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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1921
Page
9
Meriwether, Ga February 23 A large hog sale will be held at Leslie’s hog pen on March 2. County Farm Demonstration Agent George O Marshall reports pens and arrangements are complete. Several Sumter County farmers are expected to participate in the inaugural sale with multiple hogs offered.
After illness blood runs weak and vitality drains. Gude's Pepto Mangan enriches blood, increases red cells, and boosts energy. Physicians recommend it. order with Gude's on the package. Available in liquid and tablet forms from all druggists.
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle natural laxative and liver stimulant. It asserts they clear the blood and purify the system without calomel’s after effects. One to two tablets daily for a week is recommended with a 15¢ and 3 for a 7B box.
Chicago February 23. Sharp contention marked the hearing of Erleri railroad employees against their employers over the United States railroad labor board powers and the transportation act. The dispute centers on a February wage deduction order and a July 1920 wage award, with the railroad denying board authority while citing business pressures.
Atlanta ranges toward a March 1 deadline when only cars with new 1921 state license tags may operate. Officials warn tag shortages and no extensions, prompting arrests for driving without a current plate. Sheriffs and police vow strict enforcement, predicting a safer streetscape once the tag rollout completes.
A statewide conference of Georgia life insurance men is planned for March 28 in Atlanta. Invitations are being mailed by the Atlanta Association of Life Insurers. William E. Duncanson heads the local committee planning arrangements for the event. Hugh M. Willett chairs the special committee and emphasizes the gathering is for life insurers in general, not any single group. Noted attendees include Orville Thorpe of Texas, president of the National Association of Life Underwriters, and Charles M. Scoville, a national authority on insurmanship.
Washington February. Chairman Good of the appropriations committee charged on the house floor that critics misrepresented wartime hospital conditions for disabled veterans. He cited 3858 empty beds and criticized treasury officials for not sending injured men to available facilities. He noted Johnson City hospital housing 2383 tubercular veterans and Marion home caring for 71 WWI veterans.
In Atlanta contestants from area colleges and clubs faced the camera for the first time under director Walter Leibman of Associated Producers. Mary Jane Alten and Miss Dobbs led the lineup, with sisters and friends from Lucy Cobb and other Georgia schools sharing charm and poetry alongside hunting and writing ambitions.
The article describes Miss Ethelyn Williamson of Gainesville Ga as a striking petite brunette with dark eyes and a cheerful demeanor, hoping to begin a serious screen career after enjoying dance and piano. It covers judges and contestants at a theater event, luncheon after the contest, and a forecast by meteorologist Herrmann stating Thursday will be clear but cooler in the morning, edging toward springlike weather. It also notes Prof K G Matheson of Georgia Tech visiting Quitman for Rotary club events with two addresses planned.
Cyrus Campfield of the Atlanta Urban League invites 125 prominent men and women from South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia to Atlanta on March 14 and 15 for an intensive study of juvenile delinquency and to extend the movement’s principles in the South. Governor Finch M. Dorsey names delegates from Georgia including Prof. FR. Wright, Dr. J. W. Holley, Bishop I. Flipper, W. B. Hubbard, and others from Savannah, Albany, Columbus, Macon, Augusta, Waycross, Griffin, and more.
To cure baby s cold overnight no medicine is effective until the liver is active. Baby Ease laxative cleanses the intestinal tract, relieves constipation and biliousness, purifying the system so it can fight germs. It reassures rest and speeds the cold away by morning. Available at your druggist in 40c and 65c sizes.
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