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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1912
Page
4
The Atlanta and Athens scene buzzes as papers push advertising and politics. Mentions of Taft Roosevelt and Wilson mix with chamber banquets, evangelistic tents, and local business activity. Community efforts for orphans and rapid building pace mark the period.
A column lampoons the Taft Roosevelt contest, likening it to a feud over funeral flowers. It critiques the 1912 campaign, praises Wilson, and argues for a policy focus on tariff and trusts, endorsing the Bull Moose stance while naming figures like Perkins and Morgan. It also marks historical anniversaries and birthdays.
Column excerpt recounts a speaker’s reflection on taking roundabout paths to goals and contrasts a straight beeline for fortune with sideways circling learned in youth. The narrator recalls ambition, hard work, and a belief that shortcuts may not yield lasting fortune.
Weather reports indicate fair conditions in Athens with middling cotton grades. The New York cotton market shows spots and futures activity with opening and closing prices across several months and weeks, including October through May, highlighting slight shifts in values.
Sealed proposals to Tate Wright Clerk will be received by Clarke County Roads and Revenue Board until October 10 1912 for excavation and filling on the Carlton lot at Washington and Jackson Athens Georgia. Plans by architect Ten Eyck Brown. Payments on completion certified by County Engineer.
Notice to qualified Clarke County voters that an October 16 1912 election will decide adoption of an act creating county boards of education with power to tax issue bonds and establish school administration. Ballots must indicate support for the act.
Notice to debtors and creditors on the estate of J. D. Lester now deceased in Clarke county. Administratrix Beulah Lester asks all claimants to file and all debtors to pay promptly. Also a citation for James O Williams twelve months support with show cause by first Monday in October 1912. Foley Kidney Pills ad claims curative value with local testimonials.
A civic article advises cities to curb convention entertainment costs and avoid burdening delegates. It urges early welcome committees, coordinated programs, and clear role for police, transport, and hotels. It notes balancing business with leisure, and previews a follow up on retail trade.
Athens mourns Dr. J. P. Atkinson aged 31 oldest son of Gov. William Y. Atkinson. He died yesterday morning at 8 30 at his mother's home in Newnan after practicing medicine since age 19. He had been paralyzed about a year in Milledgeville where he worked. Hopkins Institute of Baltimore provided medical care. He was deeply beloved by the communities he served.
National games include Philadelphia 1 Brooklyn 3 Boston 6 New York 7 St Louis 0 Pittsburg 4 Cincinnati 10 Chicago 3 Cincinnati 4. Second game Chicago 8. American results show Chicago 9 8 St Louis 5 2 Detroit 5 Cleveland 16. Cleveland totaled 21 hits.
Mrs W L Savell left Thursday to join her husband in Kingston Ontario Canada where he has accepted a position as research associate in the electrochemistry and metallurgy laboratory of the Green s University School of Mining in Kingston.
Reports from Preston Arthur's bedside state his condition remained about the same at two o'clock this morning. He was worse earlier in the night, with fears he would not improve by morning.
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