Opening SCHOOLS in Athens Show Strong Attendance
Athens schools report record attendance as last year’s financial stringency yields no drop. City and state institutions including the University and Lucy Cobb Institute see crowded conditions, boosting calls for bond issues and a new endowment drive. Alumni urged to rally for a million dollar endowment, aiming to complete by Armistice Day.
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Athens
Georgia
Bond
State Normal School
Lucy Cobb Institute
General Assembly
Unemployment Debate Reflects On Jobs And Public Work
A historical column argues unemployment is overstated while noting many transit between jobs and suggesting public works and employment bureaus as remedies. It emphasizes cooperation, fair wages, and government oversight to reduce nonproduction losses.
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Eryorea
Woman's civic work and Arkansas City council effort
The Arkansas City Chamber organized a Community Service Council of 170 women to advance public work. Their goals cover health, welfare, a women's employment bureau, sanitation, and beautification. The piece argues for combining women's idealism with men's practicality to drive community progress in Athens. One and a half cases of love make one case of divorce.
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Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas City
Kansas
Athens
Georgia Sweet Potato Growers Meet Plans Cooperative Marking
In Macon Georgia officials from state and university approved a plan for cooperative curing and marketing of Georgia sweet potatoes. Prof M C Gay led the session with county agents and local growers pledging to join the Middle Georgia Sweet Potato Growers association. Railroad and county agents pledged support. future elections and sales decisions to be set by the association directors.
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Macon
Georgia
Dempsey
M. C Gay
State Agricultural College
Middle Georgia
Middle Georgia Sweet Potato Growers’ Association
Professor Gay
H. W. Bingham
Sandersville
Gay
R. P. Howard
Eastman
H. J. Prance
Metter
T. L. Ashum
Augusta
Mark 3
Womach
Mont
Better Business Seen By Governor Of Reserve Bank
ATLANTA Ga Increase in the price of cotton was due to credit offered by the federal reserve bank and private banking concerns as much as to the short crop for this year according to the governor of the reserve bank who spoke on economic prospects.
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Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank
Campaign for touring cars heats up in Banner Herald
Intense interest spreads as candidates in Athens and surrounding areas join a vote race for three touring cars. Readers see each name with current votes, note transfers are not allowed, and coupons plus subscriptions drive votes. Campaign heads highlight early leaders, new entrants, and the need to act now with nomination blanks and initial subscriptions.
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Athena
Athens
Ge Reed
Act of Congress
Audit Bureau
Associated Press
Andrew C. Erwin
Rowdre Phinizy
Athens Publishing C
Athena Publishing Company
Several
INC
Bass
Banner-Herald
Lexington Lark
Westcott
Shackelford
Shackelford Building
Herald
Banner
Severa
Cotton markets lift as Wellborn cites liberal credit
Governor M B Wellborn returning to Atlanta from a three week vacation in New Orleans New York and parts of Canada notes liberal credits help farmers hold crops for orderly marketing. He says higher cotton prices improve financing and export facilities with bankers in New York showing optimism benefiting southern buying power and broader business activity.
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M. B. Wellborn
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
New Orleans
New York
Canada
London 700 Receives Parasian Crab Eating Logs
The London 700 received animals from the Goeldi Museum of Para Brazil including a pair of crab eating logs. All other means failing ten Sing Sing inmates have broken out with the measles.
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London
Goeldi
Para
Brazil
Ten Sing Sing
Students scale Pantheon to study ancient art in Rome
Two American art students drew crowds as they climbed the Pantheon to measure, sketch, and copy details of Rome’s ancient masterpieces. They used tapes and gauges to study domes, facades, mosaics, and friezes, seeing the process as direct knowledge of the arts.
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Rome
Pantheon
Rotunda
N Siew
Aca
G. P. Fairbanks
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