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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1920
Page
5
An Alabama man claims Ziron rebuilt his strength after a four month period, gaining ten pounds and restoring appetite. The advertisement describes Ziron as a mild iron tonic aiding those run down by overwork or under nourishment and urges readers to buy from a druggist with a money back guarantee.
London July 30 British shipping experts denounce the Jones Bill as retaliatory and discriminatory toward foreign interests. They warn the United States must build a stronger mercantile marine and accept higher costs to compete for seaborne trade, predicting a long struggle and a costly transition for American exporters.
The American Red Cross announced scholarships to men or women wanting to enter Red Cross activities as trained workers. They will support fields beyond public health nursing including field representatives chapter executive secretaries and home service secretaries. Training may occur through Red Cross courses social work schools and centers with a year of Red Cross service expected after completion. Scholarships cover living expenses for four to six months and applications come from regional Red Cross divisions to a Washington scholarship committee.
The Queen of Roumania and Princess Elizabeth visit an antique shop. She asks for a amber statuette price of 120 pounds. She calls it too high and jokes that sellers must think they are Americans.
A Marksville resident describes years of back pain and illness ending after taking Cardus. She recounts severe fatigue and immobility before relief followed by renewed strength and health. The narrative promotes Cardus as effective for female complaints and related pains.
South Carolina official D. Maltby urges practical vocational agriculture in every rural high school funded by state money. He recalls a Parkhurst anecdote to stress clear standards for student knowledge and teachers, linking funding to measurable returns and farmer usefulness.
Ralph T. Fisher, district vocational officer of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, tells the New York Rotary Club that applying wartime rehabilitation lessons to industrial cripples could add 2.5 billion dollars yearly to national wealth. He estimates 60,000 yearly retrainings with each returning 50,000 in life earnings, and notes 250,000 industrial disabilities annually.
Atlanta July 30 Ex captain Talley Johnson, former Georgia Tech Golden Tornado star, has boosted his employer’s plans to hire four more Tech graduates. Since graduation he has worked with the Tennessee Furniture Corporation in Chattanooga, showing success in business equal to his gridiron feats.
The text promotes keeping blood free of impurities as vital to all organs. It claims long standing methods cleanse the blood and warns against impurities, urging readers to follow pharmaceutical literature and medical advice.
Caston C Raoul, a prominent Chattanooga business figure, asked Dr. K G Matheson at Tech for four members of this year's graduating class with high salaries. Tech declined, noting that Tech graduates always have jobs and this year offerings from AIT matched or exceeded Raoul's.
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