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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
4
A collection of brief items and notices from Athens includes subscription cautions, delivery woes, and special notices. It notes carrier issues, urges readers to report late or missed papers, and mentions subscription payment options. Other items reference local events, meetings, theater and church notices, weather hints, and civic concerns with a tone of late 19th century regional newspaper chatter.
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company reports for 1912 that the telephone has become a household necessity in the United States. There are 7,456,074 telephone stations in the Bell System, with 523,449 more than last year, and daily calls reach about 26.31 million, totaling roughly 8.472 billion conversations for the year.
A primer on numerous large and small prizes offers rewards for feats and inventions. Germany, France, and America host substantial sums including 23,800 dollars for proving a theorem, 20,000 for cures, and 10,000 for beet handling devices. Regional offers include 2,000 from Louisiana Sugar Planters and 2,500 for a carburetor. The top prize reaches 100,000 with a gasoline substitute bonus.
The article warns that pneumonia risk rises with seasons and crowded city life, stressing prevention through personal hygiene and avoiding fatigue, hunger, and crowds. It cites cold, lack of sunlight, dust, and exposure to others’ breath as factors, and encourages precautions to reduce mortality. It notes improved understanding of prevention and the limited hope for a cure.
A playful verse fragment features Winter challenging Spring with a bowing brow and a bold assertion that she is no forward March. The personified seasons clash in a witty, lyrical line about arrival and pacing.
A list of historical anniversaries for March 20 including Thomas Seymour's attainder and beheading in 1549 England, France declaring war on England in 1744, John Tyler born in 1790, Upper Louisiana formed in 1804, Michigan primary schools act in 1837, David Conner death in 1866, Lawrence Barrett death in 1891, Louis Kossuth death in 1894, and notes on the 5th birthday of Earl of Southesk and Charles Noel Carnegie.
Berlin's West End article surveys Kurfurstendamm as the new hub of city life with a modern boarding place offering furnished rooms, dining, cafes, and American hotel comforts. It notes fashion, bohemian chic, and luxury shops shaping the district's upscale culture. The piece mentions notable titles and aristocratic estates, plus aging figures turning 79, 53, and 69.
The Fenno house on Farm street Canton, built in 1704 by John Fenno, remains a two story red clapboard structure with a rare second story. It housed a large family lineage, including Isaac and Elijah Fenno, Revolutionary soldiers, and Jesse Fenno who built a new nearby house in 1810. The original homestead has not housed Fennos for many years and is a landmark for antiquarians and visitors.
New York hosts the United States' largest and most delicately adjusted seismograph, made in Germany and donated by Emerson McMillan of the New York Academy of Science. The needle reacts to New York blasting operations, Rhode Island and Massachusetts sea waves, and even light windstorms, revealing subtle atmospheric and seismic activity.
Benjamin F. Shively, 56, U.S. senator from Indiana, and John J. Esch, 52, congressman for Wisconsin’s Seventh District, celebrate birthdays today. The Atlanta fire chief faces questions after accepting a $400 gift from a company agent linked to a city fire engine purchase, questioned on the chief’s recommendation.
The Newark Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church began its annual sessions at the Massey Street church with Bishop Luther B. Wilson presiding. The opening included communion, roll call, and organization, followed by the regular work of the conference in the afternoon.
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