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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
8
The drive promotes a 150000 extra votes per $20 subscription, with tiers to 750000 votes for $100, running Aug 29 to Sept 10. It touts prizes including a $3150 Lexington, a $2000 Columbia, and an $850 Chevrolet, urging clubs to recruit, collect, and send names for on-site calls.
W C Denny departs Athens Thursday to assume the sales manager role in Macon. He has long been Athens automotives booster and a key figure in local trade and advertising. His departure marks the loss of a prominent booster and longtime associate in the vehicle trade.
Examinations for students behind in studies will be held next week on Wednesday and Thursday. The schedule lists subjects including history and reading with specific rooms and times. A separate notice promotes sale of bundles of old newspapers at The Herald Office.
Judge R C Orr, Clarke County ordinary, notes white marriages in Athens and Clarke County rise consistent with prosperity, while among Negroes nuptials drop as economic hardship deepens. Marriage licenses remain $2.25. Orr cites code minimums and past prices, predicting renewed demand with rising prosperity and new church opening.
Electric signs brighten Athens as Broad Street and College Avenue glow with displays creating a metropolitan feel. Lumpkin Street marks eastward exposure to growing illumination including a Bud wine sign at Lumpkin and Washington. William Fox announces the purchase of Whatever She Wants a comedy by Edgar Franklin, noted playwright of stage and screen.
An OCR fragment describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as aiding those in a run down condition by reducing inflammation on mucous surfaces and restoring normals over time. It cites a blood purifier function and mentions Teele and Ohio with unclear connections in the passage.
In Clarke county notes a quiet month, post office box keys left in doors, and Pop’s emporium Q room lore. The piece jokes about fall business, university openings, and local police boredom as the City of the Dead gains freshmen interest. It also mentions a McCutcheon novel title and a quirky Indiana love story.
John McMullen, 73, known across the West as a contractor and corporate organizer, died at his home in Walk, Conn., on Sunday, according to Tuesday advices. The item notes his prominence and obituary context in an understated wire-style report.
An ad piece arguing that true class in advertising is purchasing power. It claims The Banner, The Herald, and Banner-Herald reach over 6,000 readers and more than 18,000 buyers daily and on Sunday, spanning diverse buyers. It asserts advertisers must cultivate this mass audience to influence Athens market spending.
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