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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1921
Page
2
J Ide proposes a naming scheme for car styles including touring car, coupe, sedan, brougham, limousine, landaulet, cabriolet and related variants. The list classifies permanent seats, enclosing structures, fixed tops, and rear collapsibility, describing numerous configurations for 2 to 4 or more persons.
Mage Carter found guilty in the Pearce sheriff death case and sentenced to be hanged on October 28. A motion for a new trial was entered, keeping legal proceedings in motion.
A vintage review notes the motion picture remains faithful to Anna Sewell's story while adding a small romance. The Talece theater presents the film with period-accurate costumes and decor. a 10 cent matinee for schoolchildren under 12 runs Friday afternoon.
Mary Pickford asserts pride in joining American labor and earning wages. She favors work over mere investment, stating she is rewarded by effort and values labor as noble, highlighting industry wages and personal earnings as proof.
Officials announced Wednesday that the mystery of a newborn Black child found Tuesday at 191 Linden Row near Baxter Street was solved. The mother was located and it was proved the infant was born dead. Eyewitnesses said the child was buried then exhumed by a group of Black girls and left exposed where officers found it.
The grand jury convened by Judge Robert Bland examined the march of armed men from Marmet through Boone into Logan county in protest of martial law in Mingo. It sought causes, responsibility, and potential murder indictments for deaths on Spruce Fork ridge amid the confrontation.
An autographed pink and white quilt finished on Wednesday will be sold in a downtown Marion store. The blocks bear signatures of President and Mrs Harding, Taft, Wilson, Coolidge, Hughes, Lodge, Elihu Root and several prominent authors and stars. Proceeds go to establish the Harding charity ward in a local hospital.
Nine men are known to have died and more than a score injured, with several expected to die, and three missing after a second major fire at Atlantic Refining's Point Breeze plant in Philadelphia. The Associated Press reports the blast occurred Wednesday, heightening fears for displaced workers and ongoing investigations.
CHATTANOOGA Tenn The sale of the Tennessee Alabama and Georgia railroad set for Thursday in this city has been postponed for thirty days It is understood that its second continuance will be at the request of Prince Co of Boston who are neither stops to be prospective bidder
A Wednesday report from CHATTAMUGA recounts three white girls allegedly assaulted by a Black woman. White residents at Montlake confronted the Black population, urging them to leave the area amid mounting tension.
Athens inventor A. H. Cook known as Cook the Hackman unveils a massive machine standing 18 feet tall and 18 feet in diameter. It runs on electric power or gasoline, driven by a motor in the wheels, and is described as having humanlike strength with horse power. Experts claim no rival machine matches its power. A government official in Athens inspected it and said a thousand-barge motor could pull 150,000 pounds when attached. A patent application has been filed for Cook's device.
President Harding and party sailed on the Mayflower from Southampton toward Washington. The ship is due in Washington on Friday, with the presidential voyage noted as a landing in the capital.
Milledgeville Ga J M Burke resigns as superintendent of the state penitentiary after twelve years. The prison commission had ordered abolition of the office effective January 1 to cut costs. Burke will return to Wilkinson county to run a farm.
Fragmentary text from a Waterbury publication shows odd verse lines about light and eye appeal. The readable parts mention a perforation and skirts, creating a fragmented, puzzling item suitable for a brief literary snippet in a local paper.
SANTE FE New Mexico will elect a U S Senator Tuesday to succeed Albert B Fall now secretary to the interior. Bursum has the unanimous endorsement of the Republican state convention. The Democratic nominee is R H Hanna of Albuquerque former justice of the state supreme court. Eleven proposed constitutional amendments will be voted on.
Washington policy aims to curb future unemployment by forming a permanent national framework. The administration plans a nationwide conference on unemployment as a central step toward long term job security.
Funds for a Free Methodist church home here are reported progressing well. Rev. W. F. Dick states that donations have grown to a satisfactory level and only a small amount remains to reach the goal. The balance is expected to be donated soon to begin construction.
An early 20th century ad-like passage argues waste products in blood harm health and that a product from Swittern Allens improves vitality. It touts a blood nourishment process, links to fatigue, skin eruptions, and rheumatism, and urges readers to buy the product from druggists without charge.
Pennsylvania retailers launch Suburban Day sales to lure shoppers from nearby communities The plan includes one weekly specials advertisement to draw out-of-town buyers in Allentown Cedar Rapids Indiana merchants report selling 3000 waists in two days using attractive prices and strong ads they cite astonishing fabric and textile statistics to illustrate scale and reach of their advertising campaigns
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