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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1913
Page
4
Local subscribers urged to report late deliveries and irregular carrier service while noting no carrier may collect subscriptions. The column mixes seasonal observations, booster talk, and regional commerce forecasts, highlighting cotton, rail rates, and upcoming fall business in Athens.
Advice on making advertising personal and direct to readers. It urges writers to show sincerity enthusiasm and individuality, treating ads as a conversation with individual buyers. The piece stresses simplicity and staying within one’s voice, inviting questions to the editor.
The article urges Secretary Callaway and Chairman Bondurant to persuade Seaboard Vice President Capps to lower Athens coal rates to match Atlanta. It argues the unfair discrimination harms consumers, dealers, and especially manufacturers, influencing location decisions for new and existing factories.
Consul General James A. Smith reports Milan year end results show salt monopoly net income 14 million and government lottery net 8.68 million with quinine net 177 thousand. The piece claims Italy has solved the trust problem by state ownership and warns America against similar paternalism.
Judge John C. Hart, Georgia’s new tax commissioner, begins study to shape enforcement for next year. He believes the act will increase returns, distribute burdens equitably, and may reduce the state tax rate eventually. Clarke County praised for low rates amid road improvements. The Banner wishes him success.
Athens adopts a curfew for boys under fourteen to be off streets after 10 p.m. unless with a parent or adult relative. The move aims to curb theft by youths, with enforcement expected to yield safer behavior and better parental support. The piece also notes the Audubon Society gains protection for birds and references the passing of the feathers bill.
A traveler crossed seas seeking aid far from home on August 31, 1913. He pursued a distant mission near opportunities, unaware his closest ally remained close by, awaiting a reunion. The fragment hints at a personal journey and a missed connection in a historical context.
September 5 marks events from 1654 when Cromwell’s first parliament assembled in Westminster to 1905 when the Russia Japan war ended with the Portsmouth treaty. The list notes the 1774 Continental Congress, 1795 first commercial newspaper, 1813 Enterprise defeated Boxer, 1863 bombardments at Charleston, and notable birthdays and figures.
An old advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a safe prompt laxative for women. Mrs M C Dunlap of Leadili Tenn reports relief from troubles. Box priced at 25 cents. Sold by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons. Ad.
An old Tower of London rite endures as beef-eater and chief yeoman porter secure the keys from the governor’s house before midnight. A guard-room procession, challenges of Who goes there, and replies Keys and King George’s keys mark the nightly lock up followed by a blessing.
The practice holds that salt strengthens infants and wards off evil spirits. In Russia and Armenian settlements babies are rubbed with fine salt and remain salted for five hours amid celebration. neglect may bring bad luck. Asian mountain tribes extend the ritual to thirty to thirty-five hours, believing longer exposure increases good fortune.
The flag carried by Dr. Wilson of Captain Scott's polar party was donated by his widow to Gloucester Cathedral. Dean to hang it in the Lady Chapel among Gloucester regiment banners. Flag measures three by one feet with St Georges cross, Wilsons crest and motto Res non verba.
J. W. Fehrmann reports on a four year old carp whose mouth was completely shut yet the fish reportedly lived and thrived. The unusual condition showcases a remarkable example of apparent life without a functional mouth observed by the observer.
A churchyard memorial at Pinner resembles a church tower with a coffin projecting midway up each side. An arch beneath bears the inscription Ryde My Tyme and covers a stone coffin holding a Scotch merchant whose descendants keep his property only while he remains above ground.
Bessie Scogg an McElhose sues in Denver for divorce from Roy R McElhose alleging a marriage in February 1908 at Pawnee Nebraska when she was eight. She claims the couple’s honeymoon on an unimproved Deer Trail Colorado desert claim involved snake infestations and dangerous work, causing lasting injuries.
Miss Kate Graham eight miles southeast of Rogers wakes from sleep and swallows ten strychnine tablets she had been giving to her invalid mother. The overdose caused convulsions but a physician intervened and saved her life.
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