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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1911
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists subscription rates and office procedures then reports a string of short items. Notes on rail expansion, political figures like Bryan Roosevelt and Taft, Canada Japan treaty talk, and Mrs Belmont’s farmette experiment sit alongside quips about skirts and baseball fans.
Government investigators plan deep borings to locate domestic potash deposits in arid western regions. If successful, the find could save about twenty five million dollars annually in imported salts and reduce reliance on Germany.
The secretary to the president has evolved from a private aide to a pivotal office, with pay rising from about three thousand to six thousand dollars and a bill in congress to reach ten thousand. The role now requires diplomacy and statesmanship, handling public criticism and aiding presidential decisions.
President Taft selected William M. Howard for the tariff board, praising his 14 years in Congress and long experience. The board’s permanency failed in Congress, but $200,000 was allocated to continue its work for now. Howard is described as able, patriotic, and unimpeachable with a deep understanding of the country’s key economic issue.
This record lists historical items for March 7 including the 1638 Portsmouth covenant, births of Stephen Hopkins 1707 and Champ Clark 1849, Henry Knox Craig 1791, Queen Ranavalona III exiled 1897, Lord Methuen wounded 1902, Albert M Parker 1905. It also notes 1865 New Brunswick’s Confederation plan rejection and 1849 postmaster general Jacob Collamer.
Chicago women from suffrage groups head to Springfield by special train to press the Illinois legislature to enact voting rights. An estimated five hundred participants will travel with leaders Miss Jane Addams Mrs Catherine Waugh McCulloch Mrs Hannah G Solomon and Mrs Ellen M Henrotin to address towns along the route with platform speeches.
Alexander G. MacKay born March 7 1860 in Sydenham Ontario. He studied at Toronto University then taught and studied law before being called to the bar in 1887. He served as Crown Attorney, joined the legislature in 1902, and became Conservative leader in 1907. He aided Ontario industry education militia.
The annual sportsmen's show begins in New York at Madison Square Garden with an enlarged outdoor life setting. A mountain forest display and a flowing torrent set the scene while rifle and revolver competitions highlight the program. Wing shots from the U S and Canada will compete alongside military college and school boy rifle events. A large tank on the main floor will host swimming, angling, and bait casting during the week.
Foley's Honey and Tar for the children is best and safest for all coughs colds croup whooping cough and bronchitis. No opiates. For sale by all druggists.
The column surveys political moves in Amarillo Kansas City Kentucky Oregon New Jersey and Missouri noting senate changes and party dynamics. It also reports on Georgia Milledgeville prison farm progress including farming plans inmate labor and facility upgrades.
De Wolf Hopper rejects a fixed prepared speech and urges an extemporaneous approach with local flavor. He notes the aim to evoke genuine emotion without sentimentality and cites his Lambs Gambol Ledger as proving how stage situations and lines can provoke tears.
Mercer season listings cover baseball football and tech teams with games across Macon Athens Atlanta and Savannah. Key matchups include Georgia Vanderbilt Auburn Clemson Mercer Tech and Alabama at locations in Macon Atlanta Athens and Birmingham with dates in March through May.
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