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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
4
A dense mix of local notices and commentary from Athens about newspaper delivery, poultry association activity, taxes due dates, local improvements, and legislative political debates. It mentions the Southern Poultry Association, Wright locker club, near beer tax, and prohibitions, with references to the coming December poultry show and June legislature.
The piece urges Christians and all readers to observe Good Friday with solemn reflection and penitence. It links the day to the sacrifice of the God-man and to the wider Christian calendar while noting its relatively quiet public observance. It calls for reverent thought and gratitude, recalling the Calvary images and the utterance It is finished.
The Southern Poultry Association plans a nationally noticed fall show in Athens. Members urge widespread membership, mail literature, and concerted effort to attract premium pens and credible displays, with a stormy but well attended city hall meeting backing the effort.
Notable events include the 1756 bounty for Indian scalps offered by the Pennsylvania governor, Washington notified as first U S president, 1803 Bank of France founded, 1825 Andrew Jackson Howe born, 1849 Hungary proclaims free state with Kossuth, 1892 death in Cincinnati, 1910 Lords veto power limit resolution in British Parliament.
Prince Alexander of Teck born at Kensington Palace on April 14 1874 is noted as Queen Mary’s youngest brother. He studied at Eton and Sandhurst and joined the army, serving in the Matabele War and in South Africa with distinction earning the Distinguished Service Order.
A narrative recalls an 1897 visit to America with entertainment in New York and Newport, followed by accompanying the Prince and Princess of Wales on a global tour a few years later. It notes a 1904 marriage linking Princess Victoria Albany’s lineage and the Duke of Albany. It also promotes constipation remedies and Chamberlain's Tablets as a preventive measure, with dealer caveats regarding La Vady de Cigar vendors.
When a medicine must be given to young children it should be pleasant to take. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is made from leaf sugar and roots giving it a maple syrup like flavor. It has no superior for colds croup and whooping cough. For sale by all dealers.
In Palo Alto California on April 13 the seventeenth annual intercollegiate debate between the University of California and Leland Stanford Jr University is set for tomorrow evening. California will support the affirmative and Stanford the negative on the central bank resolution. California speakers are F M Shipper N B Drury and J J Miller. Stanford debaters are R Justin Miller Frank Howard Hilton and Harry Robert Persons.
The State Library association convenes in this city with librarians from across the state and beyond. Henry E Legler head of the Chicago Public Library will deliver the chief address on the value of the small library for a town of medium size. The program spans April 17 to 19 with sessions at Le Conte Hall and the Georgia State Normal School Library, featuring talks by Louis R Wilson and other librarians.
St Louis hosts the annual convention of the Missouri Electric Gas Traction and Water Works Association. Engineers gather for a three day session to discuss technical questions and share expertise.
A reflective meditation on rainy days as nature's season for soil and soul. The speaker argues patience during wet spells, urges self examination, and encourages walking with faith through mud and storms toward calmer, hopeful rest.
A New York gathering of 6 000 women marks the semi centennial of women’s work in foreign missions. They dine at three major hotels after a mass church event, supporting home and church oriented aims rather than suffrage or reform.
Mt Vernon Masonic and Royal Arch groups hold regular Thursday or Tuesday meetings at the Max Joseph building and Masonic Hall Clayton Street. Knights of Pythias and other orders meet weekly with visiting members invited. Central of Georgia Railway timetable notes daily Macon departures and arrivals.
Seaguard and Southern Railway timetables list north and southbound trains with Athens departures and arrivals. Georgia Railroad shows limited times including midday and evening slots, with several missing or garbled entries.
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