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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1903
Page
2
The Banner and The Fitzgerald Enterprise reflect on public notices and editorials. The piece surveys reaction to Grover Cleveland coverage, election chatter, and varied editorial takes from The Madisonians to The Philadelphia Record, noting political commentary, journalistic norms, and editorials on public life.
The Athens Woman's Club credits its efforts to a lasting community impact and urges raising one thousand dollars for a permanent Free Kindergarten home. Two Athens women have donated one hundred dollars each, leaving eight hundred dollars still needed. further donations from philanthropic citizens are requested to secure a suitable building and equipment.
A fragmented discussion argues that family quality matters more than size and that higher education for women lowers birth rates. It contends educated women are more critical of men, and excess production pressures are linked to asylum and poorhouse trends.
May Wright Sewall argues against measuring families by size, urging that education and character matter more. She contends higher education strengthens women, improves motherhood, and calls for honoring intelligent home management over mass reproduction. She warns against overproduction leading to social ills like asylums and poverty.
The text notes scrofula is commonly inherited with ten completely free from it. It mentions weak children afflicted in nine out of ten cases and lists neck swellings abscesses skin eruptions infirmed eyelids sore ears rickets catarrh wasting and general debility as associated ailments.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as effective cures based on numerous permanent remedies. A testimonial from Mrs. J. H. Jones of Parker City cites a daughter cured of scrofula after using the medicine, claiming restoration to health and urging others to try it.
The Atlanta and West Point Railroad runs a special train from Atlanta to New Orleans departing 10 30 p m May 18, offering Athens passengers a 6 05 p m S A L departure in Athens for convenient travel to the reunion city.
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