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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
3
Reward of 750 dollars offered for arrest and conviction of party or parties responsible for setting fire to the barn of W. E Whitehead at Carlton Georgia on the night of June 13 1921. Mayor R A Broach of Carlton issues the notice dated June 16 1912.
A Palace Theater showing of Constance Talmadge in Good References features a plot where a poor girl borrows a sick friend's references to land a job. Talmadge argues that employers overrely on records and should trial hires, citing improving times and humane hiring practices. Also on bill Clyde Cook comedies and other features. A July 4 bridge opening to Riverside Park memorializes county dead with patriotic ceremonies.
Dougherty County plans 400000 in asphalt paving for the Dixie Highway and Florida Short Route, with several miles already laid and more to come. A $300000 Flint River memorial bridge, funded by the county and federal government, will be among the South’s finest. National letters praise the memorial idea, while the Albany Woman's Club plans a Road of Remembrance.
The Associated Advertising Clubs of the World wrapped up a meeting in Atlanta pledging a new education program for retail salespeople to improve advertising efficiency. Charles Henry Mackintosh outlined training based on member findings to lower costs, boost customer service, and benefit the public, with courses offered through 2000 local clubs at nominal fees. Delegates from the US, Canada, and abroad attended as southern cities prepare for market surveys on the journey home.
The Associated Press reports New York aims to become the world center of drama by gathering over 1,000 leading actors for an equity festival in June 1922. The American festival, sponsored by the Actors Equity, would rival Stratford on Avon with eight performances spanning Euripides to Shaw.
Frank Gillmore, executive secretary of the Equity Association, states the union seeks to help managers enlarge and improve their theaters by awakening public imagination. The remark frames collaboration over competition in the theater industry.
Chicago June 16. Seven home runs in a Philadelphia versus Detroit game tied the major league single game mark but not the world record. The Texas minor league 1902 Corsicana versus Texarkana game produced 19 homers and 43 hits, with Nig Clarke claiming an eight homer game.
An advertisement touts Wendell Pills Ambition Brand as a nerve tonic for nervous exhaustion, debility, and dejection. Sold for 60 cents with a Palmer & Son refund option if unsatisfied, it claims benefits for overwork, alcohol and tobacco effects, and general nervous disorders.
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