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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
4
Athens Banner editorial notes discuss city hall plans and the push for a summer school in Athens. It highlights Georgia figures and events, opinion on Atlanta politics, and urges merchants to fund the summer program, projecting economic benefits for local business.
The Orange Va Observer quotes a sentimental piece praising the unseen man who pays his bills and keeps the town and its trades alive. It extols the honest, respectful citizen who supports newspaper people and merchants, ensuring the local economy and daily life endure.
The Banner reports a rush of demand for cottages in Athens with one agent receiving applications for about a hundred within 24 hours. A shortage of vacant homes signals prosperity, and a rapid build of 100 four to six room cottages could supply tenants. Projections cite rising tax returns post office receipts and an upcoming building boom including a government building and city hall. Plans mention a new hotel and onion depot, plus establishing a summer school.
Colonel W A Hemphill a distinguished Georgian born in Athens who spent his boyhood in this city died at his Atlanta home Sunday night He and Grady helped build Atlanta and Georgia supplying financial backing for Grady whose eloquence was celebrated nationwide His aged mother in this city receives the tender sympathy of all Georgians in this loss
The Banner reports near unanimous local backing for a $50,000 city hall, urged by a council special committee. Readers are urged to share views in private discussion, as publication space is limited. Indications show very few votes against the bond measure in the upcoming election.
The Banner reports New York gossip that Congressman Griggs supports Edward M Shepard for president. Shepard, who gave the University of Georgia baccalaureate address recently, is praised as honest and strong though not a famed orator. The paper urges him as the Democratic nominee if persuaded to run.
The State Normal School opened its regular session with about four hundred students from Georgia and beyond. Most will stay ten months, many under scholarships lowering total cost to 40.00 covering tuition board laundry books and library use with no extra fees. Athens residents extend a warm welcome and the Banner congratulates the faculty and students for enabling broad access to education at a modest price.
University of Georgia and State Normal School faculty with Athens business leaders map an Athens Summer School. They seek 3000 dollars from locals plus matching funds to attract about one thousand Georgia educators for six weeks each summer, boosting Athens commerce and city life. Dormitory capacity limits housing to around 400 of the expected attendees.
The remaining six hundred will be boarded outside the dormitories, impacting boarding houses and hotels in Athens. Private families will host summer school boarders during the period. The Banner urges businessmen to fund the establishment, offering free advertising and backing the movement to ensure the venture succeeds.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. It offers mail order and local druggist availability with testimonials from Greenfield Tennessee dated 1901 and a letter from O B Drewry praising its effect on kidney disease.
Museaffir-Ed-Din arrives at Dover and London aboard the royal train amid a display of diamonds and jewels. The Shah is met at Victoria by the Prince of Wales, Lord Lansdowne, and Persian officials, then escorted to Marlborough House with guards along the route. The report notes the royal reception and grandeur, contrasting with a later, unrelated advert for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and a caveat about counterfeit products.
The British cruiser Phaeton hurried from Panama toward Buena Ventura amid Colombian tension over refusing to transport troops for Isthmus defense. Colombian officials allege breach of a 1879 subsidy contract with Pacific Steam Navigation, seeking damages while preparing legal action.
Odd ad style cautions readers about colds and summer discomfort and touts a remedy called One Minute Cough Ocre as acting immediately. The piece includes mock dialogue about dog names and a brief jab at a scam, ending with a chiding note about mild, gentle stomach and liver tablets from Chamberlain’s.
Chicago August 19 Experiments by Illinois Central test ball bearing journals on a box car to ease movement and potentially double train loads with the same power. Each journal uses four hubs with 132 1 2 inch balls rated at 78 000 pounds crushing strength. The car carried 50 000 pounds of steel castings to New Orleans and back, journals claimed to last about seven years.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a universal cure for eczema itch skin mamore scales watery blisters pimples and other skin troubles. It claims internal use enriches purifies and vitalizes blood to feed skin with healthy supply and cites 8000 testimonials. Free trial treatment offered with medical advice until cared and free samples by mail from Atlanta Georgia.
Mrs Zollo Hello Rodriguez, wife of former President Andreas, ex-prime minister, and her four children, arrived in Port of Spain on a Royal Mail steamer after Venezuelan expulsions by order of President Castro. She was forced to leave within 48 hours amid long‑standing Venezuelan policy on women.
Panama Colombia physician Dr Chas H Utter reports a sixteen year old girl with dysentery and cholera symptoms improving after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Within eight hours she felt better, by three days she stood, and after a week was entirely well. the remedy is sold by all druggists.
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