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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
4
The Athens Banner outlines subscription prices and payment options, notes carrier delivery issues, and urges prompt reporting of late or missing delivery. It contains local commentary on weather, politics, and public life, praising President Taft and President Wilson while critiquing political pessimism and economic concerns.
The nation elects a democratic president and he is sworn in. His inaugural address outlines goals and demands cooperation with Congress. Democrats must act decisively to fulfill pledges and win broad public support for future elections.
The Choate Hague Conference lecture advocates gradual disarmament and world peace. The Savannah Press notes the first conference spurred 144 arbitration treaties and suggests earlier action might have averted the Spanish-American War, with later gains including an international court for prize cases and property immunity at sea.
A reader column recalls local groups seeking free space in a newspaper. They note the Indies show funding, a church rummage sale, and a Woman's Union bazaar, all requesting ads while the paper asks fair compensation for space. The piece laments unequal treatment of ads and the paper’s need to sustain itself.
March 6 marks the birth of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan in Albany 1831 and the death of Armatus Ward 1867. It notes Toronto’s 1834 incorporation, Dred Scott decision 1857, and obits for Timothy Shay Arthur Louisa May Alcott. Also mentions Marquis of Ely Duke Hamilton and others.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound as a cure for kidney and bladder weaknesses. It claims rapid relief from burning urging and back pains, promises renewed vigor and blood color, and offers $1 large bottles from Stuart Drug Co. Atlanta by express.
Special to the Banner reports fair weather for Atlanta and vicinity through Thursday with colder conditions in the north. A small amount of precipitation occurred in the southeast and north of Washington, while a low barometer persists over northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Temperatures are generally lower in the east and south with zero in Sault Ste. Marie and eight below in Winnipeg as the cold persists.
Athens resident W H Wier of 175 Pulaski St publicly endorses Doan's Kidney Pills as the best kidney and bladder remedy. The 1911 statement recalls a 1908 experience of back pain headaches and nocturnal excretions cured after using three boxes priced 50 cents, with Foster Milburn Co. as U S agents in Buffalo New York.
Weather fair with cotton prices steady at 123. Market moves listed as open and close with brief spot report.
Fragmentary numeric text shows month labels and figures from an OCR page. No identifiable events, people, or places are discernible to form a coherent news item or summary.
The Industrial Index notes coal mining plans in Alabama with a $2,000,000 railway outlay, a Florida resort development linked to an electric railway, and broad construction activity across Florida Georgia and Alabama including brick paving in Duval and St Johns counties and new school houses, apartments, churches, warehouses, hotels, and passenger stations.
A list of awarded contracts and planned industrial expansions spans Georgia Alabama Florida and nearby areas. Projects include fraternal building work in Washington and Atlanta, a Clarke county jail, paving in OpelikaTuscaloosa, apartment houses in Columbus and Birmingham, a hospital addition in Thomasville, a warehouse in Demo Polis, lumber and ice plants in Centreville and Hartsboro, a Tampa electric plant upgrade, a new cotton factory at Headland, railroad extensions in Florida and southern Alabama, a pipe plant in Gadsden, a Charlotte Harbor Venice rail survey, Blount county road bonds election, and a Norristown Georgia bank.
The city of Athens plans to increase manufacturing industries to provide material wealth for the state’s great educational institutions. Leaders argue factories are essential to sustain the farm and mine wealth and to build a base for a growing city. A separate note advertises Arnica Salve for skin diseases and minor injuries.
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