American artists to express true heart and soul.
The Eighth district highway program expands as 125 miles are now state managed with 500 miles expected by January 1. The department recently finished over two miles on state road No. 12 from Atlanta to Augusta, removing several dangerous grade crossings. Further improvements are anticipated soon.
Chancellor David C. Barrow tours the state to bolster the university million dollar drive. He meets with Harold Hirsch in Atlanta and plans stops in Newnan Griffin LaGrange and other towns as the program nears its launch.
C. W. Filppin of Staunton Virginia credits Tanlac with ending his long struggle with indigestion. He describes severe pain bloating dizziness and fatigue before finding relief and says he now feels like a different man. Tanlac is sold in Athens by Warren J. Smith & Bros and leading druggists.
Sunday school teachers and officers of the First Methodist church will meet Friday evening at 6 30 in the baraca room. Agenda includes planning revival services starting next Sunday morning and review of the large Sunday school’s successful year.
A reader from Warsaw Missouri recounts five years of nervous weakness ending in a breakdown. After seven bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound the writer reports renewed health and urges others to try the remedy, inviting letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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