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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1911
Page
6
The Athens Daily Banner urges voters to approve bonds for a new Clarke County court house. It calls for prompt teacher salary payments, discusses tax reform, redistricting, and support for Senator Tarell and Wilson, while noting Bryan’s campaign circuit and education funding needs.
The article argues many states require reporting TB but lack handling laws. Georgia lacks statewide rules, though Athens enforces a health ordinance for reporting. It urges sanitation and housing improvements while noting progress and the need for sustained funding as public awareness grows.
The piece argues Congress cannot reliably define humbugs under the Pure Food and Drug Act nor guarantee a patent medicine's curative powers. It calls for clear ingredient disclosures and pure foods and drugs, leaving glittering promises to public judgment, as gullibility varies and enforcement of cures is deemed impossible.
Editorial urges William J. Bryan to support Democratic progress and set aside personal views to help the party win the next presidential election. It argues his stubbornness has blocked progress and that a Democratic victory would yield better national administration than Republicanism.
An outward looking transitional era shapes youth views as newspapers libraries and magazines widen horizons. We seek behind the scenes to understand world machinery and motives, dabble in philanthropy, and read diverse philosophies to grasp why people act as they do.
China demands heavy indemnity for killings of Chinese by revolutionaries in Torreon as Madero's new government confronts international friction at the outset. The piece notes fashion shifts toward white in upcoming heat and color remaining dominant in gowns and hats.
A testimonial from Mrs J P Endlich of Erie Pa describes five years of female trouble ending after two to six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts natural roots and herbs, no narcotics, and urges women to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
A look back lists events on June 14 from 1662 beheading of Sir Harry Vane in London to 1908 Earl of Derby’s death, plus the Simon J. McLean birth in 1841. It notes Coney Island rowdyism trials rising from leniency to strict penalties for streetcar misconduct.
A broad survey notes Senator Joseph Bailey of Texas seeking re election aims and predictions on 1912 presidential noms with Indiana and Kentucky political leaders lining up. Virginia and Oklahoma capital disputes echo as Wisconsin senatorial suffrage moves loom, plus a summer dress code debate stirs in The Constitution.
The young shortstop Corhan has been excelling with the White Sox, widely regarded as a standout discovery attributed to the late Frank Selee.
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