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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1913
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists delivery options with annual and half year rates and urges prompt complaint notices to the business office for late or irregular service. The page blends business notices with a stream of political commentary and satirical remarks on Wilson, Taft, and Bryan, plus notes on suffrage, labor, and census figures.
The United States will have spent over four hundred million dollars on the Panama Canal upon completion and faces doubts about it becoming a paying investment. Experts question direct freight toll returns, noting the Suez route may dominate European trade and that U S merchant shipping is relatively small. war value adds benefit but requires heavy fortifications and ongoing upkeep, implying future costs beyond canal income.
The Supreme Court unanimously sustains the 1910 Mann act declaring interstate or foreign transportation of women for immoral purposes as white slavery. Penalties include up to five years in prison and up to $5,000 fine, doubled if the girl is under eighteen. Federal efforts to suppress this traffic continue.
Prof DeLoach of the State College of Agriculture stresses the economic value of birds in protecting crops. A Georgia congressman cites his brochure in urging a federal measure to safeguard migratory birds, calling them interstate property and essential to farmers. Athens welcomes a practical friend of birds as the bill in Congress should pass.
The piece argues English militant suffragettes harm the cause, urging moderation and reason for progress in women’s suffrage. It contrasts English tactics with American conduct, condemning mob rule and emphasizing peaceful reform as the path to victory. It includes a dated historical sidebar and poetry excerpt.
Cotton markets show slight steady tone with mild weather in New York trading. The column mixes market notes with health advisory on colds and a birthday tribute to Egerton Castle and other public figures, listing notable ages and careers.
The Bidassoa estuary near Fuenterabia hosts cross border sardine fishing shared by French and Spanish Basques. Torpedo boats guard the three mile limit while officials arbitrate trespass cases and crews divide catches. The river is jointly managed, with noon signals, alternating fishing days, and annual mayoral lots to decide who starts the season.
A courtroom scene ends with a guilty plea as a fair trial is crowded by a skeptical jury and anxious questions from a nervous defendant. The second tale recalls a Jamaican ice scheme where a clever boy profits by selling stale leftovers to a rival shopkeeper.
A H Davison advertises multiple Athens lots for sale on Milledge Avenue Woodlawn Avenue and Oakland Avenue. Two large shady Milledge lots, five Woodlawn lots, seven medium to cheap Oakland lots. Terms easy. Opportunity emphasized for profit locations.
The supplementary reader for the fourth year tells the story of Martha a girl from Missouri who joins emigrants to California. The 2000 mile journey across deserts mountains includes camps encounters with trappers hunters and Indians sunflower seeds grasshopper jam buffaloes prair ie dogs and the Great Salt Desert. Martha's observations guide readers through the trek to the valley and new home.
Tweens fights scheduled for tonight feature Freddie Hicks versus Howard Morrow in 1¢ rounds at Syracuse and K. O. Brennan facing Jack Dillon in a 10‑round bout in Indianapolis. Also listed are lodge and fraternal society notices with regular meeting times at Mt Vernon and other local halls.
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