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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1911
Page
4
The Athens Banner details delivery options with annual and short term rates and payment methods. It instructs subscribers to report late or missing delivery to the business office and notes no carrier is authorized to collect payments or sell papers.
Athens fans anticipate a top Georgia baseball season on campus. Other items note Senator Aldrich backing Canada reciprocity, Atlanta pursuing a six hundred thousand dollar Y M C A fund drive, and fruit crop weather concerns. The piece urges funding for the Crawford W. Long Infirmary at the University of Georgia and discusses New York senatorial politics and Tammany Hall dynamics.
A reflective piece on George Washington marking his birthday. It contrasts myths like the cherry tree tale with the human side of Washington, praising his deeds over public image and urging readers to emulate his practical virtues and restraint.
The writer argues Americans wage no business wars and fight only to defend independence and human rights. He contrasts Britain’s wars driven by commerce with U S conflicts, notes British veterans are neglected while American soldiers receive pensions and homes, and cites Lincoln’s pledge to care for those who bore the battle, predicting few Civil War veterans remain in ten years.
Dr J N McCormack will speak in Athens on Saturday representing the American Medical Association educational campaign. He will discuss improving health sanitation and nutrition and note the American Health League aims to sensitize public opinion with a lay organization of Yale headquarters.
Article notes Greensboro, North Carolina adopts the commission plan of governance while Chicago see six Republicans running for mayor. It recalls Baltimore’s 14 presidential candidates for the upcoming national convention and reports Kansas Democrats set February 22 banquet with James A. Reed as speaker. Kentucky Democrats call a May primary for a U.S. Senate seat. Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas signals intent to seek the Democratic nomination next year.
A digest of political notes notes several figures: Simon Wing, Socialist Labor Party candidate for president, dies in Charles Town Massachusetts at 84. Harmon campaign HQ in Cincinnati. Roosevelt ties to Roosevelt via cousinhood. Oregon women’s suffrage, Indiana charter town Vernon. Louisiana’s Progressive League funding Roosevelt visit. Texas Republicans oppose Roosevelt 1912 nomination. Cannon’s long speakership record. this date in history snapshots. birthday of historian Charles McLean Andrews. anti option bill unlikely in Congress as 61st Congress nears end.
Notices announce Learn to Skate at the Auditorium Rink with three daily sessions Morning, Afternoon, and Night. Local lodge meetings list Knights of Pythias and various Odd Fellows groups meeting weekly with times and locations in Athens. Public train schedules for Central of Georgia, Seaboard, Southern, and Georgia Railways show daily departures and arrivals with city times.
The Illinois Farmers Institute meets in Ottawa with a record attendance as the sixteenth annual gathering opens. Key topics include a proposed reciprocity agreement with Canada and talks on soil treatment, fertility, feeding for profit, reef production, and related agricultural issues. Speakers include E. W. Burroughs, P. S. Janer, and J. W. Mumford.
Mixed trains arrive in Athens daily except Sunday at 9 35 AM and 6 00 PM Sunday arrivals are 10 40 AM and 7 55 PM Train arrivals updated. Departures occur daily except Sunday at 7 20 AM and 4 30 PM with Sunday departures at 7 45 AM and 6 09 PM.
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