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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1913
Page
4
Athens paper reports on Ohio flood aid and museum ideas for a Catholic church, notes Tennessee’s senatorial election shift, and cites Chicago farm credit talks. It also mentions school flood relief funds, Central of Georgia test farms, President Wilson’s restraint, and Atlanta city curiosities.
In Americus Georgia residents approved a three five thousand dollar bond issue for school purposes to expand facilities amid overcrowding. Judge John A Cobl led the campaign and helped secure broad public support with widespread campaign mailings and a day of student parades. The Banner praises the move as advancing the state’s education.
Athens Chamber of Commerce plans to raise one thousand dollars to advertise the University of Georgia summer school and the State Normal School. Business leaders emphasize the program’s value to teachers and the state, noting prior local funding and ongoing support.
The new Postmaster General Burleson orders a thorough inquiry into the post office department to determine if it is paying or losing for the government. He aims to systematize office work by June 30 to reveal exact conditions and adjust policy to a paying basis. The official is praised as a statesman and capable leader.
The piece blends a springtime meditation on renewal with a note of seasonal remedies like sassafras tea and sulphur for “lazy blood.” It then shifts to a calendar of notable dates including Washington Irving’s birth, Russo expedition notes, and 19th century events.
The fragment lists birth dates and current ages of diverse notables including Jesse James, Calbraith Rogers, Elina Delna, Margaret Anglin, Georges Ohnet, Arthur Byron, John Burroughs, Reginald De Koven, Darius Miller, Andrew J. Peters, William Hughes, Atterson W. Rucker, Dr Stephen Stookey, and Princess Maud Alexandra. It notes Delna's opera career milestones and Delna's marriage, plus details of their nationalities and roles.
Weather showers noted. Cotten market shows January at 11.54, April 12.38, May 12.26, June 12.14, July 12.12, August 12.01, September 11.64, October 11.62, December 11.58 with Close values listed next to each.
The cotton oil market shows steady activity with listed spot prices and futures through April to October. Prices range from about 6.70 to 6.93 for various months, indicating modest fluctuations and ongoing trading.
Washington, April 2. The Carlin Act now requires federal prosecutions for unlawful breaking into railway cars containing interstate shipments or stealing from cars depots or wharfs. It imposes up to $5000 fines or ten years imprisonment and backs enforcement with the full power of the Department of Justice, aiming to curb car thefts affecting railways and travelers. The measure does not intrude on state courts but broadens jurisdiction across intrastate and interstate thefts.
The mammoth steamship Olympic, refitted at a cost over $1,000,000 to be the safest vessel afloat, sailed today from Southampton for New York. The great liner undergoes reconstruction to enhance safety and performance.
The poem portrays April as a playful, fluctuating force that brings beauty and charm yet hints at danger to life and growth. The speaker observes the maidenly April surrendering to duty and leaving the crippled alone, then shifting from wicked to good, luring flowers to death and reviving them with gentle breath. It describes shifting moods, tempests, and a blend of love and hate, joy and pain as the changing month arrives.
The ship still the world’s largest vessel and left the dock to cheers from harbor craft. Experts hail reconstruction as a modern engineering marvel with a double bottom now forming two complete hulls and extra bulkheads reaching forty feet above water.
Advertisements tout Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a safe liver remedy. The copy claims doctors in Hot Springs recommend the pills to regulate bowels, tone the liver, cure gas and indigestion, and purify blood. Announced price is 25 cents with free samples from Hot Springs Chemical Co. and Citizens’ Pharmacy in Athens.
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