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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
4
The notice warns subscribers that no carrier may collect payments or sell papers. Comments drift across William J. Harris for treasury, Wilson era politics, Georgia political intrigue, baseball holdouts, and international affairs. The piece cites suffrage actions, Taft Roosevelt images, Washington police treatment of suffragettes, annexation talks, and Japan’s financial limits shaping its foreign policy and potential conflicts.
A strong editorial endorses arbitration over strikes, citing the Erdman act as binding, with three arbitrators settling a major dispute between forty four eastern railroads and thirty five thousand firemen. It argues arbitration reduces financial losses and should apply to large and even national disputes where feasible.
The article describes a 4 day Gettysburg reunion to unite North and South with a love feast and addresses by leaders including Woodrow Wilson. It emphasizes reconciliation, shared patriotism, and honoring veterans while avoiding strenuous events on the battlefield. General Eli Torrance urges participants to pursue generous, fearless patriotism and erase lingering prejudice.
The piece argues blame for Senator Bacon's defeat as pro tempore likely due to moves favoring newer senators, naming Bryan Kern and O'Gorman as actors. It warns the public will learn who aided the shift, calling it a shrewd political game with broad party and national consequences. It also touches on historical notes and Danish royalty matters.
A twelve page booklet by Prof. R J H DeLoach of the Georgia State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, The Economical Value of Birds to the Farmer, is printed in full in a recent Congressional Record. It was introduced during a speech by Congressman Edwards of Georgia advocating a measure to protect the Utahane sheucands.
Cotton prices show scattered changes with steady close as markets report monthly fronts and oil prices edge up. Col H M Rylee travels from Atlanta to Macon for Paine estate legal matters while arguing bank cases in the court of appeals.
A magazine feature showcasing political cartoons from major cities including Dublin Paris Berlin Warsaw Budapest St Peters burg Sydney and more. Each month presents one caricature captioned to reflect a world event with a brief history of the period. Single copy price 150. Ask your newsdealer in Windsor and Seven Chest.
A Sunday afternoon fire discovered on the second story of a brick Washington street building, back of the Methodist parsonage, affected the Athens Motor Car Company downstairs and offices of J B Joel and L B Flatow upstairs with one or two roomers. The fire department extinguished it before major damage. losses to office occupants and roomers estimated around 2000 dollars, mostly covered by insurance.
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