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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1913
Page
7
Georgia health officials warn mumps can lead to dangerous complications including inflammation of parotid glands, pancreatic issues, meningitis, convulsions, and deafness. Children should be isolated for three weeks from onset, with thorough disinfection and medical care to prevent spread and manage symptoms.
One hundred forty counties have been organized into the corn club movement for 1913 and 28 in canning club work. Practically 10,000 boys are enrolled and 2,500 girls. Miss Creswell, the state’s only organizer, handles 28 counties, leaving other communities disappointed at delays.
The Bureau of Soils and Georgia State College of Agriculture complete a cooperative Ben Hill county survey with chemical analysis and crop experiments. Data will guide fertilizer purchases and rotation to maximize yields while preserving soil fertility amid southern climate challenges. Test plots show lime needs. future results will address crop choices and rotations to restore soil vitality.
A Memphis asylum inmate known only as Hale, a former Confederate soldier from the Chattanooga era, wanders the Shelby County Poorhouse. The could help identify him as reunions approach. a photo is in the Banner for readers to assist comrades in recognition and reunion.
Nearly 1000 delegates from the United States and Canada gathered in San Francisco for the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen biennial convention. President W. G. Lee opened the session as credentials were reviewed and a ten day agenda set, with wage disputes with Eastern railroads a principal topic.
Marion Ohio druggist C Lower vouches for Dr King s New Discovery as the top throat and lung medicine. He says it cured his wife’s bronchial cold after other remedies failed and urges families to keep a bottle on hand. Guaranteed by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer and Sons.
William M. Wood, head of the American Woolen Company, Dennis J. Collins and Frodo BE. At teaux were arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on an indictment for conspiracy connected with dynamite planted in Lawrence to inflame opinion against striking mill operatives. Eminent counsel leads the defense in what promises to be a historic Massachusetts trial.
Valuable farm listing in Watkinsville Oconee area with seven room dwelling on property. Includes level fields with water access and agricultural potential. Listing appears in local notices with unclear formatting and OCR errors.
Special to the Banner Boston May 19 Taft to preside at the American Unitarian Association anniversary events in Tremont Temple Wednesday evening and at the Hale statue unveiling Thursday afternoon. The program features speakers including William S Taft Horace Westwood Maxwell Savage and Eliot. Daily sessions run through the week at Mhanning Hall and other venues.
Enthusiasm opened the Kansas Equal Suffrage Association's thirtieth annual convention in Lawrence on May 9. The event celebrates the victory that followed Kansas adopting equal suffrage, with a two day program planned to mark the milestone.
Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation successors to Athens & Coal Co issue a notice urging prompt orders. a warning that delays will affect service and response times for ice delivery.
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