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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
1
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In New York on September 14, readers learn that school seating shortages force about seventy thousand children to attend part time, angering taxpaying parents while authorities debate blame. The piece notes a scarcity of skilled cartoonists and jests about a New Jersey horse stud aiding a cartoonist’s craft. It also reports on hazardous deaths, tunnel fare battles between five and ten cents, and a bemused Italian immigrant’s citizenship exam missteps as he struggles with Lincoln and geography.
Reginald Burton reports mixed agricultural and market conditions. The government Sept 1 crop report shows corn at 74.6 percent, implying a harvest under 2.65 billion bushels, while spring wheat and oats look strong and cotton prospects are modest. Steel demand remains robust, with heavy production and rails active, yet stock market volatility presses money markets and cotton trading shows signs of liquidation alongside bullish private cables.
A Fort Edward man climbs Bald Mountain to visit a neighbor with asthma. He touts Dr King s New Discovery as a cure relieving lung troubles including his neighbor s and his son's wife s. The ad promotes coughs colds hay fever and whooping cough relief with trial bottle offers and guarantees by local druggists.
Representatives from all Canadian provinces gathered in Hamilton Ontario for the thirty eighth annual Canadian Manufacturers Association meeting. The three day convention will consider a number of important matters. The text also lists six United States localities: New Jersey New York Boston West Hoboken Union Hill and Hoboken.
New York fashion notes for fall and winter highlight unsettled styles and freedom in design. Overskirts, separate bodices, high crown hats, long waists, and panniers lead a Paris-influenced look with varied trims, tunics, and bold skirts.
Springfield September 14 The Yeomen of America a fraternal group founded in 1898 with about 16000 members began its annual national convention in this city today. Several hundred delegates attend chiefly from Illinois and nearby states.
In New York on September 14, a public polar dispute pits supporters of Peary against Cook, turning the city into Bedlam as citizens await Arctic scouts. Elsewhere, a crusade against reckless driving targets chauffeurs, with potential prison for repeat offenders. A seventeen year old Adeline Tripp swims Hell Gate, a feat celebrated by lifeguards. Clyde Fitch’s death mourned as Broadway loses a prolific playwright. Time ball misses noon prompting public concern, then a Home remedy advert urges Chamberlain’s ointment.
Trenton announces a statewide special election today to decide amendments to the state constitution. Proposals include judiciary reform, pardons board reorganization, division of counties into assembly districts, separation of municipal from state and national elections, and extending terms for certain state and county officers.
G B Burhan of Carlisle Center New York writes that four years earlier two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured his kidney trouble and since then there has been no relapse, asserting he is evidently cured to stay cured. Also notes Mr Dooley sharing observations about the North Pole.
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