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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists staff roles including Rowe as President and Editor and JONES as Business Manager S F Gelders as Managing Editor. The piece quotes Senator Smits criticizing Governor Vorsey over a Capitol groundskeeper affair and alleges patronage concerns with the governor.
The nation shifts against disloyal officeholders as Joe Bailey of Texas loses in the governor race. Once a prominent senator, he faced a dramatic primary defeat amid Democratic support for administration and war measures. His political career is deemed ended, with other opponents likely to retire in coming months.
The Retail Merchants Association in Bearsis organizes for public welfare and fair pricing. It aims to keep prices uniform and goods sold fairly, strengthens merchant consumer relations, and plans a Macon convention to discuss improvements. The group is described as a backbone of communities, supporting town and state development.
In Thomasville Smith criticizes Dorsey in a Senate speech this week, denouncing proposed measures as biased by race and urging action. The remarks frame the issue as part of ongoing political conflict centered on Governor Dorsey.
A list of short quiz questions and answers covering chemistry, history, biology, language, geography, literature, and general knowledge with new questions on topics such as poke, the strait of Eleven Thousand Virgins, russet color, elimination, predicates, prune soaking, hydro power, famous American women astronomers, implements, and entrees.
A reconstructed fragment shows a sovereign citizen stance on voting politics alongside church schedules. Churches listed include First Methodist, OCONEE STREET Methodist, FIRST BAPTIST, FREE METHODIST, and FIRST PRESBYTERIAN with service times and pastors noted. The text also mentions a hiring notice for a servant and a preacher rotation with details of attendance and events.
A reader is urged to answer definitively if they are saved not by church membership or good deeds but by personal faith in Jesus. The piece criticizes surface religion and calls for a holy life, living for Christ now, with reference to Biblically framed hope of Christ’s return.
Help wanted advertisement seeking three carrier boys with desirable routes and good pay. Apply to Circulation Manager The Banner. Advertise your wants in the Banner.
Mrs William D Grant of Keilanta, eighty two, mother of John W Grant of Atlanta and Mrs John Marshall Slaton, was a prominent Athens figure. A Miss Sallie Familyteid from Puffam county and kin to Mrs Julian B McCurry, she lived in Athens after marriage and spent summers at a colonial home.
An advertisement touts Baby Base as a safe reliable laxative for babies and children. It promises quick relief from constipation diarrhea and colic with no after effects and promotes two sizes 40c and 65c. The copy emphasizes stomach and bowel relief for infants and kids and urges asking a druggist for Baby Base.
Advertising snippet proclaims high quality chewing gum by Fleer with peppermint flavor and candy coating available from all dealers with no coupons required.
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey proclaims a proposed constitutional amendment to raise salaries for Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, and Superior Court judges. It outlines state and county funding, ratification procedures, and voting instructions for the November 2, 1920 general election in Georgia.
Advert says three cars wanted for work on Banner routes with desirable routes and good pay. applicants to apply to Banner.
An advertisement promotes Bobs peppermint flavored candy coated gum made by Fleer. It claims children enjoy the taste and notes dealers sell for six cents each.
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