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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1911
Page
3
In Boston at Mechanics Building the national amateur boxing championships begin with preliminary bouts tonight and finals tomorrow. Boxers from the United States and Canada compete in weight classes up to 158 pounds for the Amateur Athletic Union title.
Alexandria Va April 10 The case of C Jones Pixer president of the defunct Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corp is to be tried as the term of the corporation court began today. Mr Rixey is charged with embezzlement and various other alleged offenses in connection with the collapse of the company Jaetsumer.
Boston April 10. A notable Congress of Technology opened at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of the institute's semi centennial celebration. President Maclaurin gave the opening address and papers discussed applied science topics. The conference continues with alumni presenting reports on engineering, architecture, electric power, chemistry, metals refining, irrigation, and newer fields like business admin and financial engineering.
An advertisement touts Bowden Lithia Water as a superior treatment for kidney and bladder issues. It claims the mineral water restores diseased kidneys, cites a physician testimonial, and offers bottles for 25 cents to $2.50 with delivery from Lithia Springs, Georgia.
In Lisbon Ohio on April 10 the Col umbian county circuit court heard claims from over a hundred alleged heirs seeking to block escheat of Gen James W Reilly estate of Wellsville who died without a will The estate valued between 150000 and 200000 and Judge Hole ruled it should escheat to the state Claimants groups span England Ireland Ohio Missouri Iowa Delaware and Maryland.
Pullman April 10. Much interest centers on the first intercollegiate debate in this region featuring Whitman College and Washington State College represented by young women students. The question asks whether men and women should receive equal wages for the same work.
Washington on April 10 observed the fiftieth anniversary of the District of Columbia Volunteers enlistment in 1861. Survivors visited President Taft at the White House and paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue with faded battle flags to mark Lincoln’s initial call for troops.
City of Athens council amends the 1909 ordinance to reduce speed limits on streets within fire limits to ten miles per hour and outside fire limits to fifteen. Drivers must slow near curves and crossings to half the street limit, five and seven and a half miles respectively. Violations are negligence per city code section 299.
Unless previously called for and all charges paid or disposed of, the Southern Express company will on April 22 1911 sell for cash to the highest bidder all shipments on hand six months or longer. The sale is at the Swift building Foundry street Athens Ga commencing at 11 oclock a m.
Fragment describes LaVada all wavana five cent cigar and compares to higher priced rival. It claims same tobacco but lower production cost.
Atlanta may host its grand opera season without Caruso as reports say his voice is failing and he plans to return to Italy. The city’s Music Festival Association negotiates with Metropolitan officials while considering Bassi or other singers for Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West. Also includes an advertisement for Doan's Kidney Pills with testimonial from Mrs. T. W. Yarbrough of Athens, Ga.
Foley Kidney Pills are described as antiseptic tonic and restorative with concentrated ingredients of established therapeutic value for relief and cure of kidney and bladder ailments. The ad urges refusal of substitutes and notes sale by all druggists.
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