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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1903
Page
2
The Athens Daily Banner lists delivery options and rates for city carriers or mail service. Annual rates are 5 dollars, six months 2.50 dollars, three months 1.25 dollars, with weekly or Sunday editions at 1 dollar per year or 50 cents for six months. Remittance by express, money order, or registered letter.
The piece collects editorials and notices from Athens Banner observing local affairs. It cites Roosevelt era events, Wisconsin politics, labor disputes, education, and proposals for an agricultural fair, while noting printing and lobbying concerns and calls for clear publication rules.
The Banner extends a cordial welcome to visiting delegates from the State Horticultural Society and nearby associations. Athens plans a working yet hospitable week as four organizations meet in the city for the first time, with residents eager to greet and host the guests while they conduct business.
The author urges Clarke county and surrounding counties to bring county and individual agricultural exhibits to the Northeast Georgia Fair in Athens and to the State Fair in Macon. The appeal argues it is a paying investment for counties to display their best farming products and to participate in both fairs. It emphasizes broad county participation and aims to boost regional agricultural showcases.
The article quotes Andrew Carnegie claiming that would be millionaires must be without education and culture. It argues knowledge and culture hinder swift business decisions by slowing judgment and sowing hesitation, favoring the single minded and decisive entrepreneur over the scholarly thinker.
A short analysis argues that distrust of dissent reaches beyond unions to trusts and big business. It notes how the powerful exact demands on various actors, including courts and government, and suggests Wall Street pressure on leading party candidates.
Seaboard Air Line Railway announces Sunday round trip tickets to Atlanta for 1.00. Valid Sundays from May 17 to Oct 15 1903. Train 41 departs Athens at 5 25 city time. Return date of sale. Athens agent J Z Hoke. A G P A W E Christian Atlanta. G P A C B Ryan Portsmouth Va.
The Central of Georgia railway offers excursion tickets to eastern cities and resorts via Savannah and steamship lines to Tybee. Through sleeping car service and convenient schedules with fall rates and schedules available from ticket agents and commercial offices in Athens Georgia. Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised as mild and reliable locally. Sold by Palmer Smith and Co.
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