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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists carrier delivery rates and notes carriers must not collect payments. It warns readers to report delivery issues, mentions late summer conditions, and previews local civic topics including the Chamber of Commerce, political shifts, and potential gubernatorial candidates amid 1911 context.
The piece critiques recent Georgia laws for copying mistakes that shift Putnam county into the Seventh district and would affect elections if vacancies occur. It notes the Atlanta city charter bill also contains similar errors and argues the governor bears responsibility for signing flawed laws.
The piece argues for strong cold storage regulation citing New York as a model. It notes laws require dating and labeling of goods, clarity for consumers, and heavy penalties for violations. Enforcing these rules would curb price manipulation and curb sale of unwholesome food, aiding public health.
Prof. Ernest Rutherford born August 30 1871 in Nelson New Zealand is a noted physicist and educator. He received the Elliott Cresson medal from the Franklin Institute Philadelphia and has held Macdonald Professor of Physics at McGill and the physics chair at Victoria University Manchester.
The piece notes a scientist elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society and reports contractors expect post office and federal court house additions finished by late next week with final work by mid September. It also mentions literary headlines about a novelist’s suicide and a divorce, contrasting with plain folk sentiment.
The New York State Boxing Commission rules took effect today. They require participant physical fitness, discourage betting, ban liquor at venues, restrict club officials, prohibit Sunday exhibitions, and bar anyone under eighteen from competing. Decisions are limited to Amateur Athletic Union sanctioned tournaments.
The piece catalogs political moves across states with mentions of Nevada congressman Bartlett entering university, Cincinnati mayoral race, Connecticut and North Dakota senatorial and vice presidential hints, Atlanta adopting a city commission plan, and governors nominees in Massachusetts and Maine. It notes primary laws in five states and profiles lawmakers with varied backgrounds.
Baseball results from Memphis and Nashville show Atlanta beating Memphis and Chattanooga defeating Nashville. Montgomery hosts Mobile with Mobile leading 6 to 1 after eight innings. New Orleans and Birmingham played with Birmingham winning 3 to 0 as Prough Elliott and umpires oversee the games.
Maryland closes its primary season as Democrats clash over governor nominating contests and party leadership. State Senator Arthur Gorman faces Blair Lee with party factions led by John Walter Smith and John J Mahon amid Talbot’s insurgent push. Republicans back a unified slate headed by Phillips Lee Goldsborough, while Taft era appointments underscore Goldsborough’s credentials.
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