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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1920
Page
4
A fragmentary notice about Associated Press rights and republication rules, stating exclusive entitlement to use AP dispatches and local news, with reserved rights for special dispatches.
The article warns that Oriental peanuts flood the U S market and depress prices. It urges Congress to impose import limits or high tariffs to protect Georgia growers whose peanut industry has grown to replace cotton in several districts. Officials note storage stocks and swamped ports as evidence of the need for action.
The Sandersville Progress editorial laments local fault finding and urges a month of kindness focusing on others. It imagines residents living without petty bickering and praising each other, hoping for a social transformation and pride in communal virtue.
A scrambled excerpt lists varied items from philosophy to biology, including phrases like Yeterday's Kwiz and TA skeptic hints, plus sporadic notes on fish, pathology, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cyrus the Great, and Zoroastrian followers in India.
Answers identify Minerva as Roman goddess of wisdom, Mammoth Cave as Kentucky’s largest cave, Doomsday Book as a 1086 English land survey, and Hoosiers as people from Indiana. The wool question asks about pounds in a man’s three piece fall salt, a historical unit query with no standard modern equivalence.
A compact verse note contrasts moods from spring to late autumn, reflecting on how time and nature influence rhyme and sense. It also parodies a saying about a young man and his company, noting two versions of habits around other people.
The Junior Red Cross sends seeds and tools to war wrecked Europe and supports orphans and students. American youths run homes in France and colonies in Belgium and Montenegro, fund colleges in Constantinople and Beirut, and care for hundreds of wards across Italy. They recall thousands of French children moved to warmer regions and provide aid in China with education campaigns.
The American Red Cross has sent millions in food clothing and medical supplies to the Balkans Romania Bulgaria Albania Montenegro Serbia Bosnia and Greece since relief operations began. It funded hospitals orphanages dispensaries mobile medical units and reconstruction while tractors and farming tools aided agriculture. By year end most agencies will withdraw as locals assume relief duties and return to normal living.
A sermon argues Christians must seek the lost like Christ, urging evangelism beyond the church, stressing sincere care for souls, and condemning easy indulgence that leads youth astray. It warns parents against enabling idleness and moral danger with lax funds and lenient guidance.
Atlanta news reports the Catere Club of organized restaurants adopted a resolution condemning food profiteering. They directed a committee to cooperate with City Council probe into restaurant conditions and prices led by Councilman Al Martin. The food price investigation has drawn attention though the special committee has not begun work.
A collection of brief notices from multiple individuals announcing runs for the Board of Aldermen in various wards. Each notice cites the Democratic primary and requests votes and influence. Names include R. T. Dottery and others, with ward designations and dates implied around 1911.
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