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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
4
The article argues Taft’s Georgia trip will not fracture the solid South despite pressure from Birmingham editorials and Republican courting. It notes Taft avoided pushing for South organization, praises his friendship with Southerners, and urges Athens to host next year’s convention emphasizing local dairies farms and hospitality.
A study across several cities shows rats cause losses nationwide exceeding one hundred million dollars annually, plus farm damage. The cotton crop alone could lose about one seventh of its value. While complete extermination seems unlikely, a more vigorous fight against rodents could yield gains.
A Georgia school board in Emanuel County passed an official resolution classing baseball with cigarettes and prohibiting its use by school children. The move prompts criticism of the board’s stance and its impact on education and American sentiment.
A committed will visit Madison is noted in the fragment. The brief hints at planned outreach or engagement, with no clear date or full details available. Further text would clarify who is involved and the goals of the Madison visit.
The writer argues California should create segregated schools for Japanese children rather than integrate them with American students. He contends this mirrors long-standing segregation in the South and faults President Roosevelt for shaping Japanese perceptions. The piece asserts states retain rights and urges Japan to accept state authority.
The mayor and council lead a broad civic drive to raise a fund for buying land for a city park. The plan outlines a playground for children, outdoor sports, a football venue for Georgia versus Auburn on Thanksgiving, and a weekly baseball league with nearby towns. A spring festival in April will boost the fund and attract regional visitors.
A council committee will be joined by a citizens committee to help ensure the festival's success. It is hoped that land for a park will be purchased this year and the park completed for use early next spring.
Beatrice Oliver Jackson thanks friends and neighbors for kindness shown after the death of her aunt Miss Susie C. Oliver on November 13 1908. She recalls Susie’s love for Athens her resting place and requests visitors to place flowers on the grave to honor a life she cherished.
New York Jan 25 Tom Longboat Canadian Indian at twenty faces Alfend Shrubb Englishman thirty six in a marquee marathon clash at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. The event could decide the professional marathon title as Longboat trails Durando after two prior wins while Shrubb brings England’s champion credentials to the rivalry. Both runners are in prime form and confident, with critics ranking them as the era’s greatest long distance men. Longboat rose to fame by Boston Marathon glory and Shrubb built a wide record in Canada and England before proving himself in America.
The case of Broughton Brandenburg, a newspaper and magazine writer, was called for trial before Justice Dowling. Brandenburg faces grand larceny in the second degree for selling an article published during the last campaign that was alleged to have been written by former President Grover Cleveland.
Washington notes dismiss the Japanese scare as a political device used to spur naval appropriations. The piece traces past patterns of war talk linked to defense bills, cites California and southern reactions to race politics, and discusses Roosevelts letters on Japanese immigration trends and land ownership limits.
Washington reports a high stakes contest for Seaboard Air Line control between the Williams family of Baltimore and E. H. Harriman with Thomas F. Ryan. If Harriman secures influence, he plans to eliminate receivers and finance the line for a direct freight outlet to the Atlantic seaboard, linking West and East markets.
In Tuscumbia Alabama on January 25 a Black man named Sam Davenport died at Leighton after a mob lynching. Davenport had been charged with burning J A Galbraith's barn where sixteen horses perished. Sheriff McMleskey rode to Leighton but the mob of about twenty five to thirty concealed Davenport until nightfall and hanged him two miles from town.
Warm Springs in Meriwether County Georgia is described as a potential great winter resort with the only southern Atlantic thermal waters outside the Appalachians. The Georgia springs discharge about 1,882 gallons per minute, have a mean temperature around 87 degrees, and resemble Arkansas hot springs in composition but lack deposits. The water is groundwater heated by warm rocks, rising through a fracture. Distribution aligns with mountain uplift areas, and the article notes a US Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 145 for further details.
Des Moines Iowa January 26 the Missouri Valley Conference athletics committee met to decide the site for the annual conference meet with Des Moines and Kansas City as leading bidders. The meet is set for June 6, same day as Chicago conference meet.
The phrase Billie Possum is catching on as a fashion craze and may lead to watch charios becoming a new accessory, signaling a shift in local style and branding.
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