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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1910
Page
4
The Athens Banner reports on Y M C A fundraising for Christmas, legal notices on editor Lamar’s oath to the Supreme Court, Santa Claus rounds for Athens children, and political chatter about Champ Clark, Judson Harmon, and Senator Lafayette Young. It also mentions Georgia faculty prizes and regional election shifts.
The piece argues for a constructive tariff revision by Democrats when the new house convenes, aiming to reduce protection for manufacturers while ensuring government revenue and consumer relief. It cites Governor-elect Foss and stresses gradualism, avoiding a free trade shift or shock to business, and calls to remove special protections.
Eight leading nations will hold a Hague conference on May 30, 1911 to bring opium and related drugs under international law. England may push cocaine and morphine onto the agenda as harms rise. The meeting aims to advise on restricting sale while preserving national policing rights.
William G Farlow, professor of cryptogamic botany at Harvard for over thirty years, born in Boston on December 17, 1844. He graduated from Harvard College in 1866 and Harvard Medical School in 1870, studied botany in Europe, and became adjunct professor before his 1879 appointment.
The liner Philadelphia sails with a holds full of Christmas mail to Prymouth Cherbourg and Southampton. Maurellania follows with the last Europe bound mail for Christmas day delivery. Officials report a larger volume of money orders and presents than ever before.
A compact local ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for frostbite sores chapped skin and general winter ailments. It markets the product as a greatest healer of burns boils piles cuts eczema and sprains available for 25 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
In Clinton this day Ike Rushing a Black man is to be executed for the murder of Bailiff Bass during an attempted arrest in Haddocks last April. The case marks the first legal execution in Jones county in many years.
Bold ad promises quick cure for a cold with laxative Bromine tablets. Druggists refund money if not effective. B. W. Grove's signature appears on each box. Price listed as 250.
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