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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
4
The Athens Banner presents its standard masthead with H. J. Rowe as President and Editor R. C. Jones as Business Manager and F. Gelders as Managing Editor. It includes postal and subscription instructions and Associated Press rights language noting republication terms and credit practices.
The piece argues Republicans face charges of a slush fund and mocks their excuses. It asserts Democrats lack such funds, labels the party of big money, and claims voters will back the party offering protection of rights and liberties this election.
A dated immigration editorial argues for careful discrimination in admitting immigrants. It warns that unchecked foreign influx could harm American labor, noting language and culture barriers and claiming immigrants resist assimilation and foment strife. The piece calls Congress to reduce immigrant numbers.
The item lists Mercury as the presiding planet and describes a seasonally romantic stimulant made from a tree bark, mentions Albermarle Sound in North Carolina, and notes a copperhand as a dangerous North American figure.
A fragment lists varied facts and questions: the first US iron factory in New York by James Mogardus, a dale as a valley, a scale as a balance, Theodore Roosevelt’s birth, pulse as rhythm and vegetables, and misattributed literary works plus a set of trivia questions on traverse Cambria yacht voyages September jewels ramp scamp spectrum color writers, slave ships, cayuse, and nitro glycerine invention.
A reflective piece on election day ending and the duty ahead. It contrasts settled hours after voting with future efforts and rivalries. The prose alludes to historical guidance and a contrast between Work and Discipline in guiding people forward.
A historical note urges leaders to guide youth toward their divinely appointed life work. It stresses the home as seed plot for spiritual leaders, early impulses toward service before eighteen, and broad field for youth in church and nation. It proposes pastors and teachers collaborate for addresses to high school students outlining life-work fields and guiding principles.
A fragmented reader letters page discusses fall fashion plaid prominence longer skirts coats for cooler weather and hair care tips including olive oil gloss singeing for split ends and a request for bandoline formula. It also answers questions about Pearl White Blaine Hammerstein and a picnic lunch dish with a liver loaf recipe and requests for near beer instructions.
A reader letter from William Haase of West Park Ohio credits Peterson's Ointment with healing a years long leg sore after other medicines failed. The ad touts Peterson's Ointment at 60 cents a large box and promotes mail orders from Buffalo New York. Palmer & Son distributors are named and Cumberland Chemical Co advertises a nerve tonic with a free health book offer.
Open call from Circulation Manager at The Banner seeks carriers for bays and desirable routes with compensation details not provided. Submit applications to the newspaper office for consideration.
Ruling prices in New Orleans and New York show steady tones for cotton with middling at 29.25c and 31.75c respectively. Grain and livestock sections follow with mixed futures alongside Liberty bonds closing at 34s and $90.00.
Local readers are invited to visit Oliver Encampment 24 I F I on Fridays at Odd Fellows Hall Clayton and Wall. St Elmo Lodge 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at Castle Hall Jes ter building Clayton. Classic City Camp 292 W C W gathers Wednesdays at Max Joseph building. Williams Lodge 15 I O O F meets Mondays at Max Joseph building. Mt Vernon Lodge 22 F and A M holds Thursday sessions at Masonic Hall Clayton Street. Also a medicinal notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a fifty dollar reward offer for proof of cure.
American League games included Chicago 5 Saint Louis 3 and Detroit 4 Philadelphia 6. National League results feature Boston 0 New York 6 and Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 7. Southern League notes Little Rock 14 Memphis 5 and Birmingham 2 Mobile 3. Nashville 1 Chattanooga 2.
Albert Rosenblatt announces a nationwide appeal by the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society to support reunions of Jewish families separated by the war. The drive seeks funds for a new national home in Baltimore and other centers, backed by leaders like Jacob Schiff and Julius Rosenwald, with 100000 members nationwide and 500000 dollars needed.
Buenos Aires reports vigorous round ups by ranch owners and authorities across pampas provinces seeking to curb cattle rustling. 2,000 cattle recovered with brand irregularities amid warnings the trade has grown dangerous for rustlers.
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