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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1913
Page
4
Local notices detail subscription rates and delivery issues for the Athens Daily Banner. The page also surveys Georgia baseball chatter, militia funding, license tags, and editorials on education and physical development linked to Brown University’s influence on civilization.
A reflective editorial defends Jefferson Davis as a faithful Confederate president, arguing his leadership under blockade and hardship was strong, and calls for national recognition. It contrasts Davis with Robert E. Lee and urges eventual reconciliation and equal historical standing with Abraham Lincoln. Kentucky statues for Lincoln and Davis are proposed as a symbolic step.
The Southern Sociological Association session in Atlanta featured Dr. C T Nesbitt of Wilmington N C on public health. He urged accurate death and disease records and press education to overcome opposition and fuel sanitation progress leading to a strong Wilmington health program.
The speaker declares easygoing preferences for a middle ground between heat and cold and breeze or still air. He values modest wealth with a touch of luxury and a quiet time, presenting a humorous rustic voice with regional spelling and a sneeze moment.
A letter asks if a chicken in a neighbor’s yard can be hunted, stirring debate on a pending city ordinance and the court’s view on poultry as wild birds. The writer cites garden damage, sidewalk hazards, and requests editorial guidance on hunting chickens in urban settings.
This date in history notes Samuel Vetch death, George Washington birth, U S expansion milestones from 1789 to 1912. A weather brief covers Atlantic coast clearing, Mississippi valley high pressure, frost in Chicago and Des Moines, and snow in Havre Helena Calgary with a warm Atlanta outlook. c F von Herrmann provides the report.
The Palmer and Sons page shows monthly price ranges for cotton oil and related commodities with figures for several periods. It also includes a customer testimonial from Sydney praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a severe cold in a child, noting quick improvement.
Market report shows fluctuating cotton futures with multiple month quotes. Prices range around 11.30 to 11.40 for several contract months and intraday closes drift between 10.90 and 11.07 amid light trading.
William Wainwright of the Grand Trunk Railway, born in Manchester England on April 30 1840, rose from clerk to senior vice president overseeing the system across Canada. He moved to Canada in 1862 and advanced to assistant general manager in 1890 before attaining the top post.
Special weather notice from Atlanta dated April 29 predicts fair and warm conditions through Wednesday with temperatures rising.
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