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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1910
Page
9
The Athens Daily Banner reports mail rates for home delivery, local rail developments, and notable comments on politics, weather, and commerce. It notes Georgia rail reports, endorsements of a national health department, and hints at regional political skirmishes while praising recent mild weather and upcoming shopping specials.
A devotional essay extols Easter as the supreme Christian festival surpassing Christmas and Good Friday. It notes the resurrection as central to faith, recalls the early greeting Christ is risen, and praises the tradition of rekindling Easter fires in Germany as a powerful symbol that should keep burning in every Sunday observance.
This date in history marks events from 1626 to 1909 including Canada’s restoration to France and the Grand Union Hotel fire. The text also notes Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire of North Carolina born March 27 1850 with a summary of his clerical career and educational work.
An opinion piece criticizes Congress for overemphasizing small savings like autos for leaders and horse shoeing budgets while ignoring tariff policy. It argues true thrift requires tackling broad government extravagances and the consumer cost of living rather than petty cuts.
A proposal urges the Athens Electric Railway Company to sponsor the annual Georgia versus Auburn Thanksgiving Day game in Athens. The plan seeks a larger, more central audience with visitors from Atlanta Macon Augusta Savannah and Alabama, boosting local business and showcasing Athens as a growing Southern city.
Cincinnati dispatch reports the Republican administration pressing Mayor Gaynor to reform the rogue’s gallery amid fears of indiscriminate weapon use. The Tip Governor faces debate on security measures and public safety.
Reports speak of conventions in Athens promoting measures by pill workers praised for life saving medicines. The text mentions introducing African animals including hippopotamus rhinoceros camel eland springbok trebok alkdik coodoo and giraffe as part of a proposed solution to food issues in America.
Fragmentary text notes a Rome city reference to a Confederate women monument and a Union soldier. Mentions names Poy, wer ge me of & Johmnie Red, with unclear context or action.
In a lively Athens column, readers learn of barbershop jokes and quick wit from locals like Frog the shine-boy and Uncle Pat the spectacle man. The piece sketches small scenes where time and place shape humor, including a near collision with Uncle Pat and a quip about buying spectacles.
Washington dispatch notes former President Roosevelt will sail from Alexandria on the Prins Heinrich to Naples and then Rome for a European tour. President Taft plans a Baltimore dinner for Dr. Welch, with tariff talks ongoing and hope to settle disputes before new schedules take effect. A statue of Francis H. Pierpont is to be formally accepted at the Capitol.
The week closes on the Russell wil case in Cambridge Mass after five months of testimony. Notable weddings will feature prominent news with Easter Monday unions of Dorothy Davenport and William T Aldrich in Boston and Harriet Daly and Count Anton Sigry in New York. Constance Hoyt will wed Baron Ferdinand von Stumm in Washington.
Gen Leonant Wood supposedly injured by a blow from Col Roosevelt during play at the White House. The event was later described as a ceremonial accolade from the President to an Army officer, not a combat injury.
The piece clarifies that Arthur F. Zimmerman who married twenty four women and was jailed is not the famous cyclist by that name. It notes statistics on married men versus bachelors and mentions Rev Toombs DuBoze seeking Clarke county legislative seat. It also cites daily health hints in the celal page for Athens readers.
A New Jersey jury decision indicates a conservative reading of a term deemed not a case word under state law. The ruling hints that New Jersey statutes diverge from other commonwealths and may affect how similar terms are interpreted in legal contexts.
A mob near St Louis threatened to lynch a man who refused to run for any office. A police chief’s daughter prevented the attack saving the man’s life. In Clarke county Georgia, Robert Toombs DuBose has announced his candidacy for the legislature. DuBose, a former editor in Washington GA, later a Methodist minister and more recently in insurance, is described as a brainy Georgian who would serve Clarke well.
The Fourth District, long a rock-ribbed Republican stronghold, finally sent a Democrat to Congress. Foss called the Tuesday win a brilliant victory and a demand that the party fulfill its pledged promises.
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