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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
5
The Athens Daily Banner carries items on carriers and subscriptions with prices and notices. It comments on aeroplanes, Congress, Taft and Cook-Peary, Nicaragua battles, Santa Claus letters, football safety, salt taxes, waterworks receipts, vagrancy case after Taft's message, the Southern Commercial Congress, British peers, charitable donations for research, Canadas navy talk, Zelaya and Taft renomination.
The American Salvation Army will provide a free Christmas dinner for 200 poor children at noon on Christmas Day. Names and addresses of participants must be handed in by December 15 at Army headquarters. Officer in charge is ADJ 8 Winchester.
Georgia praises President Andrew M Soule for turning down a national offer to helm the Minnesota State College of Agriculture. He preferred to remain at the Athens institution, seen as crucial to Georgia farming and education. Supporters in Athens and across the state vow renewed backing for his leadership and the college's future.
The Georgia pecan and other nuts are presented as a promising industry with strong market demand. Experts note Georgia soil produces high quality pecans, with large investments already made. The tree offers financial returns and attractive shade, and pecans are hailed as a future Georgia emblem alongside peaches and watermelons.
An Oklahoma inventor develops a threshing gin that processes partially opened cotton bolls like hickory nuts, separating lint and saving an estimated twenty thousand bales this year. If perfected, the device could reduce field labor needs and boost American cotton output despite Taft’s cautionary remarks.
Dates and brief notes on historical events and figures, including Ezra Stiles birth, Hartford Convention, Waterman birth, Napoleonic tomb, Nashville battles, Robert Toombs death, Sitting Bull death, Prince Edward Island plebiscite, and Tugela victory, among others.
Reginald F Nicholson born December 15 1852 in Washington DC marked his 57th birthday. He entered the US Naval Academy in 1869 and graduated in 1873 serving on ships including Powataw Portsmouth and Monterey. In 1893 he joined the Oregon for a Pacific to West Indies cruise at the war’s start.
The text notes command of torpedo boat Farra from 1890 to 1901 and cruiser Tacoma from 1903 to 1905. It states he reached captain on July 1, 1907 and to command the battleship Nebraska during the around the world cruise of the American fleet.
Massachusetts ex governor James Connolly plans to speak at a Gridley club banquet in Ionia Michigan. Ohio ex governor Myron Herrick seeks the Republican US Senate nomination against Senator Dick. Minnesota’s Moses Clapp term ends 1911 with Kellogg and Miller as possible insurgent options.
The column notes EG Langdon Aitchell writing the play Step by Step and hints at Edmund Breese possibly appearing in the production. It previews stage plans and cast possibilities.
A flurry of productions announced including Marie Dresler in Tillie's Nightmare and That Man Smith from Cohan Harris. Emmet Corrigan and Arthur Lewis join Grace Elliston's Jacqueline company while William Faversham considers Hamlet. The Rays star in King Casey with updated music. London plans include Is Matrimony a Failure with Edwards and Belasco, plus Lucy Weston returning to vaudeville.
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