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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1911

Page

6

Borden Plans Prairie Tour Against Reciprocity Pact

Ottawa reports Conservative leader Robert L. Borden will launch a month long speaking tour across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta to rally opposition to the reciprocity pact. He will visit Winnipeg Brandon Moose Jaw Regina Medicine Hat Lethbridge Calgary Red Deer Edmonton Battleford Saskatoon and Portage la Prairie with a special train for the trip.

Ottawa Ont Canada Robert L. Borden Conservative Prairie Provinces Manitoba Saskachewan Alberta Winnipes

Passing of Canfield's Club House in Saratoga

Saratoga Springs on June 15 took possession of Richard A. Canfield's famed club house once the center of high stakes gambling. Canfield bought it for 500000 and spent 250000 on furnishings. after removal of fittings the village paid 150000. Grounds will become a free park with the club house opening as a free casino and reading rooms.

Saratoga N. Y Saratoga Springs Richard A. Canfield Canfield America

Normandy Celebrates Thousandth Anniversary Event

Paris reports the 1000th anniversary of the Duchy of Normandy with pageants and tributes to Norman figures. Fetes begin this week and run through much of the summer as Rouen hosts the principal festivities and other towns join in.

Paris America Normandy Duchy of Corneille Malherbe Flaubert Rouen

Reclamation Train Promotes Southern Swamp Lands

Chicago June 15. A special Illinois Central Railroad train carries United States reclamation service and geological survey lecturers to explain converting swamps into fertile lands. The campaign will start in southern Illinois and continue to the Gulf of Mexico, visiting over sixty towns in six states.

Chicago, Ill Ilinois Central Railroad United States Reclamation Service The Geological Survey Ilinois Gulf of Mexico Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Louisiana Arkansas

Grand Chicago Handicap Shoot Opens at Chicago Gun Club

Amateur and professional trap shooters from across the country gathered at the Chicago Gun Club for the opening of the Grand Chicago Handicap tournament. The three day program includes a $500 trophy and more than $1,000 in added prize money across events.

Chicago

Labor World Notes Highlight Global Labor Trends

Notes from the labor world cover workers in the English post office and Salt works amid health guarantees. Reports include the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, wage gains for Minneapolis carriers, and the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada meeting in Calgary. Legislative moves in Oregon and New York, strikes settled in St Louis, and child labor laws across states are outlined along with international wage changes in Thuringia and Germany. James Duncan reelected in America, and Canada readying lectures from Australian premier Fisher on labor politics.

Canada The Trades Later Congress of Canada Fisher

Prominent Pennsylvania Democrats Plan Reorganization Federation

Several hundred Pennsylvania Democrats gathered in Harrisburg for a conference and banquet to form a federation of clubs and recruit youth for reorganization. They aim to weaken Guffey supporters when the state committee meets next month with speakers including Governor Woodrow Wilson and Speaker Champ Clark.

Harrisburg Pennsylvania Guffey Democratic State Committee Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Champ Clark

Automobile Engineers Meet in Dayton

Dayton Ohio June 15 Nearly five hundred engineers in the automobile and hindered industries attend the midsummer meeting of the Society of Automobile Engineers underway in Dayton with headquarters at the Algonquin hotel sessions focus on business professional discussion and recreation through the week.

Dayton Society of Automoble Engineers Algonquin Hotel

Masonic and Fraternal Lodge Meetings Listed

The notice lists multiple fraternal groups meeting on fixed weeknights at the Max Joseph building and Odd Fellows Hall. It names Keystone Chapter R A M atone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons, Elmo Lodge K P St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias, Athens B P O E No 790, Williams Lodge No 15 I C C F, Oliver Encampment No 14, Davia Camp 292 W C W, Glenn Lodge No 76 I C O F, with meeting times and officers. Visiting members invited.

Keystone Kearatone Royal Arch Masons Max Joseph Elmo Lodge K. of P St. Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias Castle Hall Clayton and Wall Streets Davia Camp Odd Fellows Hall Jackson and Clayton Streets Soverelans J. D. Severns C. C. C. Denny Glenn Lodge Lodge Room Odd Fellows’ Hall Clayton Street Odd Fellows

Honor for St Exavier Sister a Litera Doctor

In Emmittsburg Maryland on June 15 St Josephs College awarded Sister M Antonio of St Exavier College Beatty Pennsylvania the degree of Litterarum Doctor for her literary work in morals and religion. Sister Antonio, daughter of the late Anthony J Gallagher of Philadelphia, is related to the Drexel family and known as Mercedes in literary circles.

Emmittsburg St. Joseph's College M. Antonio St. Exavier College Beatty M. ‘Antonio Anthony J. Gallagher Philadelphia Drexel

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