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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
5
The notice outlines subscription prices for the Daily Banner and Weekly Banner, carrier delivery policies, and payment methods. It warns carriers cannot collect payments or sell papers, urging subscribers to pay in person or via regular collectors. It also notes editorials and political remarks about Taft, Shipp, and international affairs, plus local civic and educational discussions.
Aviation is resting for now with little public notice of attempts to control the air. After the autocraze wanes, aviators will reemerge in the limelight as many foresee a clear advantage of flight over other transport within twenty five years.
Governor Wilson of Kentucky urges Independent tobacco farmers to use shotguns against night riders. He says farmers will be pardoned for crimes if attacked and they defend themselves, a stance that critics view as risky but potentially curbing rural raids.
An Augusta Herald inspired summary of Georgia farming yields and methods. It cites a Laurens county example where a three acre cotton field yielded eight bales averaging 500 pounds each, with overall two and a half bales per acre, noting highly fertilized soil and sandier average land. The piece urges intensive farming, better implements, and education to raise per acre output and promote smaller, more productive farms with higher living standards.
The Springfield Republican denounces the Cairo lynching as a brutal display of human savagery. It notes the mob killed and mutilated a white man as well, mocks Illinois authorities, and questions whether leaders will face fitting punishment for this capital crime.
This date in history recalls events and births from 1764 Connecticut Courant in Hartford to 1873 death of John P Hale and 1863 Lincoln dedication at Gettysburg. Notable entries include George Rogers Clark birth, Garfield birth, Johnson, and Lincoln’s Gettysburg address event.
Annie Yeamans age eighty or seventy four is noted with the claim she is the oldest actress on the American stage. The fragment cites her birthplace as the Isle of Man and references her birthday in November with references to a pose or stage pose.
From Australia to the United States the life of actress Mrs Yeamans unfolds. She toured with a circus in Asia and China, joined stock companies in San Francisco, then starred in Harrigan and Hart farces at Union Square Theater. Her greatest fame came in those productions.
A digest of labor news including the Tennessee Federation of Labor meeting in Chattanooga in January, trade council activities in Hamilton Ontario, union membership gains, and calls for shorter work hours for women. Reports cover TB efforts with carpenters in San Diego, ministerial delegates, coastal engineering affiliations, British labor shifts, wage and strike funding plans, Australian boot trade changes, San Francisco labor school review, Machinists transfer cards from abroad, and international hours proposals.
Cecil Lean and Florence Holbrook star in Bright Eyes a comedy Ada Rehan returns from England to America F E H Sethern and Julia Marion join False Golds Shubert to present The Head of the Firm The Jolly Bachelors features a Lusitania rock scene The King of Cadonna stars William Norris Eva Davenport and Clara Palmer Jules Eckert Goodman writes Mother Henrietta Crossman to bring Sham to New York in early January Thomas W. Ross to lead The Fortune Hunter at Olympic Theatre Chicago December 25 Henry B Harris buys Whom the Gods Love from Paul Armstrong Katherine Grey to play Mrs Fiske in Salvation Nell with Salomy Jane The Lion and the Moor and The Third Degree in repertoire.
John Drew postpones two new works by Maugham and Shakespeare comedy to continue Inconstant George. Edith Ellis stages The Lottery with Jame son Lee Finney and Julia Hay for Shubert tour. The Great Mrs Alloway by Douglas Murray aims for America next season. Juan’s rights holder also controls American rights. Gulmera’s La Pecadora translated as Heart Hunger has Paris premiere with Mimi Aguglia. The Lily, Belasco’s first new play since The Girl of the Golden West, debuts in New York Dec 23 after Washington and Pittsburgh runs.
Col J W Worthington of Sheffield Alabama told the Raleigh that if an election were held today in Alabama, he doubts the proposed constitutional amendment banning liquor would carry. He noted sentiment could shift in 60 days and warned that Alabama’s past adoption has little bearing on other states. He also said tariff law effects on southern business were not clear.
The article cites U S records from 1785 to 1996 showing 12,822,044 marriages and 820,264 divorces, yielding about one in fifteen chances of divorce. It notes wives obtain two thirds of decrees, alimony in two of twenty-two cases, and that one third of divorces remarry, with clergy and farmers differing in rates.
The article argues that marriage prospects reflect actual records rather than a random lottery. It notes that in this land of the free, the chances vary and follow a pattern tied to measurable data and verified outcomes.
Capt J F Chase of Veteran City, Pla, famed for the hoopskirt, visited Washington last month to register his forty seventh airship patent. He told a reporter that success came from catering to women and understanding their tastes. He recalled Ballantine’s rude interruption at a Palm Beach recital and Mrs Jerome Blank’s swift exit as a result.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat recalls Gen Edward M McCook once hosting a dinner at Pikes Peak for an Indian fighter. McCook joked about the colonel enlisting only bald headed men to aggravate Indian feelings, accusing such method of war cruelty.
A man trying to impress a debutante discusses his brother, noting he is the opposite in every respect. The debutante responds demurely, expressing curiosity about the brother. The scene reflects social banter and selective attention during an initial encounter.
A heated exchange quoted by the Boston Herald shows a woman bitterly blaming an elopement plan for lack of prosperity aboard a homestead. He answers that no dairy or bees can be kept locally and that pork is unavailable without cattle.
A Columbia professor’s son, a college slang use, and a judge’s note on language during a neighborhood ball series. The boy answers a fan question with slang about their Peary being “cooked for an all right, all right,” reflecting playful street speech after the games.
A former resident revisits an oil town and asks about Baldison the former lawyer. The hotel keeper replies Baldison has joined the great majority, and questions whether he blames the Aldrich tariff.
Druggists certify refunds if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure cough or cold. It claims to stop the cough heal lungs prevent pneumonia and consumption. Claims no opiates and that genuine product comes in yellow packages. warns to refuse substitutes. sold by all druggists.
An advertisement states Foley's Kidney Remedy cures kidney and bladder trouble not beyond medical reach and relieves backache and irregularities that could lead to Bright's disease or diabetes, with sales through all druggists.
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