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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1910
Page
4
Editorial warns that widespread appeals to the state prison commission burden the system and delay justice. Governor Brown and Commission Chairman Hutcheson decry appeals in capital cases, noting wasted time and potential mob pressure, urging the practice be discouraged and stopped.
The article condemns police and detective use of the third degree to compel testimony. It argues such coercion violates law and due process, is often unjustifiable, and brutal in some cities, risking false or inadmissible evidence. Public opinion opposes torturous interrogation.
President Taft shows anxiety over party disarray and pledges yet to be fulfilled. He vows to press on with his program despite anticipated criticism as the nation watches Republican leaders respond to the call. The piece notes looming Democratic prospects and Roosevelt as a possible successor.
A playful ritual describes a boy’s expansive pockets and secret stash. The narrator catalogs items: cord, cattle pack, two pocketknives, marbles, chalk, pennies, a punched dime, talking toys, fish-hooks, a broken reel, lead, red-worm bait, and more. The piece revels in the imagination of an immense, all-containing pocket.
The piece notes Athens as a central city for the grand lodge in May and invites the new grand secretary Hon. T. H. Robertson to rest in the Classic City. It hints at the importance of the office to the fraternity in Georgia while mentioning general attendance and attire expectations at theaters.
On February 20 various dates mark U S postal system reorganization in 1792. Gen Lachlan McIntosh died March 17 1725 in Savannah in 1806. Confederate defeats at Olustee 1864. Sagasta forms cabinet 1872. Pope Leo XIII 1878. Beauregard dies 1893. Alaska Boundary Commission adjourns 1899. Canada garrisons Esquimault Halifax 1905. Grand Duke Vladimir dies 1908.
An editorial urges Athens residents to approve bonds to found equip and maintain a city hospital. It argues hospitals are essential public services not luxuries and emphasizes that the initiative affects every citizen and will provide care for the maimed and sick with proper medical and surgical facilities.
The Duchess of Fife, born February 20 1867 at Buckingham Palace, is celebrated in this notice. She married 1889 to Alexander Duff who became Duke of Fife, with daughters Princess Alexander Victoria and Princess Maud Alexandrina, and she has spent most of her life in Scotland due to ill health.
24 Wednesday. Womans South Florida golf championship tournament starts at Palm Beach, Thursday. Opening of automobile shows in Toronto and Binghamton. Dominion of Canada Rifle Association meeting in Ottawa. Aeronautic Society of America officers elected Friday. National amateur wrestling championships begin in Chicago. Mercury A.C. indoor games at Yonkers. American Bowling Congress tournament opens in Detroit. Intercollegiate A.A.A.A. convention in New York. Regiment A.C. indoor athletic meet in Cincinnati. Smoke V. P. Cigara.
A tribute notes Samuel S Burdett born February 21 1836 in Leicestershire England later a captain in the First Iowa Cavalry. He served in Congress representing Missouri and was Commissioner of the General Land Office then commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic.
A Milwaukee resident details a year of illness from female trouble and back pain. After trying various doctors and remedies, she reports improved health following Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and urges others to consider it.
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