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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
4
The notice reiterates AP rights and restrictions on republication of dispatches and local news. It states that AP dispatches are used exclusively by the paper and that rights to republication of special dispatches are reserved.
Mayor Andrew C. Erwin announces a fire limit ban on discharging fireworks across the city. He cautions that lighted fireworks risk property damage and child harm, urges avoiding noisy celebrations, and promotes church services on Christmas Day as a safer alternative.
Athens church minister notes educational value of moving pictures and predicts wider church screenings. Local theaters attract high picture support. public interest grows as films are improved and linked to entertainment and healthful uplift.
Poem reflects on homelessness during Christmas. It contrasts joy and generosity with lonely, displaced individuals and cites spiritual duty to aid the needy. The narrator questions why the homeless are forgotten while celebrations continue, invoking Christian notions of compassion and sacrifice.
A list of trivia covering capitals statistics and terms. Questions include city capitals North Dakota Cleopatra duel Nashville era, pint in a peck, maroon color, lease majeste, and terms like engraving and lithograph with Confederate states seceding in 1861.
An unavoidble accident near Clayto n and Pkin street left T R Anderson's young son with bruises after a slow auto struck him as he ran from between parked cars. Eyewitnesses say the boy darted into the street. A second report cites Henry Whitaker driving a team into Mr William McKinnon's buggy, causing painful injuries to McKinnon.
A devotional urging daily God thought as the home’s essential element. It stresses turning to God once daily to gain strength, harmony, and moral temper in family life, citing George MacDonald and Dr. Frank Crang.
In a brief garbled ad fragment shoppers see Christmas goods offered at reduced prices at Huggins store. The text then veers into unclear and nonsensical lines about ages and numbers in China.
The mint established a record coinage for the last fiscal year by producing 809,500,000 coins, up 44 percent from 1915, the first normal year.
Mc Gregor Co announces discounts on desk sets for the next three days. The trunks of living trees may serve temporarily as aerial forest fire patrol antennas, providing a helpful alternative during fires.
The New York Winter Garden revue The Passing Show, famed for lavish spectacle and a stellar cast, arrives Christmas day for two performances. It showcases fifteen scenes and twenty-five musical numbers with a strong lineup including Cummings and Busse, complemented by a contrasting return of Denton Thompson's The Old Homestead on tour.
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