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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1913
Page
4
Subscribers must promptly notify the business office about late delivery or missing issues. No carrier can collect subscriptions or sell papers. The text then drifts into disjointed remarks on Atlanta politics, lobbying, and constitutional themes, with dubious references to Florida reforms, improvised terms, and medical remedies.
An advertisement extols cheap insurance and best value, urging readers to compare offerings. It touts savings, quick returns, and immediate profit for buyers, asserting vendors know their products and can secure favorable prices and reliability.
A commentary on the spread of death by own action stories shows how newspapers amplify despondency. It cites the Macon Georgia case of Sanders Walker misusing an antiseptic tablet and notes editors’ sensationalism fuels imitation. Editors lack public conscience and restraint, risking readers’ harm.
A discussion of urban health improvements contrasts with grim sweat-shop conditions shown at a woman's industrial exhibit. Placards cite contagious disease in tenement work as families mass produce under sanitary abuses. Children work long hours for meager pay, while consumers pay a high price in illness and death from these pestilent practices.
A fragmented poem reflects on the artist hearing the spirit in moments of divine feeling. It mentions the artist revealing inner visions through light and expression, with a dated line June 2. 1s.
A collage of birth years and events marks June history. Highlights include Dr. Robert Bell born June 3 1841 in Toronto, his Canadian Geological Survey career, and naval expeditions. Also noted are King George V turning 30, drama figure Paul Potter 60, and Rev. Cortland Myers 49. The piece previews graft prosecutions and political scandals in courts.
AUs credits describe a teen party with button games using four matching sets of buttons and needles, prize ideas, and a second section details kimono slumber parties for girls aged 15 to 17. It covers setup, activities, and light breakfast, plus a playful “Cupiditea” tea party with a bridal shower theme and wordplay cards.
A caregiver recalls children performing a humorous outdoor game named Japanese tag. The tagged child must place their left hand on the touched spot and keep it there until tagging another. The new chaser then aims to tag someone on the knee or foot to complicate future hand touches, creating a playful challenge.
A brief description of a simple party illusion where a participant attempts to brush a coin from the palm using a whisk broom. The effect relies on a light brushing motion, not digging with the broom, and many volunteers may fail to retrieve the quarter.
A children's page notes elephants as gentle babysitters in India, with a mother elephant guiding a baby by its trunk. It includes verses on tears turning to jewels, a brief legend about dew drops, and a handful of riddles with playful wordplay and puns.
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