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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1911
Page
4
Remittance options are listed and subscribers urged to notify the business office about late or missed deliveries. This notice warns carriers may not collect payments or sell papers. The column then cites sports and political snippets including Taft, the New Mexico Arizona statehood bill, Judge Russell, Ty Cobb, Hal Chase, the Pan American pennant, and Pellagra research as physicians seek solutions.
Georgia has long funded Confederate pensions more generously than Southern peers. The aging veteran pool, with average age about 67, will shrink the pension roll in coming years as no provisions exist for passing pensions to children. Despite rising costs and debates over need, Georgia will continue paying pensions while taxpayers bear the burden.
The Wilson campaign builds clubs across southern militia districts while Champ Clark’s potential boom creates a split risk in the South. Wilson's strength grows in the north and east among business leaders who favor his conservatism and ability, signaling a possible national nomination outcome.
The item marks a 64th birthday for Sir Charles Day Rose born August 23 1847 in Montreal. It recalls his early service as a captain in the Montreal Garrison Artillery and his role during the Fenian invasion of 1870. It notes his later residence in England and high position there.
Sir Charles Rose rose through Morton, Rose and Company in New York and London and later led the firm after his father Sir John Rose. He joined the Canadian Pacific Railway syndicate in 1880 with Mount Stephen and Strathcona, and has been a Member of Parliament since 1905 representing Newmarket division of Cambridge. In the last general election he carried Newcastle for the Liberals.
Lyons Ga judge Richard B Russell speaks for local option in gubernatorial race while praising the Democrats record in Congress. A Georgia law now bans publishing names of rape assault victims, with newspapers complying to protect victims and level the field for reporting.
Atlanta dispatch argues Hoke Smith waning in Georgia as the legislature session exposes weaknesses in his power. It notes disputes over appointments, friction with Slaton, and a weaker anti lobby bill, while predicting a Senate term may rekindle support before his return home.
The Evangelical Lutheran Wisconsin State conference for the Missouri Synod meets at Zion Lutheran church in Wausau with about 170 ministers attending. The three day session includes theological discussions and addresses on church work. Tomorrow evening features the customary communion service. Concordia College Milwaukee alumni reunion coincides with the conference.
Bar Harbor Maine August 22 The town shifted from golf and tennis to the Robin Park field as Bar Harbor’s annual horse show opened under promising conditions. Exhibits rival metropolitan displays as judging and prize awards begin this afternoon and continue through next Thursday.
Indianapolis August 22 Ray Bronson of Indianapolis and Dave Deshler of Boston have finished training for their ten round contest in this city tomorrow night Both boxers are in excellent condition The rivals previously fought two twelve round draws in Boston in 1909 They are regarded as evenly matched and expected to produce an interesting fight
South Bend hosts the Indiana Horticultural Society two day session featuring premier fruit displays from northern regions. H. E. Van Deman will give two addresses, as Taft backs tariff revision next December to respond to veto protests. The piece notes public remarks about waiting for warmth or food.
The Hall of the University of Toronto was crowded as the American Veterinary Medical Association opened its 48th annual convention in Toronto. The four day meeting includes a banquet Friday and an exhibition of surgical appliances attracting much interest.
Temperance workers from across Minnesota gather in Faribault for the state convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union opening today for a four day session. Nearly two hundred delegates attend with noted speakers and lecturers among the crowd.
Columbia hosts the annual South Carolina division reunion of the United Confederate Veterans as veterans and friends arrive statewide. The initial session today featured opening addresses and greetings and the proceedings move forward tomorrow.
Nearly one thousand members of the National Commissary Managers Association meet at the Southern Hotel for a three day convention. The group, formed last year in Baltimore, plans Jacksonville to bid for next year. President is B M Lebby of Dutton Florida.
July 44 report notes Lora Lonsdale offering a new championship belt for England featherweight title. Harry Stout of Milwaukee named matchmaker and referee for New Orleans club. San Francisco promoters seek Jim Flynn’s blacklist by supervisors claiming past laydown to Sam Langford.
A well known Des Moines woman endured two days of severe bowel distress before being cured by a single dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Sold by all dealers.
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