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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
3
Athens reports the Commerce News editor John F Shannon sustained a back ligament injury while lifting a heavy ham to hang it for drying and smoking in his private smokehouse. The accident, though painful, is not considered serious and he may miss several days of work.
The Athens Georgia election in Pandora asks students to vote on 34 items including Most Popular Professor and Best Poet. Ballots due Tuesday at 6 pm in Academic Building lobby, with each student signing their name.
Georgia's new Commissioner of Commerce and Labor H. M. Stanley of Dublin is organizing his office paying clerical staff from his own funds. He has sent county inquiries on industrial plants and employment, plans to publish data for statewide use, and aims to build a department able to answer broad economic questions for the state.
General Orders announce a large Confederate veterans reunion in Macon Georgia on May 8 1912 with 11 state delegates and 500 mounted cavalry units plus 100 sponsors and maids of honor. Macon prepares with $70000 raised. E G Gilmore and E J Thomas authorize attendance and emphasize reunion and comradeship. The report also notes the National Educational Association session in Macon with speakers Carroll G Pierce and James H Van Sickle.
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