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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1921

Page

5

Georgia Farmers Back European Relief Plan Bread on Waters

Georgia farmers join the Hoover led drive to raise 33 million for European relief with funds to buy American farm products. Milk lard and flour will supply weekly needs for starving European children. all gifts go to purchase food, with costs covered by donors and distribution funded by relief groups. Atlanta students donate over 400 dollars. A Sandersville girl offers 50 dollars to adopt five European children.

Atlanta Farmers of Georgia Europe E. Marvin Underwood Georgia State Committee For European Relief Herbert Hoover Underwood America American Relief Council Atlanta Commercial High School Annia Wise Sandersville

Georgia bank financial statement 1921 Clarke County

The document presents a Georgia bank balance sheet for Clarke County with figures for capital stock, surplus, profits, expenses, interest, and deposits. It includes liabilities to Federal Reserve, circulating notes, and total loans, sworn by Cashier A S Parker before notary officials on January 7, 1921.

Government Federal Reserve Bank Ee Aenereeareneres Wa United States W.seras U. S U. 8 Cus- Romoth Orgadpet Et Rewen Georgia Clarke Parker John White Morton B. F. Tuck Chas, M. Snelling, Clarke ,Co C. H. Phinnzy

Government helium gas plant near Fort Worth readies operations

Fort Worth Texas January 7 government funded helium plant six miles north of the city is nearly completed with operations expected soon The Navy in charge reports the plant established in 1917 at a cost of 800000 has served as an experiment station and now will supply helium for navy army balloons A private pipeline from Petrola brings natural gas from Lone Star wells to the plant and the helium is returned to Fort Worth mains after processing

Associated Press Fort Worth Tex Griffin Navy Department Petrolia Lone Star Company Texas

Argon Gas Promised to Speed War End in Drafted Tests

During wartime days admission to the station was restricted and only picked workers employed. Experiments with argon gas were highly successful before the armistice, and it was predicted to hasten victory. No battlefield tests occurred. The gas is non flammable and non combustible. Discovered prior to war, extraction was costly, now economical methods allow production and shipment from Fort Worth to Galveston and New Orleans in cylinders.

Fort Worth Galveston New Orleans

Hamlin's Wizard Oil Promoted for Pain and First Aid

The ad touts Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a safe, simple remedy for neuralgia and headaches and as a dependable first aid antiseptic for sprains cuts burns and stings. It urges keeping a three bottle supply and notes its use on sore feet stiff neck frost bites cold sores and canker sores.

Hamlin

Absurd Navy Transport Vessels For Balloon Field

Absurd reports describe vessels assigned by the navy department for transport to a balloon field. The details imply improvised use of ships for nonstandard deployment and questionable logistics. No clear destination or plan is confirmed.

Navy Department

The Prince of Wales and Knights of the Garter

A fragment notes the Prince of Wales as a Knights of the Garter member and mentions various historical and miscellaneous statements about Eskimos, U S Canada freight, Japan’s throne, Chicago factory output, and bird nesting habits.

Prince of Wales Knights of the Garter Stefanason United States Canada Japan B.C Chicago India Lke

Georgia Baptists start year with record campaign giving

Georgia Baptists report a 75 Million Campaign year of progress with gifts totaling 1,774,399.74 dollars, far surpassing all prior years. The Mercer University system leads a strong educational push, with increased student numbers and plans for a unified college system led by Chancellor Rufus W. Weaver.

Georgia Baptists Georgia Mercer University System of Schools and Colleges South Mercer University Bessie Tift College Baptist of Georgia Rufus W. Weaver Orphans Hopeville Campbell and Mercer T. F. Callaway Christian Index Empire State

Satin and velvet evening frocks with panel skirts

Describes two dress models with satin panels, taffeta, and velvet accents. First gown features a cut away front panel, long fitted sleeves, round neck, and fringed satin sash. Second gown shows a tunic draped over a two piece overblouse with tight satin facing.

Pictorial Review

Gude's Pepto-Mangan Promises Blood Boost

An advertisement extols blood health and disease resistance, claiming two gallons of blood keep the body free of germs. It promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as a safe, physician endorsed tonic available in liquid or tablet form and warns to buy only with the Gude's name on the package.

Gude Gude's

Bob's Candidate in Strand Show Prompts Prize Story

Forrest Crissey prize winning story Bob's Candidate stars Corinne Griffith in a Vitagraph comedy drama. Barbara daughter of a United States senator admires a young man seeking political power while her father doubts his ambitions. To thwart him she helps a newspaper pauper win the election? a twist in the plot reveals political scheming and romance.

Forrest Crissey Bob Vitagraph Corinne Griffith Strand Theater O. Henry Society of Arts and Sciences Bob ‘Lupie Hubbard Ward Tella H E Barbara United States Bar State Senate Kurnell

Carmel Myers Stars In New Elite Theater Screen Role

Carmel Myers appears in a new film at the Elite Theater featuring a sophisticated but unscrupulous gang preying on credulous buyers of fake art. A childhood friend and an army aviator enter a tense plot as he challenges the gang and she faces shifting loyalties.

Carmel Myers Carmel Myaers France Trenton Scn

Signs of 1921 Prosperity and Cooperative Spirit

The Galveston Eagle notes improved 1921 prospects with better cotton prices and costs of living. It highlights business cooperation over coercion, farmer profits, and the need for fair returns, urging readers to stay optimistic and do right for better times ahead.

Galneasville Eagle

Panama Hats from Palm Leaves and Other Odd Facts

A mosaic of notes describes Panama hats made from palm leaf fiber, the unvisited Okefinokee swamp in Georgia, plans for 72 large grain elevators in British South Africa, and the claim that 85 percent of all diamonds were mined since 1889. It notes Serbian farmers making plum liquor from fruit, fermented in barrels for a month before distillation, while peasants sit by fires during plum season.

Panama Okefinokee Georgia British South Africa Serbia

Irregular Fragments Capture Fenians and Eiffel Tower Ties

Disjointed notes reference the Fenians and Irish militancy, a claim about Rachel Boe Polson, and a note on the Eiffel Tower funding with $700,000 from SET and $300,000 from the French government. Mentions of Horace Greeley in New York and San Francisco population hints, plus scattered references to Brussels excavations and butterfly hearing organs.

Rachel Boe Polson Gag United States San Francisco Atessis Horace rGeeley Newco Eiffel Eiffel Tower Roe Tate Brussels

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Farmer Aid Reserve District No National Bank OF Athens Athens Total Loans Madnet aSeae Total Louie D. Newton Georgia Baptist Convention Savannah Jesus Christ Baptista United, States Southern Baptists Southern Baptiste China Foreign Mission Board Arch. C. Cree, Treas. Flatiron Home Board Edmonds Manufacturers’ Record Hame Missley Board Baptists Campbell and Mercer Georgia Baptist Hapeville Charlie Chaplin Carmer Myers Easy Street
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