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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
6
A Rome Georgia report notes the city council faces a dump of appeals from recorder and police court cases. The council plans to seek a state bill to abolish the right of appeal to the city council, while preserving certiorari to the superior court. The move mirrors Clarke County discussions in this city.
Cambridge June 20 Harvard University the nation’s oldest educational institution closed its academic year with a graduation of more than 6000 students. The day featured the president and fellows overseers faculties and alumni at Massachusetts Hall the march to Sanders Theater for exercises and the alumni meeting. The day’s ceremonies honored the class celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary, that of 1887.
Cornelia mayor William Eberhart proposes a central interstate highway from Jacksonville Florida to Asheville North Carolina. The route would pass through Commerce Watkinsville Bishop Farmington Madison Morgan and Macon linking with the Southern rail line and federal aid programs. A Federated Good Roads meeting in Athens on June 24–25 could launch the project.
Herbert Kaufman urges newly minted Peabody graduates to abandon flattery, translate knowledge into action, and prove their worth. He warns that the diploma proves nothing by itself and that graduates must earn their place through effort, adaptability, and original thinking. He likens college to entering the University of Ad iom.
Georgia alumni of Peabody college in Nashville will meet in Athens on July 5 to form a state association and boost a "greater Peabody." More than 300 alumni hold educational posts and other careers. The program includes remarks by Kyle T. Alfriend and talks by Dr T J Woller Dr Charles E Litle Dr Fruce R Payne and Prof J S Wampler.
An advertisment touts Wilson's Fair Skin Soap as a cure for freckles and skin blemishes. It claims two jars can cure and restore complexion, with order details and price, offered by H.R. Palmer and Sons, Druggists.
Amateur and professional trap shooters numbering several hundred gathered at Illinois Gun Club in Springfield to begin the Grand American Handicap tournament. The event offers the $1,000 prize and diamond championship badge with entrants including Fred Gilbert Spirit Lake Fred Bills Chicago George Maxwell Nebraska Charles Spencer St Louis Tom Marshall Keithsburg and W B Crosby R O Helks from the All American team that toured Europe.
An ad touts Hot Springs Liver Buttons by H. R. Palmer & Sons claiming they unclog the liver and ease constipation and related ailments. Promoted as a popular remedy among Hot Springs visitors, with a 25 cent box and mail orders from Hot Springs Chemical Co., Hot Springs, Ark.
New York June 20 James A Patten famed cotton corner and Chicago wheat pit speculator sails for Europe to begin a summer vacation covering the far north including Norway Spitsbergen Iceland and Greenland accompanied by his son Jack Patten and Dr Abram W Harris president of North University Evanston TL
Atlanta June 20. Georgia lawmakers may consider a gasoline standard law at the next session to protect consumers. With over 15 000 gasoline users and 100 000 barrels used annually, adulteration concerns rise. A kerosene style testing system could ensure quality and raise about 30000 dollars yearly at a half cent per gallon. The proposal aims to ensure uniform product quality statewide.
Noted financiers from across Virginia and several invited guests from other states gather at Old Point Comfort for the Virginia Bankers Association annual meeting. The session runs through Friday and Saturday with talks and discussions planned.
A frightful coughing spell in Neenah Wisconsin left a man with two broken ribs and great pain. Advertising copy touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for coughs and lung ailments and offers a trial bottle. Effie Morton of Columbia Missouri endorses it as a godsend preventing consumption.
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