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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
5
Subscribers should report late deliveries promptly to the business office. No carrier is authorized to collect subscriptions. Governor Brown cites labor unions and promotes education and a strong University to advance Georgia's development and electable Senate reform. The state contemplates prison inspections and greater tailors for political processes.
Advertising wields vast power through newspapers reaching the broad public. The piece urges readers to study ads in this and other papers regularly to save time and money, promoting the agency’s protective work.
The retiring Georgia leader urges a simpler honest system to assess and equalize property taxes. He repeats prior recommendations for a just method ensuring every class bears a fair share of state government costs. Businessmen and taxpayers hope the legislature acts promptly.
The article urges residents to swear to truthfulness when listing property for taxation. It notes Clarke County has fairer returns due to city assessors handling realty and its digest, while many counties could improve by adopting printed oaths on taxpayers hearts.
A compact roundup of events and births from June 26 across years. Highlights include 1758 Louisburg seized by British under Amherst, 1830 death of King George IV, 1857 Montreal steamer disaster with 250 lives lost, 1889 death of Simon Cameron in Lancaster, 1912 senator Anthony Higgins death in New York, and other notable dates.
A fragmented note references Earl of Carnarvon and marks a 47th birthday with minimal readable context.
The piece notes Lady Carnarvon’s London renown and Lord Carnarvon’s wealth with Highclere Castle and Pixton Park’s famed heronry. It also marks birthdays of Canadian Prime Minister Robert L. Borden at 59, Congresswoman Serena E. Payne at 70, and Congressman Henry T. Helgesen at 56, highlighting long visits to Canada and the United States.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo pledges one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The firm claims the remedy is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces.
The document outlines a proposed currency bill with twelve regional federal reserve banks and a central nine member board. It proposes notes limited to 500 million dollars backed by government or state bonds or approved commercial paper, with national bank deposits replaced by fed reserve banks. It also calls for branch banks abroad for large-capital institutions and grants authority to fix interest rates.
The piece personifies the fly as a threat to mankind and warns that flies in the dining room precede illness in the sickroom. It urges humans to act as the fly's natural enemies to curb death and disease.
A sixteenth year old narrator frames a fly’s diary set in a Topeka home. The fly mocks human waste and illness, notes garbage, bread contamination, and pests, and snipes at a neighboring family’s cleanliness and sickness, ending with mention of typhoid.
Athens resident Mrs. J. D. Garrison reports relief from chronic kidney backache after two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. She credits the treatment with improved kidney health and urges continued publication of her praise. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, sole U. S. agents. Remember the name Dean's.
In Atlanta June 25 the new Georgia legislature shows a mix of selfless vow and ambition. Crawford Wheatley of Americus states no ax to grind while backing Sumter county in need. Young members Grover Edmondson and Louis Wisdom are noted for energy, with Edmondson turning 22 and Wisdom holding several civic roles. Governor Joe Brown’s rumored senate bid sparks playful chatter as Rep. Ed Wohlwender pushes a blue sky law to curb stock fraud.
A Maine woman describes relief from chronic pain and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports improved sleep appetite and energy returning to care for a family of four. The ad appeals for women to seek non surgical help and contact the company for confidential guidance.
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