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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1911

Page

3

Inland Waterway Fight To Link Great Lakes To Gulf

The Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association readies its sixth annual congress in Chicago with a forecast of nearly 10 000 delegates and visitors. Governors and officials from Mississippi Valley states, plus Canadian participation, are invited as leaders discuss a proposed 14 to 24 foot deep inland waterway from Lake Michigan through the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico to move the largest vessels across 2 765 000 square miles of productive interior.

Chicago Lake Michigan Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Mississippi Gulf States Southwest Texas Oklahoma John Burke North Dakota Charles S. Osborn Michigan Chester H. Aldrich Nebraska Joseph H. Carey Wyoming FE. F. Noel Augustus KK. Willson Kentucky C. L. Blease South Carolina Lb. F. Carroll Iowa Emmett O'Neal Alabama J. Sanders Louisiana Herbert S. Hadley Missouri Charles S Deneen Illinois Canada Dominion W. K. Kavanaugh St. Louis Congress Union United States Rocky Mountains Alleghenies Ilinois Interior States Great Lakes

Atlanta debate over corporal punishment in schools

Atlanta city council stalls after a school boy’s punishment sparks a battle over corporal punishment. A councilman cites the proverb spare the rod to argue against abolition and the board of education has yet to weigh in. The current rule allows corporal punishment unless parents object in writing, with suspensions or expulsions for continued misbehavior.

Atlanta Board of Education Board of ‘Education

California State Realty Federation Opens in San Francisco

The California State Realty Federation holds its seventh annual meeting at the Palace hotel with over a thousand attendees. The three day convention precedes the Panama Pacific Exposition ground breaking in 1915 where President Taft will officiate. Auto excursions, a St Francis banquet, bay steamer trips, and an open air redwood dinner at Venetia are planned for attendees.

San Francisco Cal California State Realty Federation Palace Hotel Taft St. Francis Hotel Bay Peninsula Venetia

Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Athens Resident

Athens Georgia resident Mrs. J. F. Martin testifies to the 1911 interview that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her long kidney troubles after five years of severe symptoms including backache and fatigue. She recalls relief beginning with the first box and full recovery after four boxes. Sold by all dealers price sixty cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole U S agents Remember the name Doan's and take no other.

J. F. Martin N. Thomas St. Athens Dean Martin Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo New York United States Doan

Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad

Advertisement urges readers to take Foley's Honey and Tar Compound after exposure or at the first sign of a cold. It claims the product checks and relieves symptoms and cautions to use no substitute, noting the genuine product comes in a yellow package and is sold by all dealers.

Foley

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Athens Lipscomb & Company Orr’s School Pulaski and Dougherty Streets S. P. Orr Athens Savings Bank Capital M. G. Michael Ara't B. Y. Harris M. Stern G. A. Mell L. F, Edwards W, T. Bryan Aaron Cohen Athens Empire Laundry CO Georgia National Bank Georgia Gulf Stuart Washington Company America Wingfield the Shop of Quality Macon Via Southern Railway Georgia State Fair James Freeman Atlanta, Ga J. L, Meek Mazda Athens Engineering CO Clayton St E. Co Kinnebrew Lawyer Eee Madison Georgia Railroad and &T H.R. McLean C. Hellner
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