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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1911
Page
4
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The piece argues high tariff protection for the American iron and steel industry is unnecessary as exports rose from under 100 million to about 250 million dollars in a decade. It asserts US mills can compete abroad and that tariffs burden consumers, urging tariff revision to avoid inflated prices.
A Florida Times-Union facetiously surveys shifts in gender roles, predicting more girls adopting trousers, boxing, yachting, and rugged work. It argues the so called mad world may become charged as the public redefines the word girl and asks what becomes of feminine identity when girls become more like boys.
A fleeting birthday note honors James O Connell as a prominent figure with a birthday reference and a nod to his role as a president, though the fragment ends abruptly.
Born in Minersville Pennsylvania on August 22 1858 and raised in Old City he learned the machinist trade by apprenticeship. He joined Knights of Labor in 1886 and led the International Association of Machinists from 1892 expanding membership from 2500 to about 75000 and later served as vice president of the American Federation of Labor.
A humorous sketch features a young shopkeeper pressed by an old man about credentials. The shopman admits no diploma but claims their own preparation is as good, claiming readiness despite youth. The piece contrasts youthful ambition with skepticism from older generations.
New York faces a water famine as Croton watershed storage drops to less than 37 billion gallons, half the previous low. City officials rush repairs while suburbs warn supplies may last only weeks. The police shift away from central office mugging routines as detective work expands citywide. Free baths at Coney Island and half price trolley fares aim to aid the poor, but uptake remains low. Admiral Togo’s visit triggers lavish hospitality with expensive wines and banquets.
Thousands seek plaster tinsel and woodwork as souvenirs of the Atlantic Garden Bowery venue slated for dismantling next week to make way for a modern theater. The famed Gotham beer garden hosted Forrest Booth McCullough and other stage stars. survivors mourn its passing. In Maryland, Philip Lee Goldsborough, Internal Revenue Collector, to win the Republican gubernatorial nomination unopposed next week.
Washington reports Woodrow Wilson boom spreading with new county and city clubs forming across Arkansas Missouri Texas California Kentucky Maryland Oklahoma Pennsylvania Indiana and Georgia. Houston Kansas City and Atlanta hosts active groups with leaders inviting Wilson to visits and pledging support from city officials and residents.
A Harper's Monthly vignette describes a drizzly London street as a bus halts to let a Parsee man in a red turban alight. The driver and a passenger debate the Parsee’s faith, noting he is a sun worshipper and joking that he might be seeking a rest from the rain.
A wealthy businessman received a threat letter offering to abduct his wife unless paid five thousand dollars. He replied that he was short of funds but the proposition interested him, prompting a curious exchange reported in Everybody's.
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