Bread Line Borrowing Habit Reveals Chronic Shiftlessness
An article critiques small loan borrowing patterns among everyday people, noting Morris Plan Banks lend about 2,000,000 annually with average loans around 81. The piece highlights that three quarters of borrowers lack property or security and rely on endorsements. It sketches a figure who consistently borrows small sums, staying perpetually behind the breadline, a sign of chronic shiftlessness in country towns.
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Morris Plan
Alwin
Radium wells lure visitors to Isle of Pines
Visitors flock to the Isle of Pines south of Cuba to bathe in twelve radium wells. Four wells lie at Santa Barbara as hotels charge 50 dollars daily for room and board and 5 dollars for a day’s treatment. Dips are done with a canvas harness lowered into the ground, brief immersion turning skin red and even hair green for women.
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Isle of Pines
Cuba
Santa Barbara
Cobb Seeks 400 Batting Mark in Heated Hit Debate
Cobb pushes for a ruling that could raise his season batting average to .400 after a disputed hit against the Yankees at the Polo Grounds on May 15. Official scorer Scott’s error claim sparks investigation by Ban Johnson as newspapers weigh Cobb’s true hits amid a wider mix of politics and voting notes.
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Ty Cobb
Ban Johnson
American League
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Polo Grounds
Johnson
Georgia Peach
Scott
Associated Press
Wreck Delays Train Near Athens. Oldest UGA Grad Found
Yesterday near Madison and Northern freight train derailed after slipping off track causing baggage delay but little damage. In memorial notes General James N Bethune was the oldest living UGA graduate at his death, now Rev Sholer GG Hillyer class 1829 is named as the current eldest. Glenn Lodge invites former Atlanta mayor John B Woodwin to speak on Wits written work exemplifications.
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Madison
Madison and Northern
James N. Bethune
University of Georgia
Great Georgia Institution of Learning
Sholer GG. Hillyer
Glenn Lodge
Independent
Order of Oda
John B. Woodwin
Atlanta
Mr. Goodwin
Wits
City Building Boom Signals Prosperity and Civic Plans
A reflective editorial notes signs of renewed prosperity in Athens with new houses, ongoing improvements, and increased commerce. It urges legalizing and funding the Oconee cemetery as a city department, while praising the Boy Scout program for shaping civic-minded youth and community support.
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Athens
Oconee Cemetery
Boy Scout Work Builds Better Citizens, Says Speaker
A speaker urges community support for the Boy Scout organization highlighting its role in guiding boys toward high ideals, overcoming obstacles, and resisting temptations. He calls contributions a prudent investment yielding dividends of future good citizenship and urges everyone to cooperate.
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Boy Scout
Hfe
Boy Scout Organization
Nervous Wreck For Six Weeks in Kentucky Ad
Mrs. Cynthia Vanhook formerly of Stanford now in Mount Vernon says after her third child she overworked at home and became a nervous wreck for six weeks. A doctor prescribed Cardui, she took three bottles and her health returned. She urges other women to try Cardui, a mild vegetable tonic used for over 40 years.
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Mount Vernon
Cynthia Vanhook
Stanford
Vantfool
Cardus
Tam
Kentucky
Indy
Cardui
Names of Independent Candidates Won’t Appear on Ballots
In Georgia the November ballot will omit independent candidates as Attorney General Napier’s opinion, supported by Governor Hardwick, holds no independent candidate has right to appear. Thus W. H. H. Phelps of Atlanta and Max Wilensky of the fifth district are excluded from the official ballot. Republican forces in the state are planning a response.
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Atlanta. Ga
Hardwick
Napier
W. H. H. Phelps
Atlanta
Max Wilensky
Congress
Plan
Republican Ballots Printing Oppose Democratic Candidates
The text notes that Republican ballots are being printed and will contain the names of candidates Republicans want to place in opposition to the Democrats. It indicates active ballot preparation and expected listing of rival candidates.
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Republcan
Rev Acree to Transfer Back to South Georgia
Rev. George M. Acree, who has served one year as pastor at Young Harris Memorial Methodist church, is set for transfer from the North Georgia to the South Georgia conference at the November meeting in Atlanta. Born in South Georgia, Acree desires to return to this section, and friends and his own wishes support the arrangement to be finalized in Atlanta.
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Lloyd George
America
England
Young Harris Memorial Methodist Church
George M. Acree
North Georgia
Atlanta
South Georgia
Acree
Sunday School Rally at Free Methodist Church on Oconee Street
A Sunday school rally is planned at the Free Methodist church on Oconee Street Sunday October 29 at 9 45 a m. The event coincides with Temperance Sunday and a program has been arranged. All school members are urged to attend and the public is cordially invited.
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Free Methodist Church
Oconee Street
Fragmentary medical ad hints at bladder and kidney treatment
Vague OCR style ad mentions severe bladder pain and possible kidney trouble. References to operations, remedies, and quick relief ideas appear alongside garbled names and locations such as Tarkio and Montana, suggesting a mid century medical advertisement with uncertain details.
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Hensy
Tarkio
Montana
Foley Koo
Special Nol City Taxes Third Instalment Due Date
The notice states taxes are due from November 1st. Payers who fail to pay by November 1st will be charged a late fee. A cost of 1.50 is added, and action may be taken against all cited entities for nonpayment.
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Associated Press
Andrew C. Erwin
Athens Publishing Company
Athens Panner
Czechoslovakia
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