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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1913
Page
3
At the University of Georgia the civil engineering program emphasizes practical field training. Under Strahan Griggs and Koch students actively survey Judge McWhorter’s tract and will soon lay out a six to seven mile relocation highway in Madison county.
Special to the Banner Atlanta April 29 President B W Hunt of the Georgia Bankers Association announced the program for the big gathering opening Thursday May 15 in Macon with group dinners in the Hotel Dempsey auditorium The May 16 opening session includes welcome addresses by Mayor John T Moore and J J Cobb with remarks by President Hunt Several sessions feature William A Law William J Burns Burgess Smith Dr Andrew M Soule John K Ottley and P A Flak among others An officer election will be held Saturday afternoon
Los Angeles fans await the Kilbane versus Dundee championship bout scheduled for tomorrow night at Vernon arena. Kilbane, the featherweight champion, is the favorite though many expect a spirited challenge from Dundee. The full house is practically sold out and the pair will step into the ring at 9:30 p.m. for a 20 round duel.
Advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for headaches sour stomach indigestion and biliousness. Claims pills purify the blood restore vigor and guarantee results. Priced at 25 cents and recommended by W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Crossings in Georgia loom as a major legislative battle with potential costs reaching into the millions. Proponents cite deadly accidents and denied railroad speed laws as motives to abolish grade crossings and require underpasses or overpasses funded by railroads and counties. The railroads resist the expense, while damages from accidents fuel the pressure for reform.
New York reports a ten round heavyweight clash at St Nicholas Athletic Club featuring Luther McCarty challenging Frank Moran. Moran, smaller yet skilled, arrives after fights in the West and Europe. He recently went twenty rounds with Gunboat Smith, losing a decision but proving durability.
A letter from Key West Citizen praises Athens Banner for its Electric Night special edition. The Florida paper asks for a copy to consider a similar release for their Electric Company. Signed by F N Challen of the Citizen Publishing Co.
A Journal of the American Medical Association note explains that Kur does not mean cure in English but rather a method of remedial treatment. It contrasts German Heiling and Latin cura with English usage, warning about translation errors in medical reporting.
A Raleigh man testifies to relief from stomach and kidney distress after using Electric Bitters. The ad warns of dropsy kidney trouble diabetes or Brights disease and promotes the medicine as the best stomach and kidney remedy. Priced at 50c and 1.60, with local recommendations.
The Count and Countess Guy de Lasteyrie Miss Constance Warren voyage to Europe aboard a New York to European sailing. They plan to spend part of the summer at Chateau la Grange near Paris, ancestral home linked to the Marquis de Lafayette.
Chicago April 29 The Interstate Commerce Commission issues a ruling effective today limiting excess baggage charges to 5 pounds per added inch for trunks over 45 inches in any dimension. Railroads may refuse transport for trunks exceeding 72 inches in any dimension.
Paris, April 29. American society in the French metropolis anticipates the marriage tomorrow of Mrs. Richard T. Crane and Francis T. A. Junkin. Both are residents of Chicago. Mrs. Crane is the widow of noted manufacturer Richard T. Crane who died about a year ago. Junkin is a Columbia University graduate and has been prom-
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