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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1911
Page
3
A new long distance calling method debuted in Athens to speed up calls to Georgia and other states. The Athens operator works with the distant city, requiring the caller to name the town and that the Athens party be reachable. Manager Conway urges subscriber cooperation for quicker, single-operator handling.
Forsyth Ga Sept 29 A girl student of Bessie Tift college may go to Russia to join American Baptists challenging the Czar and ministers in St Petersburg and Moscow The college mission society funded the movement after Baptist evangelist William Fetler spoke of Russian Baptist suffering Fetler faces trial and possible Siberian banishment.
An old advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills claims relief for kidney and bladder issues. The piece also reports a Georgia railroad rate order dated Sept. 28, 1911, effective Nov. 1, 1911, setting maximum class and commodity rates from Carrollton to other Georgia points, with Cedartown as a comparison and a 20 percent cushion, signed by H. W. Hill and Campbell Wallace.
Mrs. Frank Purcell and her children were visiting Brunswick when a house on Union Street burned. E. F. and J. L. Purcell, barbership operators, lived there with their families and narrowly escaped as they leaped from the second floor roof to the ground in their night clothes. The blaze destroyed the residence while the fire department saved neighboring property. There was no one else harmed.
London September 29 Sir Thomas Boor Crosby a thirteen year alderman and former sheriff was elected Lord Mayor of the City of London He will be installed November 9 at the Lord Mayor's Show The aldermen fix the succession so all mayors are chosen by long tenure, not by popular vote The lord mayor now serves mainly a ceremonial role with vast social duties and a large salary The piece contrasts the office's diminishing powers with historic prerogatives and cites various ancient anecdotes and duties The notice ends with an unrelated parental testimonial for a cough remedy.
In St Paul Minnesota Sept 29 guests from out of town gathered for the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles W Johnson and Lieut Walter Reed Weaver of the 28th Infantry U S The ceremony at Christchurch was described as a military affair with brother officers serving as best man and ushers After the wedding the couple will reside at Fort Snelling following a wedding journey
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