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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
4
An editorial urging readers to consider two broad views of the town and its people. It discusses boosters who champion progress and taxation views that favor public services, alongside conservative property advocates. The piece warns against intolerance and urges citizens to value diverse opinions and cooperation to keep the town advancing.
The article discusses the Messenger airplane by Lawrence Sperry Company, noting its 623 pound weight without fuel, 60 horsepower engine, and claim it travels faster than trains with easy one handed starting. It envisions air transport replacing autos, compact design, and potential garage solutions, plus remarks on gravity and three dimensional movement. It also covers a New York rent ruling favoring replacement value, a Gainsborough painting sale in London for about 663,009 dollars, and a reflection on the value of assets versus replacement costs.
The University of Georgia faculty pledged 23739 toward the War Memorial Fund with a 100 percent resident-member response and a special 10000 gift from the Agricultural College faculty and trustees. The drive notes heavy loyalty amid low salaries and aims to reach quota despite boll weevil pressures, with Emanuel County and Athens leading contributions and Columbus, Savannah, and Clarke County near or past their targets.
Last Saturday proved one of the great weekends of the football year with a flurry of big games producing surprising results. A string of upsets shook the slate, highlighting unexpected outcomes and dramatic finishes across key matchups.
Bloomington Indiana reports a collection of over two hundred unpublished John Ruskin letters edited by A M Brooks of Indiana University. The letters span twenty five years to his close friend William Ward of Richmond Surrey England. They cover art economics literature and more reflecting Ruskin’s life and views.
Seaboard will run a temporary ticket office at Costa's this Friday October 28 offering reduced price tickets to Columbus for the Georgia Auburn game. Buy tickets to ease depot congestion. Students and friends may stay in Columbus overnight or depart Saturday night 7:30 arrive Atlanta 11:26 P M and return to Athens on Sunday trains including S A L No 12 leaving Atlanta 8:25 P M.
The text describes Ward's ties to Ruskin through an established workingmen's association, illustrating their collaboration with various drawings in Ruskin's own compiler. It highlights the mutual emphasis on labor and social reform linking Ruskin and Ward in an early cooperative effort.
The fragment describes a collection organized to demonstrate Ruskin’s economic ideas with Professor Brooks asked to edit letters by William Ward Jr., son of Ruskin’s friends, and notes a close associate involved in the process.
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