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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1912
Page
8
Guards positioned around Union Station deter crowds amid ongoing strike concerns. Police disperse only when crowds thicken, aiming to prevent violence with minimal force as the situation remains tense.
A staff memorandum at the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station in Griffin accuses the station’s director of mismanagement and a hostile work climate. It calls for a new policy, better planning, and changes in leadership to restore credibility and progress among farmers and researchers.
Atlanta voters will choose national electors and congressmen on November 5 with five parties on the ballot. Amendments include vacation charters for judges, creation of Wheeler County, and tax relief for farm products. Governors Brown’s aide mails the summons as Wilson appears poised for a majority in the electoral college.
An advertising puff claims Pape's Diapepsin digests any food and relieves sourness gas heartburn and indigestion within five minutes. It urges readers to obtain a 50 cent case from a pharmacist and take a dose at first signs of discomfort.
Under an order by Judge Frank L. Upson the trustee invites sealed bids by October 19 1912 at noon for all assets of Webb and Crawford Company bankrupt including stock notes accounts office furniture and store house on Central of Georgia Railway tracks in Athens Georgia. Appraisals set stock 30984 15 notes 31241 82 and store house 328000 00 with bids to reflect cost price on hand and invoices for post receivership purchases.
Athens prepares for the annual Georgia versus Auburn game as fans anticipate a grand Thanksgiving weekend. The regional showdown will anchor fall festivities with tailgates, parade atmosphere, and citywide events aimed at turning Turkey Day into a premier Athens tradition.
Atlanta officials consider a new method for execution based on British research showing a knot placed under the right chin yields instant unconsciousness. The Fulton county sheriff will study the claim before any adoption, noting no prior use in Georgia or the South.
In Atlanta on October 11 local editors settled on Moosettes as the feminine of Bull Moose. The term pleased the women involved in Roosevelt’s campaign. Mrs. M. B. Long addressed Georgian women, about fifty signed the Moose pledge, and Mrs. Thaddeus Horton led the Fifth district club with around 200 members sought.
Police report Minnie Jones, a white girl, sentenced to three months labor on the chain gang with no fine option by Atlanta criminal court. She will be segregated from the negroes and placed in the stockade for immediate labor linked to alleged involvement with a vice crusade operation. J P Bush faces twelve months on the chain gang or a $1000 fine for alleged disorderly house involvement.
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