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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with monthly and yearly options and asks readers to report late or missed deliveries. The paper notes Associated Press rights for news dispatches and local news, plus reserved rights for special dispatches.
Georgia leads in hog raising with meat rivaling western products. A Moultrie packing plant shipped Georgia grown hogs but buyers paid less due to perceived softness from peanut feeding. A local expert urges abundant grazing on rye, crab grass, and other forage with limited grain to produce firmer meat and increase profitability.
The nation observes Christmas with reverence and charity replacing former wild revelry. Augusta Chronicle notes a shift from loud fireworks and baneful noise to quiet worship and generous giving to feed and clothe the poor.
A verse by C G Bickers reflects on the departing year with humorous quips. The page includes a quiz with historical and general knowledge questions and a note of New Year reflections.
Walter T. Forbes of the Y M C A will address the Sunday Y club at 5 PM in the association building. His talk Milestones Along Life's Highway aims to guide boys in character, with the event open to all Athens boys regardless of membership.
A frontal system over Montana moves east toward the lakes bringing a warmup across Georgia. Fair, mostly above freezing, with especially higher temperatures in the western portions. Athens area expected to see warmer conditions in the next period.
The memoir describes Prother M a Cuban mission member who after a sermon on right living with God and neighbor endures struggle from guilt over a long standing grocery theft He confesses to the merchant who forgives him and gains trust This account by Walter Dibrell highlights personal conversion sacrifice and reconciliation in a religious community.
A dark blue tricotine dress features tread embroidery with three front motifs and self-trimmed edges. Blue silk eyelets highlight patches of satin outlined in gold threads for a rich effect. neck and sleeves use self material buttons. Size 34 to 46 bust. uses 314 yards of 54 inch material. Pictorial Review Dress No. 8716, price 35 cents.
A brief market chatter notes New Year card sales at Mc Gregor's with festive displays and consumer interest rising as the holiday season ends.
The Federal Board for Vocational Education has 90 million dollars to train ex service men honorably discharged since April 7 1917 who cannot return to prior work. Eligible men receive 80 to 170 dollars monthly, with training in schools on the job or via night courses. Free rail travel meals and lodging are provided as needed, and even illiterate or foreign born veterans can be trained. Contact 23 West Forty Third Street New York City for full details or to locate a local branch.
An advertisement claims a nonoperative cure for rupture by a simple method described by Eugene M. Pullen a carpenter in Manasquan New Jersey. The notice urges readers to write for full information and to share the method to save others from surgery and misery.
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