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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1920
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists address and staff at 176 Lumpkin Street Athens Georgia. It details subscription prices for Daily and Sunday service including one month through one year and requests prompt rate and delivery notices.
Fragment mentions rights and republication notices from The Associated Press. No clear events or people are readable to summarize into a full item.
South Georgia launches a hog feeding contest to boost local meat production. Counties recruit ten farmers to feed ten hogs each for a ninety day period with prizes at the county level, then a final round at Moultrie stock yards for a grand prize. The plan argues for homegrown meat to boost the state’s prosperity and reduce reliance on cotton.
The article urges cotton and okra stalks be burned after harvest to starve boll weevils that feed on cotton stalks and related plants. It notes early appearances in some areas, warns of rising numbers if protective steps are not taken, and calls for farmer cooperation to stamping out the pest across the cotton belt.
W F Watson denounces Bolshevik influence in the United States calling them plunderers and murderers. He cites Russia’s brutal record, attempts to spread anarchy, and recent criminal acts including bombings and mail threats as dangers to the nation.
A compact set of Q and A style hints covering spontaneous combustion, minstrel, converge, converse, dust baths in birds, hummingbird, Fingal authorship dispute, Auckland Islands location, pebble travel on shore, sun angles in tropics, plus ten new questions about Yakima Valley volcanic bombs Edmond de Concourt Gerard Ter Borech cereals cooking bagworms wood insects fingerprints and railway signals usage.
The excerpt discusses sympathy as two dimensional, involving shared sorrow and shared joy. It notes real sympathy requires kneeling beside others in pain and rejoicing with them in happiness, and identifies three precedents before sympathy: appreciation, unselfishness, and kindness.
In a period of unrest and misinformation, voters sent men to Congress who would shape policy and governance. The evolving political landscape reflects public concern over leadership and direction as citizens seek stability and accountability.
A sermon stresses King Hezekiah as a model of loyalty amid temptations. It asserts God’s presence follows steadfast devotion, warns that without God there is no true blessedness, and notes prosperity comes to those who cleave to the Lord.
A reader asks how to stiffen tissue paper for paper flowers by ironing with a heavy sheet, then inquires about preventing mashed potatoes from hardening, dyeing hair harms, and weight questions. It covers topics from dyes and poisons to historical figures, constitutional amendments, denatured alcohol, treason, and national bank charters.
The Disciples lead in university religious work with Bible chairs at Virginia Michigan Kansas and Texas. Buildings near campuses support Bible instruction activities, sometimes in cooperation with others, as noted by The Nashville Christian Advocate. A survey shows 69.3 percent of U S youths lack religious schooling, challenging churches to address this gap.
A labor union representative and a delegate of the national cooperative syndicate urge creation of a national credit bank funded to expropriate land and industrial works. Land would be shared with unlimited heirs contracts. Extreme leftists in Italy push workers toward political action against the monarchy. Some readers fear anarchic telegrams signaling unrest.
A fragmentary review notes Nightie Night at Colonial from the Princess Thea theater, once praised by critics for its humor and stagecraft. The item also touches on labor unrest and Bolshevik sympathies across unions, citing telegrams and speeches that color the era’s political tensions.
Early morning officers Burpee and Patrick responded to a commotion at a Negro home on Hull Street where white men argued with Black residents over liquor and whites claiming authority as officers. Several arrests were anticipated as five people were summoned for investigation in police court at 10:30 this morning.
Congressman Charles H. Brand returned from Atlanta where he joined a committee of the American Cotton Association to press Secretary Houston on cotton prices. The group adopted resolutions condemning Houston and urged farmers to hold cotton and secure loans from local banks. Brand is the sole Georgia congressman appointed to the committee and plans to push for better understanding of cotton belt conditions in Washington.
A Brooklyn man named Joscha Greenspan, arrested for loitering, claimed he knew who caused the Wall Street explosion. Police sent him to Belleview Hospital for observation while detectives verify the statement.
Seaboard Airline Railway will run a special train from Athens to Houston on Sunday October 3rd carrying sleepers coaches and baggage cars. The train departs Athens at 5 45 a m and arrives Houston about 7 60 p m Monday. Tickets should be bought in advance to avoid crowds.
An advertisement proclaims Baby Ease as a safe reliable and pleasant laxative to ease colicky pains indigestion and constipation in infants and children. It promises quick cleansing of the intestinal tract natural regularity and relief from fretfulness sleeplessness and feverishness with no harsh after effects.
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