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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
7
Rates for home delivery are listed: five dollars per year, two fifty for six months, one twenty five for three months, or ten cents weekly with various payment options. Political commentary covers Roosevelt, Wilson, and Tennessee race dynamics, plus local civic notes and a democrat focus with anecdotal political anecdotes.
After rumors of a strike, Georgia Railroad and its firemen reached a satisfactory settlement. The adjustment has the approval of both sides and prevents further trouble, a relief to the public and all interests involved.
Walter Wellman’s attempt to cross the Atlantic in a dirigible ends when the airship breaks apart off Hatteras. The piece argues winds doom long air journeys, noting balloons cannot overcome sudden gusts while airplanes may improve for safer long flights.
The Southern farmer objects to a plan by European bankers and American banks to guarantee cotton bills of lading, arguing the cost should fall on cotton handlers not farmers. They note fraud harmed Europeans, but fear a half million dollar levy on cotton crops and insist bills be safeguarded without hurting growers.
A fragmented chronology lists events including Boston Common used for executions in 1659, Lord Palmerston's death in 1865, the 1784 naval operations involving Britain France and Russia, the 1842 seizure of Monterey by Commander Jones, the Red River insurrection beginning, an Quebec earthquake, Manitoba chief justice Lewis Wallbridge’s Winnipeg death, and authors Charles Dudley Warner born 1829.
James Robert Mann, longtime Illinois congressman and potential House speakership candidate, was born on a farm near Bloomington Illinois October 20 1856. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1876 and Chicago law school in 1881, later serving Hyde Park as attorney and as a Chicago alderman before his 1897 election to Congress.
Pleasant coastal conditions in Athens with occasional breezes from the coast. Mountain views remain clear as storms stay away, offering enjoyable skies and mild temperatures for observers.
Columbus Ga Oct 19 The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index reports strong land deals and active real estate across both states. A 18 000 acre Pierce and Wayne counties Georgia tract was bought by a Chicago firm for small farm sales. Georgia and Alabama towns form new business groups and infrastructure plans with bonds for roads and rail lines boosting regional development.
Open to the public ticket notices list prices from $3.40 to $16.70 for events in Birmingham Chattanooga New Orleans Richmond Cincinnati Macon Elberton Augusta Atlanta and more. Tickets go on sale specific dates in October November with deadlines to return to starting point. each entry names the sponsoring organization and sale window.
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