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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
4
The notice warns subscribers no carrier may collect payments. pay at the regular office. Mentions reinstated Ty Cobb and various political and social items. Discusses heat in Athens, Mexico, European parallels, and local health efforts offering free typhoid vaccine. Notes housing rents and urge for more modest, medium priced rentals.
The Elks national meeting in Rochester inspired a widely shared creed by James Riely Gordon of New York lodge. The tablet poetry urges belief in self and others, protection of children, respect for old age, charity, reverence for the dead, and keeping youthful cheer.
France produced 1,664,564,775 gallons of wine in 1912 excluding Algeria and Corsica. Old and new stock brought total supply to 3,219,693,867 gallons. Vine area fell to 3,832,465 acres with average yield 434 gallons per acre and total vintage valued around 337.75 million dollars.
A historic verse sketches a woman who lingered after his death. She recalls his infant cry and his years of life, then follows him toward the unknown, as the piece notes his final sleep and a mother’s evening memory with lines tied to July 17, 1913.
Alfred Hulse Brooks born July 18 1871 in Ann Arbor Michigan. He studied in Germany and at Harvard graduating in 1894 then pursued geology in Paris before joining the U S Geological Survey. Brooks led the Alaskan division from 1902 and became geologist in chief two years ago.
The list marks birthdays of leading figures including Bishop Joseph S Key 84 Socialist leader Rose Pastor Stokes 34 Bonapartist Victor Napoleon 51 Mrs Richard Derby 22 cricket icon William G Grace 65 Texas congressman James Young 47 and Pennsylvania congressman John R Farr 66.
The house ways and means committee votes to drop a state board of tax equalizers from the reform measure, leaving only county boards. Supporters see the board as key to fair utility returns and as a potential final court for assessment disputes, while dissension grows over the broader tax revision.
The article reports on legislative talk about tax reform and the fate of county boards, noting Governor Slaton might call an extra session. It highlights Milledge’s new county prospects, Barrow and Candler counties, and the push for Griggs and Treutlen in the constitutional amendment race. Carl Vinson's congressional prospects loom as Judge Vinson declares he will stay in the race.
Governor aided Vinson’s county appointment as judge and speaker pro tem. Meantime Georgia lawmakers push stronger drug inspection led by Rep Herman Shuptrine to curb dope drug sales. Ed Wohlwender critiqued for aliases while backing the blue sky law. Former Rep W Y Allen seeks to replace solicitor general with county prosecutors and vows lobbying.
Georgia club women support renewal of compulsory attendance and endorse the Ellis kindergarten and registration bills while praising reformatories as models. The piece notes advocacy by the Southern Association of College Women, calls reform a community responsibility, and cites Judge Hoyt on delinquents. It also covers campus appointments and visits at the state agricultural college and nearby institutions.
Mrs Z Fitzpatrick, president of the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, urged the legislature to promptly regularize teacher salaries and support equalized taxation. She noted teachers face undue financial hardship and praised editorials backing relief from state papers.
Two engineering graduates G Kelly and J Rhodes Slade returned to the city for ten days before taking a civil service exam. Col P F Brock, a prominent Athens attorney, has just returned from a short trip on an important legal case with a decision still pending.
A newspaper advertisement promises a risk free freckle treatment for Miss Freckle Face. Buy an ounce of double strength ethine from a druggist and try it with a money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles. Rarely more than one ounce needed for severe cases.
Taking big chances with sudden bowel problems, neighbors lacking medicine led to deaths from cholera morbus. The remedy promises quick help, costs a quarter, and is sold by all dealers.
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