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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1910
Page
4
The page presents subscription rates and delivery notes for the Athens Daily Banner, urging prompt reporting of late or irregular service. It includes a mix of local tidbits, festival news, and society sketches from civic life, with quips about weather, politics, and daily events in the Classic City.
The piece argues against cold wealth growth without humane progress. It warns that the South must balance industrial and commercial hopes with broad liberal education for children, teachers, and farmers to avoid harming rural life and to sustain genuine regional advancement.
Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York accepts Taft's offer to the U S Supreme Court seat. The move is seen as significant with Hughes praised as a master of law and moral force. He has pushed reforms in New York and may influence rulings on major antitrust cases.
A 1910 census coupon requests Willis B. Adams, Supervisor of Census, Elberton Georgia, to verify enumeration. The signer states he lived at a specific address on April 15, 1910 but has not been enumerated there or anywhere.
April 28 entries mark events from 1758 James Monroe born in Westmoreland County Virginia to 1862 Boston arrests over smoking on four streets. 1865 Sir Samuel Cunard dies. 1909 Major L enfant's reburial with honors in Arlington Cemetery. Marquis Lafayette welcomed in Boston in 1780. Born in 1787 noted.
Otto T Bannard born April 28 1854 in Brooklyn is a Yale and Columbia graduate who built a career in finance and law. A longtime Republican he led major financial firms including presidency of New York Trust Company and engaged in education philanthropy focused on practical schools for poor boys. He served as a commissioner on the board of education appointed by Mayor Strong.
A brief op-ed contrasts King Lear and Mark Twain to illustrate outer and inner man tragedy. It argues personal failures rise from conditions and virtue from shared humanity, then cites a Tallahassee True Democrat warning about pests and the risk of procrastination, urging action to prevent fevers and illness.
Morton L. Hill of Lebanon Indiana reports his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint and was bedridden six weeks with eight physicians no relief until Dr Detchen's Relief for Rheumatism. It gave immediate relief and she walked in three days. Sold by L P Canning druggist at Clayton and Jackson Streets.
A good turnout marked the opening of the Florida Citrus Exchange annual convention at the Tampa Bay Casino in Tampa on April 27. The two day session will cover growing packing and marketing of citrus fruits.
An advertisement touts Ely's Dream Balm as a safe cure for nasal catarrh and related symptoms. It claims rapid relief within two days and notes the product contains no cocaine or mercury. Distributed by Ely Bros from 56 Warners Street, New York.
Real estate notice offering 280 acres of farm land near Mitchells bridge. Attractive price and reasonable terms advertised by Lipscomb & Co. Poone 109.
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