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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1921
Page
6
An advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a cure for rheumatism claiming waste products in the blood cause the disease. It asserts relief comes from purifying blood and offers a free booklet and personal medical advice by mail from the Swift Specific Laboratory in Atlanta.
Afton Tennessee woman Mrs A Keller says eight months in bed during the Change of Life improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports relief from heat flashes heart palpitations fainting spells and eye spots and urges others 45 to 50 to try the remedy for the natural change.
University of Georgia registers more students in week one than any prior year with 136 more than the best first week total and over 1000 names entered by Monday night. Officials expect continued registration this week and anticipate total attendance exceeding last year’s 1292 with at least 1500 this session.
A meeting of the Athens Advertising club is set for Wednesday at two in the Georgian hotel to discuss a weekly sales day. M r. Fickett, club president, will submit a plan as merchants join to offer reduced prices on one or two items to attract buyers. The Athens Chamber of Commerce will cooperate to help Athens become a notable trade center with farmers and townspeople invited to participate.
Shortly after noon Sunday a Ford driven by H H Pulliam of near Elberton collided with a Prince avenue street car near the Dougherty street intersection. Passenger A M Pulliam sustained serious injuries, while the Ford suffered severe axle and wheel damage.
Anxiety among Athens residents and the University of Georgia sophomore vigilance committee grew as freshmen, men and women, did not appear barefooted on Sunday. The sophomore class ordered barefooting from dawn to sunset, but not a single freshman followed the directive, prompting questions about future actions.
Rudolph Valentino plays Julio in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse now at the Palace. Tom Mix delivers action filled peril and romance in a Fox production shown yesterday at Elite Theatre and today in the Big Town Round-Up. Lavender and Old Lace and a comedy from Hodkinson run with the feature.
A historical notice urges campaign workers to sustain effort during the final four weeks of the Extra Vote period. It warns against overconfidence, stresses continual hard work to secure votes and subscriptions, and contrasts the joy of victory with the danger of idleness. It notes 24 working days remain and emphasizes aggressiveness and perseverance to win prizes.
Milas Lottie Johnson will be with Ug all this week demonstrating Iced Postum and Postum Cergals. When downtown come in and try these KING HODGSON CO products. Fresh produce and canned goods listed including tomatoes lettuce corn cabbage yams rutabaga turnips green beans squash and more. Also 15¢ dozen limes and new fruit and apples plus doughnuts and buckwheat flour available.
The speaker stresses that victory depends on votes. The more votes secured, the higher the certainty of winning, underscoring the critical role of public support in the outcome.
In Jackson county, the Wigwam hotel at Indian Springs was destroyed by a blaze on August night, prompting owners to initiate rebuilding efforts. Local authorities dispatched fire crews to contain the flames and assess the damage, with residents surveying the charred site and awaiting a decision on reconstruction timelines.
On August 21 the Wigwam hotel owners T. W. Hooks Freeman Hart and E. G. Jacobs of Macon outline a concrete sixty room hotel with steam heat and a year round aim for winter and summer tourists. Additional cottages will be built as part of the project. Other capitalists are expected to join.
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