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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1910
Page
4
A broad notice urges subscribers to inform the business office about delivery issues, while various political notes discuss freez ing weather in the Dakotas, New Hampshire insurgent states, Watson independents, Rooseveltian economics, direct presidential primaries, and prison department shakeups near Milledgeville.
The piece argues Pinchot garners near universal endorsement while Ballinger faces likely dismissal or whitewash. It claims Taft erred backing Ballinger and notes Democrats gain politically as the Ballinger Pinchot investigation proceeds.
The rise of cotton to twenty cents a pound fuels debate on seasonal prices and farmers profits. The New York Evening Post notes three key factors: recent 20 cent August contracts, end of the cotton year with new pickings starting, and yesterday’s release of the government September crop estimate. The 20 cent level is historic but less dramatic than popularity suggests, with past 20 cent years tied to export booms or currency factors.
In Scribner's Roosevelt is praised for African tales and strong writing. The excerpt describes a Nilelike voyage down the second of the great Nyanza lakes and distant mountain streams, with vivid landscape imagery.
The narrative describes night travel on the White Nile with river life, crocodiles, and lotus, then a camp fire threat as Loring Mearns Kermit and others defend the camp by back burning through dry grass. A papyrus fire lights the bay, flames leaping fifty feet and smoke drifting leeward while a biographical insert details Professor Gray’s career in physics and science.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Professor Andrew Gray and a birthday reference. Details are unreadable, with names and context only partially visible.
A compact digest of historical milestones including Steve Bonnet’s execution in 1718, Nicholas Biddle’s 1750 birth, Amos Abbot’s birth in 1786, the Brush Run Church’s 1810 organization, Perry’s Lake Erie victory in 1813, Michigan Episcopal organizing in 1832, Elias Howe’s sewing machine patent in 1846, the 1861 provincial synod in Montreal, and the Kansas City diocese establishment in 1880.
The Georgia state treasury, led by Governor Brown, issues warrants totaling over $61,000 while awaiting a $100,000 loan. A $35,000 railroad check and a $51,000 cash balance yield $81,000 on hand. eleven district agricultural colleges will receive $1,000 each next Monday, reducing the balance to about $8,845.
Local Odd Fellows lodges meet weekly at the Clayton Street hall with officers inviting all in good standing. City train schedules list Central of Ga R R and G M RY arrivals and departures with Athens times and South Bound Seaboard trains.
Train timetables list arrivals and departures for Georgia Railroad and Southern Railway. Notable entries show Athens Georgia service with multiple regular passenger trains and mixed trains at various morning and afternoon times.
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