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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1912
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner outlines subscription rates and payment methods with notices on delivery reliability and carrier conduct. It also mentions local topics from baseball to political campaigns, rail rate reductions for the Georgia Auburn game, and civic events in Athens.
The Georgia railroad strike has ended with a pledge to submit outstanding issues to an arbitration board. The piece laments the delay, notes three Augusta deaths, and urges ongoing use of arbitration to prevent violence, loss of life, and economic harm while fostering peace and better employer worker relations.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce is praised as the strongest it has ever been and a key force in Athens’ development. The article notes the city has grown from a small town to a major city with expanding business activity and rising chamber membership.
October 17 marks 1777 Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga to American forces. Other entries note births and deaths of leaders including Richard M. Johnson and John J. Gardner, plus events from Campo Formio to Walker’s expedition and British India commands. John J. Gardner, born Atlantic City October 17 1845, rose from waterman to mayor and New Jersey senator.
A fragmentary poem column by D G Bickers blending playful verse and witty lines. It moves through a mocked sentimental scene, a dentist joke, and a lyric about a chrysanthemum, ending with a playful chorus about love and the phrase he loves me not.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a safe remedy for liver sluggishness and constipation. It claims to cleanse the stomach, liver, and bowels by natural laxatives, avoiding violent purgatives, and urges beware of imitations.
Hundreds report Dodson's Liver Tone eases constipation without calomel side effects. One or two spoonsful can relieve attacks while the pleasant tasting remedy claims to be safer, cheaper, and guaranteed with money back if it fails. Beware imitations and buy from a trusted druggist.
The article outlines Democratic tariff proposals vetoed by President Taft that would have cut duties on agricultural implements sewing machines lumber and many textiles. It cites estimated annual savings totaling hundreds of millions for consumers with lower rates on wool cotton and chemical goods and a broader tax shift to the wealthy through extended corporation taxation.
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