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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1921
Page
4
A city’s true progress lies in how it serves its workers. Beyond grand buildings, observers should inspect slums and tenements and note improvements in modest dwellings and public cleanliness. If owners are responsible for neat, active neighborhoods, the city leads in civic progress.
The piece argues unemployment stems from wartime policies and profits, not a capricious capitalist plot. It contends that capitalists keep plants running at full capacity to avoid ruin, while workers striking for wartime wages and lingering high prices force factory closures and job losses.
A reflective editorial urges nations to shed the grab spirit of self interest and hostility. It argues war taxes exceed a billion annually, restrained by mutual trust and generous view of others. It calls for broader cooperation between the United States and Canada to reduce burdens and restore decent living conditions.
A Boston incident shows a woman leaving rings worth twenty thousand dollars on a train and highlights how people react to lost articles. It points to widespread tendencies to keep valuable finds while failing to return owners, noting newspapers publish more lost ads than found notices and revealing loose ideas on locating rightful owners.
A church notice recalls past mischief of youths who robbed birds nests and collected eggs. It cautions that stealing from birds harms nature’s helpers and links this to old country tales. The piece notes Athens youths once sought bird eggs for collections and hints at ongoing urban nuisances linked to the city.
As Georgia’s flagship institution opens the 1921 22 session on September 21 it confronts severe funding shortages. The War Memorial Fund launch on October 11 aims to raise a $1 million gift toward a $3.5 million building program to expand faculty and facilities for about 1,200 to 1,600 students, asserting the university's role in shaping leaders for church, commerce, factory and farm.
The poem reflects a traveler returning home after venturing east to west and through life, asking whether wealth, luxury, learning, and travel compare to the comfort of the Old Home Nest. The speaker, Lillian Conway Bishop from Mehop, Ga, portrays the home as the sweetest place God gave birth to and a root beneath the sun.
A testimonial from Elizabeth C. Corey of Edmond South Carolina recounts relief from nervousness and monthly female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The letter urges readers to consider the medicine and notes the author’s improved ability to perform housework and care for others.
Chief Oshkosh a Winnebago, fresh from France, teaches forestry as Chicago hosts Indian Day celebrations under Illinois law designating September observances. District forester Kenni cott chairs ceremonies with the Chicago Historical Society and Boy Scouts aiding. Indian youth and reservations from Wisconsin Oklahoma and Nebraska participate. The Historical Society aims to foster a dignified view of the original American Indian through education.
Oxford University scientific expert reports a barnacle goose egg hatchling never seen in the area, challenging common beliefs about barnacle-origin. In Sydney, a man claiming to be Salvation Army general's ambassador, known as Ambassador Booth, vanishes amid rumors of tar and gath ers awaiting his return.
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