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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
2
The Athens Banner lists subscription rates and delivery notices for the Athens Banner and Weekly edition. It includes editorials on Georgia politics, hotel needs, urban development, and social issues, highlighting wage work conditions and vagrancy law enforcement.
The article notes Athens population rose from 10,245 per the census to 13,168 within a period, signaling sharp growth. It laments a lasting housing shortage, stating demand for residences far exceeds supply and many residents seek homes amid ongoing progress.
The New York Sun reports the term skidoo comes from Syrian roots after Samuel Solomon, a shawl merchant, argued it insulted him. In Essex Market court, Solomon contends the word means be removed, while judge Wahle notes it also means beat it, ending the quarrel.
A Bangor anecdote warns sailors avoid ill omens aboard old ships. A rat sighting stirs superstition, while tales of wrecks follow the hooker Star light Solferino and Rainbow brig, with a sailor Ned Hengler haunted by visions of his mother before the Rainbow disappears.
The Railroad Commission of Georgia issues Circular No. 322 dated August 27 1906. Effective September 27 1906 the rate on uncompressed cotton with privilege to carrier to compress from Dublin to Savannah will be 32 omnis per 200 pounds.
Knights of Pythias St Elmo Lodge No 40 meets Mondays at 8 pm in Castle Hall at Max vosepn landing corner Clayton and uv. Keystone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons meets every third Tuesday at 8 pm in Max Joseph building. Glenn Lodge No 75 I O O F meets Tuesdays at 8 pm in Carlton building Jackson street. Williams Lodge No 151 I O O F meets Mondays at 3 pm in Carlton building Jackson street. Athens Lodge No 790 BPOE meets Wednesdays at 8 30 pm in lodge quarters Broad and Lumpkin streets. Sequee Tribe No 54 I O Ru M meets Thursdays at 8 pm in Knights of Pythias hall.
A clipped exchange in German and English shows a crowd at a station debating a potential threat. The dialogue questions whether a loud object is a shotgun or a car wreck causing tire explosions, reflecting confusion and danger.
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