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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1912
Page
3
New York volume on curb markets as a possible fix for high prices faces mixed views. Pushcart vendors offer low prices to the poor but raise concerns over quality, sanitation and street congestion. Authorities weigh formal markets and relaxed rules amid rising living costs.
Atlanta reporters describe Grant Park Zoo animals following a six day feeding cycle with Friday fasts. Managers observed the lions tigers and hyenas learning the schedule and reacting with surprise when the fast day was changed to Monday by mistake.
New York sees a theater project under Roman Catholic supervision with Cardinal Farley approving the general plan. The venture aims to improve theatrical conditions and will stage religious works alongside broadly decent plays, appealing to Protestants and Catholics alike.
Winnipeg hosts final practice for the North Western International Rowing Association regatta under Winnipeg Rowing Club. Two day program features oarsmen from Duluth Minneapolis St Paul Fort William Kenora and Winnipeg across two days of events.
A man on Mr Henley s property near Pocataligo Madison county was struck by lightning during a Friday evening storm and killed instantly The bolt tore his hat apart burned his shoes and clothes and ended his life immediately.
Mrs. E R Shy of 770 College Avenue Athens Ga testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieve back pain and lumbago. She praises the product, says it removed her discomfort quickly, and urges continued use and publication of her testimonial. Sold by all dealers priced 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents Remember the name Doan’s and take no other.
Neu Strelitz hosted royals from England and Germany for the 90th birthday of Dowager Grand Duchess Augusta mother of the Mecklenburg Strelitz grand duke. Once Princess Augusta she was Queen Victoria’s cousin and Edward's doyenne renowned for sociability and theater patronage.
Judge Roger A. Pryor, former New York Supreme Court justice and Confederate brigadier general, turns 85. Born in Virginia, he served in Congress before the war, joined the Confederate forces, then settled in New York City as a prominent beach and bar figure. Also notes a flyer on mail flight progress and praises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and throat ailments with a trial bottle offer.
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