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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1913
Page
4
Citizens rally for Athens by promoting postcard campaigns and public projects. Athens is active in state conventions in Columbus and featured in multiple gatherings, with residents pushing for pavement improvements and civic engagement.
The chamber of commerce fixes a date for posting card views of Athens to the world. The effort aims to unite residents in a small but wholesome act, spreading images of local streets and landmarks as a seed for future growth. The project emphasizes collective action and modest hopes rather than dramatic change.
The Diocesan Council of the Diocese of Atlanta will convene in Athens next week at Kim Manuel Church. Misconceptions about the Diocese of Georgia are clarified as the Atlanta division, not the entire state, will send delegates including lay clerical, women and juniors. The Athens meeting is described as one of the South’s most important in spring.
The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission reports three years of activity showing progress in eradicating hookworm. It covers infection belts between 6 to 22 degrees north latitude, with Texas and other states reporting numerous infected counties and rising treatment totals. Total treated 248 755 this year, 393 566 over three years, with overall expenditure about 227 126.56 including counties and states. Microscopic exams 326 951 in 1912, up from prior years.
A prose fragment urges artists to abandon superficial elegance and glow. It calls for work to show wholesome heart pungent personality and true life strength. Emphasizing individuality, the passage advocates vivid, honest creation.
Notable events span from the execution of the Marquise of Montrose in Edinburgh in 1650 to 1900 biographies. The list notes births and deaths of prominent figures including actors John Drew and European royalty such as Countess Stephanie of Belgium. Also mentioned are historical events like 1782 Wayne era skirmishes near Savannah and 1837 Boston tavern closures.
A Wagner committee report on conditions at the International Harvester twine mill in Auburn New York finds night workers mostly Polish women aged 20 to 30 labor ten hours five nights a week from 7 PM to 6 30 AM. They toil amid dust noise heat and little sleep, earning mostly low wages while caring for families and babies.
In Harrison New Jersey Mrs. Harry Siegel learns her six year old son Harry died by drowning after a playtime on a sand pile with seven year old William Rossel. The boy initially withheld the incident but a cinema scene prompted his disclosure. Mrs. Siegel reacts with horror.
Justice William Brown earned the title marrying judge after performing eleven marriages in a single day in Cleveland. Each ceremony lasted about ten minutes, highlighting efficient nuptial services by the squire.
A vintage ad extols Crisco as a versatile new cooking fat. It claims Crisco frying delivers a rich digestible cream from vegetable oils, offers tastier croquettes, and notes Crisco does not smoke at frying temperature. The copy urges grocers to supply Crisco for frying, shortening, and cake making.
London report on Henry C. Mahoney of Brighton who carves delicate designs on eggshells. He recalls sending a shell with King Edward VII’s monogram and later one bearing the Prince of Wales feathers and Ich Dien. The Royal purchase followed a test by Marlborough House emissary.
Visiting housekeepers of United Charities show how seven people can eat for a day on 1.01. The finance committee warns Chicago that one in seven needs social aid and funds must come now to sustain services and staff. Households are taught economical buying and avoiding small quantities and costly package goods.
Marion Ohio druggist endorses Dr King’s New Discovery as the best throat and lung medicine. It cured a severe bronchial cold when other remedies failed and is suggested as a home doctor for the family. Price 59 cents and 1.00 guaranteed by local stores.
Wilmington Del Rodney Warren a caddie heard players at Wilmington Country club discuss highballs He cut open a golf ball and found it filled with a squid He drank it and survived after a stomach pump The squid inside the ball was highly impregnated with arsenic
In Rising Sun Maryland Raymond Good contracted hydrophobia after a dog licked a small wound on his hand. The dog was killed and its head examined at the Pasteur Institute confirming the infection.
A local pamphlet argues flies spread diseases and hookworm, harming public health. It claims 10,000 yearly deaths in the country and widespread economic costs, noting children are most affected by fly borne illness.
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