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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1891
Page
2
The Athens Daily Banner reflects on commencements as more than social events. They symbolize a year’s effort, honoring merit and intellect with speeches, essays, and debates, while highlighting the dedication behind the season’s well prepared programs.
The Banner announces staff changes with Francis B. Hight resigning as news editor to join the insurance field. T. W. Reed assumes the vacancy and is described as a Georgia press veteran, alumnus of the State University and its Law School, with prior roles at the Atlanta Constitution and Athens Chronicle.
The Baxter announces Mr Lewis will assume the duties of city editor. A reporter for the Atlanta Constitution and a popular writer on the Baxter force, he has attended the State University for two years and earned honors each year. The paper prides itself on improved news service and aims to be a first class daily in Georgia.
Athens city council accepted the Boulevard as a regular street after the Park and Improvement Company spent over 10000 beautifying and grading it. The street will gain sidewalks and a smooth surface as a donation to the city. City leaders foresee a popular drive and an attractive suburban corridor.
The Banner praises Sheriff WieR for arresting a murderer while Crawford Herald credits Sheriff Winn Maxwell of Clarke and Oglethorpe counties for aiding the capture near Athens. The piece argues two counties boast among Georgia’s best sheriffs and proposes a friendly contest.
A historical account notes efforts by showmen to exhibit the whipping post once used for nearly fifty years. Citizens united to halt the plan arguing such relics belittle modern civilization.
The Athens Garners urges moving Athens to the main line or building a separate road similar to Americus to improve rail service. The piece mentions branch lines’ limited desirability and notes Yale seniors’ return to old commencement outfits as part of campus fashion discussion. The Boston Herald reports on the Prince of Wales noting large debts.
In Athens the spring brings mixed tidings with garden blooms and crops cited alongside urban notes. Town chatter mentions street rail plans, local officials, and social witticisms about justice, drink, and a rainy day bouquet hinting at romance.
A collage of quips and jokes from various papers comments on wit and folly. It mentions a whiskey tumbler tale from the New Orleans Picayune and a bishop joke from My York Heralds, with brief phrases about Florida, a boarding house, and a medical testimonial about Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney & Co.
A garbled excerpt extols steady effort and optimism. It urges not fearing doubts and asserts that consistent action will yield better returns, linking confidence to positive outcomes and persistence despite confusion.
The article discusses fowl breeds suited to confinement and small yards. It highlights Sadana Gambargs for beauty and steady laying, golden spangled birds, Leghorns white or brown, and Hamburgs with close confinement. Andalusians are noted as good layers of large white eggs and non sitters, though not top table birds.
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