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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1891
Page
2
The piece lists advertising rates for the Athens Daily Banner and notes delivery concerns. It then presents an opinion arguing that tariff protection raises costs for consumers, not wages, and that higher duties do not lead to wage increases, challenging pro duty claims with political examples.
The article reports on interviews with Georgia congressmen elect to Washington. Congressman Thomas G. Lawson leads by calling tariff reform the first duty of the 52nd Congress, a view echoed by his peers. They agree free coinage of silver must be a party plank after tariff reform.
The Nashville editor argues Kotera’s policy men releasing rapists and thieves is no improvement. Deliberate outrages by miners in contrast show cold blooded guilt, while convicts acted under pressure. Rioters who free offenders invite future crimes. law aims to protect society, punishing break of the lock.
An eight or nine year old lad arrived in Viña del Mar after the Concon defeat, barefoot and hatless, and gave a detailed account of the fight. At first doubted, his tale gained credibility as he described following the San Fernando battalion to the field, then returning to Viña del Mar via Quilpué with a bread roll and water.
The Jewish Messenger in New York argues that Baron Hirsch should establish refuges in Europe to train Jewish refugees for new life and home. It contends that transporting impoverished migrants to the United States is not true charity and urges European committees to rethink their approach.
Students and curious observers have a chance to witness a total lunar eclipse Sunday night November 15. The eclipse begins at sundown and lasts over three hours. Although not of special astronomical significance, such events are rare. the last total lunar eclipse occurred January 18, 1888.
At a communion service in a Han well pauper school a little girl in charge of the chalice dropped it and wine spilled on her pinafore. The chaplain ordered the pinafore burned.
A Missouri cabbage when cut open revealed a clustered inner core containing twenty eight miniature heads about walnut size and very hard. The unusual find surprised growers and hinted at odd vegetable development.
The piece surveys Athens ambition to become the South’s top manufacturing city and cites the Augusta Exposition’s momentum. It notes Whart weather and local events, mentions Bishop selection for the Georgia diocese, Henry Grapy statue critique, and Stovall’s Savannah trip amid a broader tax and insurance context. It also includes a testimonial for Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Pleasant A Stovall leaves the Augusta Chronicle to start the Savannah Daily Times around the 20th. Judge T R Gibson remains with the Augusta Evening News breezy columns. Creighton of Harmony Grove Age visits Athens and the Banner. Frank Hight joins the Chattanooga Times after leaving Anniston. Young of Greensboro Home Journal praised among Georgia editors.
A collection of quips from multiple papers showcases humorous maxims on life, love, and behavior. The items include remarks on old flames, self image, travel, and family life, reflecting a playful snapshot of newspaper humor.
The Macon Evening News reports the Georg ia Diocesan convention will meet next Wednesday in Macon to elect a bishop in succession to the late Bishop Beckwith. Readers discuss preferring a local candidate with broad view and strong piety. A private letter suggests Rev J S Shipman of New York City as a potential bishop, praising his early work and reconciliatory impact during the Civil War era.
Mr. W L Wood superintendent of the Water Works refutes a Banner article saying water wouldn’t run from the stand pipe Thursday night. He states the stand pipe was full at ten o clock with pressure of 10714 and suggests pipe sizes may have restricted flow in the Banner office building.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to try Electric Bitters labeled as a nerve tonic and alterative. It claims eventful relief for nervous prostration and a return of appetite, digestion, and liver kidney action, with a bottle priced at 50 cents at Job Crawford & Co Drag Store.
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