Advertising and subscription rates for The Athens Banner
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Athens
Taft notes and Athens progress in 1909 era column
The piece surveys Taft's reputed endurance and aims such as a national health bureau and judicial reform, comments on Speaker Cannon's snoring, praises Athens Moss building auditorium, and reports on Cairo lynchings with Northern press reflections.
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Taft
Richmond
Secretary Wilson predicts West to South immigrant flow
Secretary Wilson of the United States Department of Agriculture believes a large influx of immigrants will move from the West to the South as Western land prices rise. He argues the South is growing faster in manufacturing than agriculture and that Southern farmers must improve farming methods to keep pace with times.
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Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
Death of A L Hull A Athens civic and educational pillar
The death of A L Hull removes a prominent Athens citizen famed for devotion to local education. A native and longtime trustee of the University Lucy Cobb Institute and city schools, he shaped educational efforts and modeled an upright, God fearing life for the youth and community.
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A. L. Hull
Athens
University
Lucy Cobb Institute
Dignity Of Court Questioned By McCain Remark
A Nashville Attorney General Jeff McCain criticized a jury verdict and said I know they are guilty as hell but I just cant convict them. The remark sparked outrage over courtroom decorum and the need to preserve judicial dignity amid what may have been an acquittal.
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Jeff McCain
Nashville
Tenn
McCain
Young Turk reforms spur hopes for Turkey's development
The Chattanooga News lauds the Young Turk regime as engineers led by Sir William Willocks survey the Tigris Euphrates basin for irrigation. A $1 million project could yield $1.75 million annually with barrages, canals, and potential Jewish colonia tion plans in Mesopotamia, signaling a broad modernization era.
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Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Chattanooga News
Tigris
William Willocks
Euphrates
Egypt
Bagdad
Nile
Mesopotamia
Persian Gulf
Nile Valley
Russia
Roumania
Hit
Alexandretta
Mediterranean
Damascus
Holy Land
Jerusalem
David
Syria
Palestine
Europe
Notes From The Labor World A Review Of Unions
Labor notes report street car men in Lincoln forming a union and New York waist cutters organizing. It notes the Austrian Woodworkers Union posting 1908 strikes costing £95,000 and the IAM paying 1,825,0004.90 in strike benefits since 1891. Eighty tool-makers at Driggs Seabury in Sharon walk out over overtime pay. Union drives in Holland rise wages while the Stationary Firemen pick August 1911 for their next convention in Milwaukee. The Swedish government has inter-
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Lincoln
Neb
New York City
Vancouvre B. C
Wales
Kansas City
International Asociation of Machinists
Austrian Woodworkers’ Union
Driggs- Seabury Ordnance Corporation
Sharon
Holland
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Milwanee
Wis
Global labor reforms shown in varied union actions
Arbitration panels settle disputes in Stockholm and Manchester while the United Brewery Workers reach 45 283 members across 366 locals and 187 branches. The Minois Broom Co leaves prison industry amid union label pressure as UK clothing trades employ about 1.5 million workers, half in factories, rest at home.
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Stockholm
New York
Raymond Robins
Natonal Women’s Trades Union League
Minois Broom Company
Michigan State Prison
Jackson
United Brewery Workers’ Union
Caarters
Manchester
England
Manchester Typographical Society
Strck
Board of Trade
United Kingdom
This Date in History: November 13 Highlights
Arraignment of Lady Grey at Guildhall in 1647. Battle of Knockinoss in Ireland. American forces under Benedict Arnold arrived before Quebec. Admiral John A. Dahlgren, naval hero, born July 12, 1870. British forces took Kelat Beloochistan. California Constitution adopted in 1849. Catholic University opened in Washington D C in 1885. Fire in New Orleans destroyed 28 000 bales of cotton. Attempt to assassinate Francis J Heney in 1898.
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Guildhall
Knockinoss
Invise & Jon
Benedict Arnold
Quebec
John A. Dahlgren
Jenn
Kelat
Beloochistan
California
Catholic
University of America
Washington, D.C
New Orleans
Rear Admiral Asa Walker 64th Birthday Noted
Rear Admiral Asa Walker U S Navy retired born Portsmouth New Hampshire November 13 1845 entered the Naval Academy in 1862 and served from 1866 rising to commander in 1894 and captain after Manila Bay command of the Concord later Newport Naval War College headship 1899 1900 cruiser San Francisco 1903 naval board 1904 Charlestown yard command 1907 retirement as rear admiral.
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Walker
Asa Walker
U.S. N
Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Academy
Manila Bay
Concord
Naval War College
Newport
Naval Examining Board
San Francisco
General Naval Board
Charlestown Navy Yard
Belgium Opens Congo Trade As 1910 Target Date
The piece argues Belgium will open the Congo to trade to quell opposition and avert British intervention. Renkin, minister in charge, notes abuses exist only in exaggerated form and expects lower Congo open in 1910, with Welle district by 1912, reshaping administration and humanitarium aims while traders of many nations gain access.
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Ence
Belgium
Congo
Lower Congo
Tos
Welle
Stanley Pool
Ubangi- Welle
Free State
Shin M. Renkin
Southern senators and northern influence in federal politics
A Baltimore Sun summary argues southern senators wield limited clout due to disfranchisement and rings, contrasting with Northern machine power. It claims the North’s representation has deteriorated while Southern legislatures avoid corrupt figures, noting only Lodge and Root as exceptions.
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Baltimore Sun
Baltimore
Senate
United States
South
House of Representatives
Addicks
Lodge
Massachusetts
Root
New York
Belgium Proposes Congo Reform Ends Leopold’s Rule
In the Belgium Chamber of Deputies a reform plan for Congo administration signals the end of King Leopold's paternal rule and opens the river and country to international trade in line with treaty obligations from the Congo Free State’s founding. The measure aligns with Stanley's broader scheme, though decades of nonobservance stemmed from selfish motives.
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New York Sun
Belgium
Western progressive push to reclaim the Senate from eastern domination
The article argues that Eastern Republican leaders like Aldrich dominate the Senate through protected interests, while Western progressives such as La Follette and Beveridge offer a path to liberate the party from trusts. It contrasts Southern senators with Western reformers, asserting the Senate’s decline is clearest in the East.
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Maine
Delaware
Washington
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Bristow
Beveridge
Cummins
Republican
South
Markets Reported Opening and Closing Prices
The list shows opening and closing quotes for multiple futures or stocks across months from Novice to Sept, with bid and ask ranges. An item notes Cheney's Expectorant, a medicine described as quick acting for coughs and chest issues.
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